Job Description
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.
