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Plant Manager

Job Posted: 5 hours ago

Salary: £ 70,000 - 75,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Hay Mills, City and Borough of Birmingham

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Plant Manager – Energy & Waste-to-Resource Facility

Altera Recruitment Group is partnering with a well-established operator in the energy and waste-recovery sector to appoint an experienced Plant Manager for a major facility in Birmingham. This Plant Manager role is responsible for overall operational performance, regulatory compliance, and team development, ensuring the site achieves high levels of reliability, safety, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities Plant Manager

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    Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership of all plant operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient performance across the facility.

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    Maintain full oversight of operational KPIs, environmental obligations, and reporting requirements, driving performance that meets or exceeds contractual and regulatory standards.

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    Lead, mentor, and develop a multi-disciplinary team, fostering a proactive culture focused on safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

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    Manage annual budgets, oversee expenditure, and support maintenance planning, outage coordination, and long-term asset optimisation.

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    Act as the main point of contact for external stakeholders—including regulators, suppliers, and corporate functions—ensuring effective communication and collaboration.

Candidate Requirements

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    A minimum of five years’ senior operational management experience, ideally within power generation, waste-to-energy, or other complex process-plant environments.

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    Strong working knowledge of safety, environmental, and quality management frameworks, with experience implementing and improving integrated management systems.

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    Proven leadership skills, with experience managing teams, driving performance, and embedding high standards across operations.

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    Advanced technical understanding of boilers, turbines, gasification or steam-cycle processes, and associated auxiliary plant systems.

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    Relevant technical qualifications (engineering or operations), with additional H&S or environmental certifications (e.g., IOSH, NEBOSH, IEMA, BOAS) considered advantageous.

What’s on Offer

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    Competitive salary in the range of £70,000 – £75,000 depending on experience.

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    A high-profile leadership role within a critical energy and waste-recovery facility with long-term operational stability.

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    Opportunities for professional growth through ongoing training, development programmes, and collaboration across a wider group network.

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    A supportive, professional working environment with a strong focus on safety, innovation, and team engagement.

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    The chance to influence strategic decision-making and contribute to impactful performance improvements across a nationally recognised site

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