Assistant Plant Manager - Anaerobic Digestion

Astute's Renewables team is exclusively partnering with a key player in the UK's Biogas sector to recruit an Assistant Plant Manager for their business. I'm looking for an Assistant Plant Manager with anaerobic digestion experience, ideally, but if not from an anaerobic digestion or biogas background, those who have experience running a process facility are also encouraged to apply.

The Assistant Plant Manager role comes with a salary dependant of your level and will be discussed upon application.

If you're a Plant Manager / Assistant Plant Manager / Site Supervisor and are looking to work for a key organisation in the market, then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties
Reporting to the Plant Manager you will:

• Deputise for the Plant Manager in their absence
• Run the site on a day to day basis, assisting the Plant Manager where required
• Health and safety management of the staff, alongside the Plant Manager
• Mentoring the Operators and shift teams to better themselves and to upskill them where you can
• Ensure that all plant activities are documented and monitoring KPIs and performance levels
• Managing external relationships with the EA, Ofgem as well as third party contractors
• Monitoring and adjusting RAMS where required
• Use and interrogate the SCADA system to run the plant and look for efficiency improvements
• Other duties as required

Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

• A higher level education in an engineering discipline is desirable
• Anaerobic Digestion experience
• Experience running a process facility, if not AD
• UK driving licence is required
• Any additional qualifications in HSE or similar are advantageous

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

• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Motivated and is a problem solver
• Led a successful team
• Passionate about the green energy transition

Salary and benefits of the Assistant Plant Manager role

• Salary to be discussed with Astute upon application
• Private healthcare
• KPI driven bonus
• Company pension and holiday allowance
• Incentive schemes

Astute People 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.