Job Description

Overview

To lead on operational delivery across all business units and support directors to deliver effective and compliant operational leadership and management.

The Head of Operations will be responsible for the overall operational performance, strategic direction, and compliance of the Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants. This role will oversee site operations through Plant Managers and Asset Managers who manage the day-to-day running of the plants and reporting on their performance. The Head of Operations will ensure the sites operate safely, efficiently, and in line with commercial, financial and environmental objectives.

This role requires a balance of strategic oversight, operational leadership, and stakeholder management to optimise performance and deliver sustainable growth.

Duties

Operational delivery & management

High level focus on H&S Ensure a functioning SCADA and operations management system is in place for the AD plants Support operational managers to be focussed and take full ownership of their departments and ensure delivery of all KPIs and actions Develop a 'will do' and agile team Foster and develop teamwork ethos and focus across the whole business Implement structured performance management processes operationally Identify training and development needs for the wider management team Delivery of information and reports across all levels, e.g. board reports, KPI's, exception and RAG reporting Support managers to develop business cases for capex or ad hoc expenditure, focussing on the business' strategic objectives. Develop corporate risk register & mitigations

Asset Management

Prepare control strategies to reduce risks and improve asset utilisation, determine predictive strategies, ensure root cause failure analysis to reduce down time and increase efficiencies. Establish and promote a culture of continuous improvement, building an effective asset risk mitigation program to improve asset reliability with reduced risk whilst optimising spend and capital investments. Responsible for ensuring asset management plans are in place, including lists and hierarchies, identifying asset inventory and condition, calculation of business risk evaluations, determining asset net present value and life cycle costs, developing alternatives for cost-effective operations, maintenance and long-term investment. Support condition assessment of existing assets, improve and enhance capital expenditure planning. Ensure operations and maintenance teams compile and maintain asset inventories and condition data is presented in a format that allows for engineering analysis of life-cycle costs and business risk evaluation. Responsible for monitoring, reporting and communicating Asset Performance including life cycle analysis, asset performance analysis for capital and O&M funding and other analysis required for engineering, operations and maintenance. Responsible for preparing reports, estimating costs, presenting option analysis, determining individual project needs. Perform statistical and other analyses on asset condition, performance, and risk data. Comparing current system performance against other similar industry benchmarks to establish best practices and improve system processes. Assist in forecasting and developing the short and long term Capital and O&M budgets.

Financial & Commercial Management

Develop and manage operational budgets, controlling costs and driving efficiency. Support the commercial team with all long term agreements, eg; feedstock supply, digestate offtake, power purchase arrangements. Identify and develop opportunities for revenue growth and operational savings.

People Leadership

Line-manage the Plant Manager, Asset Manager, SHEQ lead - setting clear objectives and providing coaching and development for their short- and long-term development. Build a high-performance operational culture with clear accountability and succession planning. Foster collaboration between operations, maintenance, commercial and financial teams.

Experience

Previous senior leadership and management experience in a process industry, minimum of 5 years Operational, engineering, scientific or technical background with a strong bias towards process engineering Senior level leadership in a cross functional team Project management experience Internal and external stakeholder management
Job Types: Temporary, Fixed term contract

Pay: 70,000.00-85,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

Wisbech PE13: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

Do you have a minimum of 5 years senior leadership experience in a process industry?
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person