Anaerobic Digestion Shift Leader

4 months ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Thalia Waste Management Full time

Main Purpose
The Anaerobic Digestion Shift Leader will be pivotal in overseeing and managing the operations of our Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility during each shift. This role involves hands-on operation of machinery, managing feedstock throughput, and contributing to plant maintenance, with a focus on ensuring safe, efficient, and effective plant operations.
- This role is based at our plant in Wolverton, Milton Keynes
- Weekly Shift Rotation: 6am - 2pm / 2pm - 10pm / 10pm - 6am

**Responsibilities**:

- Directly oversee and manage the safe and efficient operation of the AD plant, especially during steady-state, start-up, shutdown, and emergency situations.
- Ensure compliance with all environmental permits and report any incidents or non-compliance to the Operations Manager.
- Lead by example in promoting teamwork, assisting colleagues, and fostering positive relations with staff, the community, and regulatory bodies.
- Conduct routine plant inspections and operational adjustments, maintaining accurate records of plant data.
- Respond to first-line and breakdown maintenance requirements within the scope of experience and assist maintenance teams as needed.
- Participate in departmental training and development, and contribute to the writing and amending of operational procedures.
- Optimise plant operations, including maximizing biogas yields and electricity production.
- Manage and outload Compost Like Output (CLO) in compliance with ABPR regulations.

**Reporting to**: Principal Process Engineer

**Number of direct reports**: 0
- Proven experience in Anaerobic Digestion operations, with practical operational/maintenance knowledge.
- Strong understanding of HSE aspects; IOSH Managing Safely qualification preferred.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work unsupervised in dynamic situations.
- Detail-oriented with a strong work ethic and the ability to deliver results on schedule.
- Qualifications in operating front-end loaders/shovels are beneficial, though training will be provided.

Our Business
At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value.
We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass-burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in-vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small-scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy. This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

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