Operations and Maintenance Project Manager

Astute People

Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a global company, to recruit for an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Project Manager to assist with the mobilisation and performance of their Energy from Waste assets in the UK and abroad.

The vital O&M Project Manager role comes with a salary of up to c. 92,000 + bonus + private medical +other benefits. This is a hybrid role which will involve travel across the UK as well as international travel.

If you’re an experienced Plant, Operations, Engineering/Maintenance Manager, who would like to work for a company who invest in professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the O&M/Performance Director, you will be responsible for:

• O&M contracts during the pre-mobilisation phase and as such be closing the gap between Tender Management and the O&M Plant Manager.
• Supporting across the O&M organisation ensuring the availability and quality of documentation, reporting, lessons learned, sharing of best practice.
• Develop and maintain templates and tools to meet the company’s systems and O&M solutions requirements and organise and lead the process of getting information collected and structured as requested or required for the project reviews and business reviews.
• The O&M Project Manager will organise and participate in workshops with the target of developing and documenting O&M strategies and continuous improvement strategies

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally a Degree in a relevant Engineering subject – those with HND/HNCs will also be considered
• A formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH will be advantageous but not a necessity
• A full UK driving licence is a necessity given the nature of the role with travel

Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge

The O&M Project Manager would suit someone who has:

• Prior Senior Management experience within the O&M Team of a Power Station (ideally EfW) – those with significant Operations/Engineering Management will also be considered
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Good financial and commercial acumen
• Excellent stakeholder management experience

Salary and benefits of the O&M Project Manager role

• A starting basic salary of 84,000 – 92,000 (DoE)
• Bonus
• Private healthcare
• Other benefits

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.