Operations Manager

Astute''s Power team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company to recruit an Operations Manager for their Energy from Waste Power Station in Newport, Isle of Wight.

The vital Operations Manager role comes with a competitive salary + car allowance + bonus + private medical + benefits package.

If you''re an Operations Manager and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.


Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the Plant Manager you will be responsible for:

• Responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of the plant
• The day-to-day management of the full operations team of the EfW Facility
• Ensuring the power station operates and complies within environmental regulations
• Liaising with the Maintenance Manager and other relevant personnel regarding projects, maintenance, outages, costing and programming of plant improvements
• The day-to-day monitoring of plant efficiency and directing the operations staff to optimise the power station accordingly
• Preparing the annual budget for the Operations department for review and work within this budget
• Carry out annual performance reviews with operations staff
• Prepare reports and presentations relating to the plant''s operational activities as required

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally having a HNC minimum qualification in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation, etc
• Ideally a formal health and safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH

Experience, knowledge and personal skills:

The Operations Manager role would suit someone who has:

• Supervisory or management experience in an Operations role in a heavy process engineering environment such as Power Generation (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, Coal, etc), Paper Mills, Refineries, Petrochemical, etc
• Knowledge of environmental permits, H&S issues and safe working environments
• Experience liaising with governing bodies such as the EA and HSE
• Experience of managing budgets and in the training and development of staff
• Supervisory / management experience

Salary and benefits of the Operations Manager role

• Competitive basic salary
• Car allowance
• Performance related bonus
• Private Medical
• Good pension
• Other excellent benefits

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