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Shift Team Leader

Salary – Circa £62,000 per annum (plus benefits)
Hours – Shift Rota Monday to Sunday, shift pattern of 12-hour shifts Averages yearly at 40 hours per week.
Location Postcode – EH22 1SX

As a Shift Team Leader, you will ensure that the Company pursues best practices regarding its policies and procedures, development of industrial relations and legislative compliance within an open and empowered culture. You will be responsible for the day-to-day safety and environmental performance of the plant.

This vacancy is full-time, 40 hours per week working on a shift rota Monday to Sunday. This will be on a shift pattern of 12-hour shifts, as advised by the Operations Manager to align with the operations of the EfW. The shift pattern will have rostered holidays included in the shift pattern. You will be entitled to a paid, disturbed break of 1 hour per shift.

Our promise to you

- Competitive salary.
- 25 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays (which will be measured and recorded in hours. All Holidays are incorporated within the shift pattern).
- Pension scheme.
- Life insurance.
- Discretionary bonus scheme.
- On-the-job training and progression.
- Recognition scheme.
- Refer a friend.
- Flexible benefits including high street savings, cycle to work scheme and Gymflex membership, holiday purchase and many more.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the Best Doctors Service via our Wellbeing Platform.

What will you be doing?

- Responsible for maximising the availability of the plant and taking proactive measures to improve plant reliability.
- Implement the company’s health, safety and environmental management policies.
- Participate in the HSE forum and initiate company/site HSE initiatives and activities, including procedure reviews on a periodic basis.
- Responsible for monitoring plant performance, identifying and taking proactive measures to improve performance shortfalls.
- Augment plant efficiencies and engineering solutions.
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of turbines and generators.
- Behaviour of rotating machinery and monitoring techniques.
- Safe Systems of Work and the role of the enforcement agency (H.S.E).
- Environmental abatement requirements of modern Waste to Energy plant and the role of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

What are we looking for?

- Experience of a professional and disciplined approach to management, working alongside operational teams, ensuring performance expectations, service standards and people development are met.
- A good understanding of all HSE aspects is a fundamental requirement. NEBOSH or IOSH qualified is preferable, and a good, practical working knowledge of thermal plant operations and control would be viewed positively.
- ONC or NVQ, C&G Level 3 or higher in Engineering, with a high level of practical Operational/Maintenance experience/knowledge.
- A minimum of HND in an Engineering discipline, with a high level of practical Operational/Maintenance experience/knowledge (Qualifications below this may be acceptable, if accompanied by suitable experience).

About Us

We are FCC Environment, one of the nation’s leading waste and resource management companies. Committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible.

We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ around 2,400 people.

The profile of the UK's recycling and waste management industry has never been higher. We need people who are up for the challenge to help us tackle climate change. We need people with ideas. We need you. Together we will meet the UK’s waste management and energy recovery needs.

FCC Environment are equal opportunities employers, we value diversity, and we are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

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