Biogas Operations Manager

Astute's Renewable Energy Team has been exclusively appointed by an emerging anaerobic digestion company to recruit an Operations Manager to work between their Irish and UK sites

This permanent role is on site and offers a salary up to £85,000 plus car allowance, a quarterly bonus and private healthcare for individual and family.

If you're a plant manager or regional manager with experience in gas to grid anerobic digestion sites and want to lead the operations team at a site going through major upgrades, submit your CV to apply today. Rob Chatfield manages this search on the client's behalf, and all applications are handled in confidence.

Responsibilities of the Operations Manager
Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will:

Hold accountabilities for the safe, reliable, and commercially effective operation of the anaerobic digestion, biogas, and biomethane assets.
Lead day to day operations across feedstock reception and preparation, digestion, biogas treatment, upgrading, compressions, and grid injections as needed on site.
Provide visible, technically credible leadership to operators, engineers and contractors
Own the operating strategy for stable digestion and high, consistent gas yield, balancing organic loading, hydraulic retention, mixing, temperature, alkalinity and feedstock characteristics.
Own the planned preventive maintenance programme for critical process and safety equipment, using a CMMS to control work orders, documentation, and completion.
Prepare operating budgets and forecasts, control consumables and contractor costs, and report performance, risks and resource needs to the Head of Operations
Other duties s required

Required qualifications and experience
To be considered, you must have:

Several years' experience in a plant management capacity across biogas, biomethane, gas processing or a closely related industry.
Working experience of gas to grid systems, including compressors, carbon filters, heat exchangers, and gas quality monitoring systems.
SCADA, CMMS software experience.
A full UK driving license.

Desirable experience
It would be an advantage, but is not essential, to have:

A degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent technical training across an engineering discipline (chemical, electrical, mechanical, or process)
Commissioning or optimisation of a biomethane upgrade and gas injection site.
Salary and benefits

Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 depending on experience.
Permanent position
Working pattern: Monday to Friday with needed overtime.
Location: North London/Republic or Ireland.
Benefits: A quarterly bonus, car allowance, private healthcare (individual and family cover)
Process: A 3 stage interview process, including travel to Republic of Ireland for a face to face interview.

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