Operator Chester, England
Job description
ABOUT US
At Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), we’re on a mission to make BIG steps towards a carbon negative and sustainable future, in the management of waste.
We are building one of the UK’s largest portfolios of biomass and waste to energy facilities, which will have the potential to divert over 1.5 million tonnes of waste each year from landfill and deliver vital low carbon electricity capacity to the national grid, helping to meet demand from industry and households across the UK.
Since our journey began in 2015, we have now established a strong platform of highly competent experts in the construction, ownership and operation of this asset class, complete with an in-house Operations & Maintenance business.
WHAT WE OFFER
We are proud to play a role in the ongoing efforts to move toward a more sustainable future in energy generation and here you can work with the satisfaction of knowing that everything you do is focused on contributing toward that objective.
Our employee benefits package includes;
- Private Healthcare
- Company Pension
- Electric Vehicle Scheme
There are also significant opportunities for career advancement and training (both internal and external) in what is a fast growing sector.
THE ROLE
The Operator role is responsible for the operation, troubleshooting, rectification of faults, problem solving and continuous improvement of production equipment and processes.
The Shift Operator will optimise processes, identify and eliminate loss and waste and drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve availability and reliability.
The position reports directly to the Shift Team Leader.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Operating the plant to ensure compliance with all relevant Health, Safety and Environmental legislation
- Carrying out plant-related routine duties to ensure plant performance, availability and reliability is maintained to a high level
- Performs fault diagnosis and reactive maintenance as well as proactive monitoring of the process performance trends to spot errors or anomalies and address them before they affect production
- Using a Distributed Control System (DCS) system you will be required to start, stop and monitor turbines, boilers, pumps, water treatment plant and more
- Performing plant walk round and daily checks to ensure equipment is operating correctly and efficiently
REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCES
We are open to considering applicants from a range of different industry backgrounds, it's not essential to have prior experience in the Biomass field.
We would however expect suitable applicants to have prior experiences of at least some of the following;
- Ability to work a full shift system with flexibility to provide support as needed to ensure the safe operation of the Plant
- Commitment to safe best practice and willingness to always observe company policy and values
- The willingness to learn and undergo a short training period which will involve learning the plant and the processes and procedures involved in operating a facility
- Demonstrable experience working with Permit-to-Work systems
- Commitment to safe best practice and willingness to always observe company policy and values
Please note that we do not welcome any agency / 3rd party involvement or approaches on this vacancy until a time we deem to be suitable and at which point we will work with our preferred suppliers only.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Chester, CH2 4RB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: BIG041
