Eco2 Management Services Ltd (EMSL) are looking for a full time General Manager to be based at our Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant. This is a permanent post.
This is a key leadership role within our Sleaford team, with responsibility for leading delivery at site and ensuring a high-quality, well-governed service to our client.
Reporting to the Managing Director, Operations, the General Manager will oversee a multi-disciplinary team and play a central role in plant leadership, contractor management, fuel planning and governance, compliance, reporting, and continuous improvement.
Why Work with Us?
* You feel aligned with our Company Values:
* Trust: We trust each other and earn the trust of our clients. We are a safe pair of hands.
* Teamwork: We are there for one another and we work in partnership with our clients.
* Responsibility: We take ownership of tasks and challenges to find the right timely solution.
* Quality: We embrace robust systems and procedures to ensure a high quality, consistent service.
* Creativity: We adopt a developer’s zeal, always seeking creative solutions that add value
* This is an opportunity to take on a senior operational leadership role within a business that supports critical renewable energy infrastructure and is committed to safe, effective and high-quality service delivery.
* A competitive salary of £75-83k per annum plus annual performance-related bonus, and a benefits package is on offer.
* We offer 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, and the benefits package includes pension, life assurance, private healthcare and dental, eye care, employee discounts and savings scheme, and a contribution to your gym membership.
* Your place of work will be Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant, as this role benefits from strong on-site visibility and close collaboration with the site team. There will also be opportunities for hybrid working where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide full leadership and strategic oversight of the Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant, ensuring effective delivery of the Management Services Agreement and, where applicable, the Fuel Services Agreement.
* Lead a multi-disciplinary site team and foster a strong culture of safety, accountability and performance.
* Ensure compliance with all health, safety, environmental and statutory obligations across the site.
* Lead and manage the performance of contractors and suppliers, ensuring clear oversight, strong governance and delivery against contractual obligations.
* Oversee fuel planning, fuel supplier performance and fuel-related governance, working closely with the wider team to support timely and well-considered recommendations.
* Ensure reporting is accurate, timely and useful, with clear KPIs, insights, actions and escalation where needed.
* Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders including the client, regulators, suppliers, local authorities and network operators.
* Oversee budget planning, cost control and financial performance in collaboration with the Finance team.
* Identify and lead operational improvement and capital projects across the plant.
* Support continuous improvement across site operations, systems, ways of working and overall service delivery.
Who You Are:
You will:
* Have significant experience in a senior operational leadership role within a process plant, power generation, industrial or similar environment.
* Bring strong experience of contractor and supplier management as well as commercial negotiations, with the ability to balance operational, commercial and compliance priorities.
* Have strong commercial awareness and experience of working in a contract-led or managed services environment.
* Have a good understanding of environmental and regulatory compliance in a UK industrial or energy setting.
* Hold a NEBOSH qualification, or equivalent.
* Be a confident and credible leader, able to build strong working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
* Have sound financial awareness, including experience of budgets, forecasting and cost control.
* Bring a high level of emotional intelligence, good judgement and a calm, pragmatic approach to leadership.
* Be highly organised, solutions-focused and comfortable working across a varied and sometimes fast-moving operational environment.
* Be confident using Microsoft Office, including Excel and reporting tools.
* Ideally have experience in biomass, waste-to-energy, renewable energy generation or a related sector.
* Ideally have experience of leading improvement projects, capital works, or structured continuous improvement activity.
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