Plant Manager - Anaerobic Digestion

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Job description

Plant Manager - Anaerobic Digestion
50,000 - 55,000
Haddington, near Edinburgh

About the role:
Astute's Renewables Team is proudly partnering with a great company in the UK biogas market who're looking for a Plant Manager of a newly built asset. Working with a team of Operators, we require a Plant Manager to run the plant on a day to day basis. The asset will process a mixture of agri wastes and will generate gas to inject to grid and there will be a carbon capture element on site too.

This Plant Manager role comes with a salary of up to 55,000 along with the company benefits.

If you're wanting to take accountability for a brand new asset and drive forward its performance, please read on and apply below.

Responsibilities and duties:

• The safe and efficient day to day management of an anaerobic digestion plant
• Managing a team of three Operators as well as specialist contractors on site
• Full HSE management of the facility
• Ensuring that the correct feedstock with the correct composition is being fed into the plant
• Managing site KPIs and adjusting where required
• Looking for ways to optimise the asset and any way to generate more biogas, safely
• Taking responsibility for the site P&L and reporting back to management
• Liaising with and being the primary contact for the regulatory bodies, such as the EA and Ofgem
• Using the SCADA to help diagnose any faults and performing trend analysis where appropriate
• Other duties as required

Professional qualifications:
We are looking for someone with the following:

• A higher education in an engineering discipline
• Ideally a hands-on background
• SCADA experience
• Anaerobic digestion experience is preferred but not essential. A relatable process industry is appropriate if not from AD
• UK driving licence

Personal skills:
The Plant Manager role would suit someone who is:

• Proactive and organised
• Someone with a continuous improvement mindset

Salary and benefits of the Plant Manager / Leader role:

• Up to 55,000 basic salary
• Pension
• 25 days holiday plus BH
• Potential for overtime
• Company benefits

How to apply?

To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to (url removed) or call (phone number removed) to speak to Aaron Rayner who can tell you more.

INDREN

Astute Technical Recruitment Limited are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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