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Performance Manager - Energy from Waste
Kent, South East England
Highly competitive salary, bonus opportunity, car allowance / EV Car and benefits

About the role:
Astute's Power team is working with one of the leaders in the UK Waste Management Sector who own and operate a fleet of Energy from Waste Power Stations across the UK. We are looking for a Performance Manager to initially focus on one site, but with a clear development path to move into a fleet position. You'll be tasked with identifying performance issues, maximising plant availability & performance in addition to focusing on continuous improvement of standard operating processes.

The Performance Manager role comes with market leading salary for the post, an electric car / car allowance, bonus opportunity and a development plan to move into a nation wide fleet based position.

If you're an experienced Power Station Engineer with a passion for Plant Performance & Improvement and are looking to work for an organisation that is a market leader in their sector then upload your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties:
Reporting to the Head of Performance you will:
Developing, maintaining, and monitoring the site's performance.
Reviewing and improving plant SOP's to improve processes.
Monitoring plant performance against the original design specification to identify and rectify shortfalls.
Fault find operating issues and provide recommendation to operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
Manage performance team budget and identify costs and estimates for projects.
Developing improvement strategies to provide solutions to issues.
Deliver plant training and competency assessments.
Lead process improvement projects.
Review the CEMS data daily to confirm compliance.
Support the wider operations team with contractor management and supporting safe systems of work through isolations, LOTO, Permit to Work etc.

Professional qualifications:
We are looking for someone with the following:
Ideally degree qualified in a relevant Engineering field
At least five years experience working in a Power Station or similar environment - this could be an Energy from Waste plant, Biomass, Combined Heat & Power, CCGT, Refinery, COMAH site etc
IOSH or NEBOSH

Personal skills:
The Performance Manager role would suit someone who is:
Able to demonstrate leadership qualities
Passionate about continuous process improvement
Prior knowledge of DCS systems and trend software to analyse data
Experience carrying out performance modelling which could include heat and mass balance calculations, etc
Good stakeholder, both internal and external, relationship management
Advanced with IT skills in MS Office

Salary and benefits of the Performance Manager role:
Highly competitive salary
Bonus opportunity
Car allowance / Electric Vehicle
Full company benefits
Opportunity to grow this role into a National / Fleet based division
Join one of the leading Energy from Waste companies in the UK

How to apply?

To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to (url removed) or call (phone number removed) to speak to Dan Grosvenor who can tell you more.

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