Plant Manager

2 days ago

South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom Escape Full time

We are seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead a modern energy-from-waste and materials recovery facility. You will be responsible for delivering safe, compliant, and high-performance operations while driving continuous improvement across all operational, maintenance, and EH&S activities. This is based just south of Glasgow.

This is a senior leadership role, accountable for all site employees and for ensuring the facility meets contractual, regulatory, and performance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

Deliver operational performance that meets or exceeds contractual and internal expectations.
Ensure all operational and maintenance activities comply with statutory requirements and company EH&S standards.
Monitor, manage, and accurately report all key performance indicators.
Lead daily operations of both the Energy-from-Waste (EfW) and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
Identify opportunities to improve plant efficiency, reliability, and output, including developing business cases and action plans.
Support and oversee maintenance functions, including annual outages and unplanned event response.
Manage budgets, forecast requirements, monitor variances, and implement corrective actions.EH&S and Compliance

Implement and uphold the organisation's Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Management Systems.
Drive a proactive safety culture with strong workforce engagement.
Ensure compliance with the site's Environmental Permit, investigating and reporting exceedances when required.
Manage operations in line with ISO standards and ensure all QEHS actions and non-conformances are closed out.People & Stakeholder Management

Lead, develop, and support all site employees, including recruitment, training, coaching, performance management, and discipline where required.
Maintain a safe, secure, and legally compliant working environment.
Manage relationships with external stakeholders, including regulators, goods and services providers, and interested parties.
Collaborate with other facilities and functional teams to share best practice and deliver group-wide improvements.Key Accountabilities

Health & Safety performance in line with legislation and corporate policies.
Environmental compliance and performance.
Achievement of site KPIs (availability, performance, outputs, etc.).
Delivery against annual budgets and cashflow.
Compliance with all regulatory and internal requirements.
Effective support to other company departments and facilities.Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Essential

Extensive senior operational management experience, ideally within power generation, waste, or similar heavy industry.
Strong technical understanding of EfW, gasification, or steam cycle plant (boilers, steam turbines, auxiliaries).
Qualification in engineering (or equivalent experience).
Proven experience with QEHS management systems and regulatory compliance.
Experience with SOPs, permit-to-work systems, and maintenance management processes.
Strong leadership capability, with a track record of building, developing, and motivating teams.
Excellent communication and influencing skills.
Ability to perform under pressure and manage time-critical operational demands.Desirable

Operational experience of gasification technologies.
Advanced engineering or operational qualification.
NEBOSH, IOSH, IEMA or similar certifications.
High Voltage Authorised Person experience.
First Aid qualification.
BOAS certification or equivalent

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