Shift Team Leader

Astute People; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 15%

Overtime

Benefits

Job summary

Astute People’s Power team is partnering with a global waste-management firm to recruit a Shift Team Leader for an Energy from Waste Power Station in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

You will lead the shift operations, ensure safe and compliant plant performance, and manage permits and HV isolations while supporting training and administration of safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Experience leading shift operations in heavy process environments.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Understanding of safety rules and permit-to-work systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day shift operations for safe and efficient plant operation.
• Ensure compliance with HSE rules and company policies.
• Manage permit-to-work system and HV isolation responsibilities.
• Provide supervision and training to shift staff to ensure competence.
• Maintain safe systems of work and health and safety compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Safety consciousness

Education

HNC in engineering

Tools

Computerised Maintenance Management System

Job description

Astute's Power team is partnered with a global waste management company, who operate several Energy from Waste Power Stations, to recruit a Shift Team Leader for their Energy from Waste Power Station in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

The vital Shift Team Leader role comes with a salary of £62,480 + Up to 15% Bonus + Overtime + Benefits.

If you're a Shift Team Leader and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does,

Responsibilities and duties of the Shift Team Leader role

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Day-to-day leadership of the shift operations team who will be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the plant.
• Ensuring the plant is operating within its parameters whilst complying with strict HSE rules and regulations as well as company policies and procedures.
• Managing the sites safety systems including the permit to work system and acting as a HV Senior Authorised Person for the purpose of issuing permits, switching, and carrying out isolations.
• Providing technical supervision and assistance where necessary for company and contract staff engaged in work.
• Providing effective training and monitoring of shift staff to ensure personnel are competent to undertake their duties.
• Providing effective administration and application of safe systems of work and Health and Safety policies

Professional qualifications

• Ideally have a HNC minimum qualification (not a necessity) in a relevant engineering discipline
• Being HV Senior Authorised Person will be highly advantageous.
• Ideally have a formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH

Personal Skills, Prior Experience and Knowledge

• Prior experience working in operations within a heavy process engineering environment such as Power (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, OCGT, Coal, etc), Steelworks, Refineries, COMAH sites, etc
• Excellent proven leadership skills
• Thorough understanding of using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems
• Experience working with steam raising plant.
• Good Knowledge of safe systems of work and health & safety within a power station or similar heavy process environment.

Salary and benefits of the Shift Team Leader role

• A salary of £62,480
• Overtime
• Bonus
• Other excellent benefits

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