Plant Manager

Viridor Waste Limited is seeking a Plant Manager for their Energy Recovery Facility in Avonmouth, UK. The role involves leading a team to ensure safety, operational excellence, and compliance with regulations. Responsibilities include managing budgets, driving performance, and fostering a safety-first culture. The position requires extensive people management experience and strong financial acumen. This role is full-time, Monday to Friday, with a competitive salary and benefits.
Our Vision is to be the UK’s leading innovator of resource recovery and recycling, transforming waste for a climate-positive future.

Are you someone who lives and breathes high performance, leads with ambition, and would like to be part of an organisation that looks after tomorrow? Viridor has a redefined purpose, a bold new Vision, and an ambitious, market-leading strategy. We are investing in the future, and we need a talented team with exceptional people, who believe in each other, to help us achieve this.

Join us, as we rise to the challenge and build a world where nothing goes to waste

Viridor is at the forefront of waste management and resource recovery in the UK, operating the largest network of Energy Recovery Facilities (ERFs). We play a crucial role in supporting the UK's climate goals by diverting waste from landfills and transforming it into valuable energy resources.

We have an opportunity in Avonmouth for a Plant Manager to join our team working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

We are offering a competitive salary with participation in an annual bonus scheme, in addition to our great range of benefits.

The closing date for applications is 30th April 2025. We encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early if we receive a high number of applications.

As our Plant Manager, you will take full accountability for the Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), leading a dedicated team to achieve operational excellence. Your key focus will be on ensuring that safety, predictability, reliability, and availability are the foundation of all decisions made. You'll foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and responsibility within the team, ensuring that a safety-first mindset is always at the forefront.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the ERF site team in delivering a safety-first culture and represent the site as the senior Viridor representative.
• Drive safety compliance through the effective implementation of the facility Health & Safety Plan, Environmental Management Plan, and Quality Manual in line with associated accreditations (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001, etc.).
• Ensure plant availability, waste throughput, and energy production targets are met, regularly reporting on actuals achieved against these targets.
• Develop and maintain a performance and continuous improvement culture among the team, focusing on recruitment, staff development, and succession planning.
• Take ownership of the site's Profit & Loss, prepare an annual budget, and manage expenditures, analysing variances and initiating corrective action to achieve financial objectives.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across the business, including Commercial, PPM, Finance, HR, and SHEQS functions, to support central initiatives and ensure contractual commitments are fulfilled.
• Ensure operational standards align with best practices and industry benchmarks, working with central teams to implement improvements as needed.
• Maintain high standards of legal and regulatory compliance, working with central functions to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach.

Our ideal Plant Manager will have:
• Extensive people management experience within a large technical department/region at the senior level.
• Strong financial acumen and experience in running a P&L, preparing and managing budgets.
• Practical implementation of a corporate management system.
• Senior management experience within a power generation or relevant process environment.
• Extensive contract management experience.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual with the leadership skills to inspire excellence and drive performance within a critical part of our business.

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We are a Great Place to Work

There has never been a more exciting time to join Viridor. Following the acquisition of the business by the global private equity firm, KKR, the core business has been reshaped to focus on our leading UK Energy from Waste portfolio and the development of our growing Polymers Recycling business.

What we can offer you

We invest in our people to reward them for their hard work, and we have a host of company benefits available to you when you join - take a look at our Rewards and Benefits

As an equal opportunities' employer, Viridor is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.