Job description

Tyseley Operations Ltd – Job Specification

Job Title: Plant Manager

Reporting to: CEL Group O&M Director

Responsible For: All staff at Birmingham Bio Power

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum plus benefits

Location of Role: Tyseley, Birmingham.

The key aims of this role are to;

• Delivery of operational performance at Birmingham Bio Power that meets or exceeds the expectations of the CEL Board of Directors and, at a minimum, meets the requirements of the contract with the asset owner.
• Delivery of operational and maintenance activities at Birmingham Bio Power in accordance with all statutory legislation and CEOSL EH&S regulations, policies, and procedures,
• Continuous development of a proactive EH&S culture at Birmingham Bio Power aligned with all operating companies within CEOSL, in close co-ordination with the

CEL QEHS team, including continuous improvement in performance and reporting.

• Work with the operational teams of CEOSL and the wider Cobalt Energy Group to improve the overall operational efficiency, reliability and output of Birmingham Bio

Power, meeting or exceeding all Key Performance Indicators, to maximise returns to the client.

The key metrics are:

QEHS;

• Delivery of best practice Health and Safety performance and compliance with legislation and key policies/procedures, as a minimum
• Ensure all assigned QEHS actions and non-conformances are managed and closed out.
• Manage operations in line with ISO certifications
• Manage operations ensuring compliant environmental performance in line with legislation and environmental permit conditions.

Operational

• Monitoring and reporting of contractual key performance indicators for each operating company, as defined in the respective contract for the facility, including reporting to the CEL Group O&M Director and/or the client.
• Identification of opportunities to improve plant performance of Birmingham Bio Power including development of action plans to implement changes where required, supported by an outline justification and budget.
• Development of a proactive, focused, and competent workforce at Birmingham Bio

Power, to continuously improve the facility performance.

Role & Responsibilities

• The effective implementation of the CEL Group Health and Safety Management

System, Environmental Management Systems and Quality.

• To deliver best practice H&S compliance at Birmingham Bio Power, including a proactive H&S culture with which the facility staff willingly engage.

• Compliance of the facility with the Environmental Permit (EP). Including thorough investigation of any exceedances and reporting of such, where required, to the EA.
• Ensure facility KPIs, such as availability, operation performance etc. are met and/or exceeded, including accurate reporting in accordance with the owner’s and CEOSL requirements.
• Daily Management of the facility including supervision of the senior staff and administration functions in-line with company procedures and systems.
• Accomplish financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Supporting the facility maintenance function.
• Responsible for all external interfaces from the facility including goods and services providers, regulating authorities, interested parties, etc.
• Responsible for all effective interfaces from the facility to CEL Group functional groups (Finance, QEHS, Projects etc.)
• Daily management of the waste supply into the facility to ensure sufficient fuel is available at all times, including over long weekends.
• Oversee quality and quantity of waste coming into the plant
• Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe, secure, and legal work environment; developing personal growth opportunities. Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
• Contribute to the overall performance of the CEL/CEOSL Group through co- operation/assistance with other CEOSL plants, shared experiences, supporting initiatives that are initiated by the CEL Group.
• Work with the Cobalt Energy Group to implement specific improvement programs as efficiently as possible.
• Participate in the preparation, planning and execution of the annual outage in co- operation with the CEOSL Senior Operations Manager and Outage Manager
• Respond to and co-ordinate activities relating to unplanned outages, to return the affected plant and equipment to full operational service as safely, quickly, and efficiently as possible.
• Identify and develop opportunities to achieve synergies between all operating companies within CEOSL, including potential cost savings.
• Keep abreast of and be conversant with all relevant legislation and interpret and communicate it to all staff while giving clear guidelines in respect of appropriate action required.
• Participate in investigation activity, (FMEA, RIDDOR, near miss, etc.) as required, support roll out of lessons learned at all CEOSL operating companies.

Desired Experience/qualifications:

• Senior operational management experience of at least 5 years, ideally in a similar power generation environment.
• Operational experience of gasification plants would be advantageous.

• Preferably an advanced engineering or operational qualification/demonstrable experience.
• Knowledge and experience of QEH&S management systems, implementation and continuous improvement and their relationship to the relevant laws and regulations.
• NEBOSH, IOSH, IEMA, etc., qualifications are advantageous.
• Knowledge and experience of Standard Operating Procedures, permit systems and their implementation and operation.
• Knowledge and experience of Maintenance Management systems and improvement tools and their implementation.
• Team development to include, recruitment, performance management, coaching and supervision.
• You must have the drive and motivation to be successful in leading a skilled power generation team.
• Able to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills and influencing skills.
• Strong operational, technical and maintenance knowledge of low to high pressure steam boiler, steam turbine generator & auxiliary systems.
• Ability to work under high pressure and time constraints.
• Ability to influence stakeholders to deliver customer and business needs.
• High voltage authorised person electrical experience and qualifications is desirable.
• A current first aid qualification is desirable
• BOAS certified

Key Accountabilities

• H&S’ performance in accordance with all legislation and CEL Group policies.
• QE performance and compliance, including to EA Perm conditions
• Achievement of KPI targets monthly/quarterly/annually
• Adherence to annual and monthly cashflows and budgets
• Compliance with all regulatory, statutory and CEL Group regulations and/or policies/procedures.
• Support to other Group companies/departments as required.
• To support the CEL Group O&M Director and the business with any other reasonable projects and tasks as and when required.

Application details

Please send a cover email and CV to the Group HR department: [email protected]

We would politely request no agencies please; we do have existing arrangements with agencies who perform an excellent service,

but we maintain several approaches to the recruitment of new staff, and we are not looking for any new agencies at this time.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £60,000.00-£65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Tyseley, B25 8HT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 22/06/2023
Reference ID: TOL - Plant Manager