Site Manager

Job Summary

You will join us as a Site Manager to pro-actively manage & take responsibility for the whole site operation. You will be responsible for the highest safety and environmental standards, HAZOP, DSEAR, ATEX control measures, and full control of change compliance. Full compliance with COMAH regulations including Emergency Preparedness and ensuring the site operates to maximise GEU Gas export against budget. Maximising gas export through the GEU from the gas to grid AD plant, ensuring gas quality protocols are always achieved through BUP.

You will have people management, development and training responsibility for the whole site, including recruitment and staff appraisals. This role will include managing digestate stock levels and quality, the intake, sorting and loading operation of feedstock supply and managing planned site maintenance.

Site Manager Requirements

• We are looking for an experienced people manager, who possesses excellent process engineering skills and previous experience of managing a site in compliance with COMAH regulations.
• You will ideally have mechanical or electrical engineer skills and qualifications.
• You will have previous experience of achieving excellent standards of health and safety and compliance requirements, providing regular reporting to the leadership team on the plant’s performance.
• You will ideally hold a qualification or possess experience in materials handling, confined spaces, working at heights and first aid.
• Training will be provided to achieve the internal Competency Management Standards (WAMITAB) and a NEBOSH general certificate if these are not already held.
• You will have experience of cost control and managing budgets and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances effectively.
• Be self-motivated, flexible and with good people management experience.
• It is desirable that you have experience of environmental, safety and quality management systems.
• Experience of working with planned preventive maintenance systems is also essential for this position.

Due to the nature of the role a full UK Driving Licence is required. The role will involve remote monitoring of the AD Process and may require working weekends and call out from time to time.

About Biogen (UK) Ltd

Biogen is the UK’s leader in anaerobic digestion (AD) and one of the largest independent AD operators in the UK. Having expanded its food waste recycling network through acquisition, it has a combined network of nineteen AD plants located across England, Scotland and Wales that provide cost-effective, low carbon, food and organic waste management solutions. Working with supermarkets, the hospitality industry, food manufacturers and local authorities across the UK, the AD sites recycle over half a million tonnes of food waste each year.

Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0SQ

Job type: Full time, permanent, 40 hours per week, weekends and remote monitoring.

Salary: Circa £65,000 per annum dependant on experience + overtime + bonus

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 4% employer pension
• health care and x4 life assurance

You may have experience of the following:

• Site Manager
• Production
• Health and Safety
• H&S
• Quality
• Site Management
• Facilities Manager
• Process Improvement
• Team Leader
• Facilities Management
• Deputy Site Manager
• Plant Engineering Manager
• Plant Manager
• Engineering Manager
• Maintenance Manager
• Maintenance Engineer
• Production Manager
• Operations Manager