Overview
Astute's Power Team is partnered with a global company to recruit an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Reliability Manager to assist with UK and occasionally global O&M matters across the fleet of Energy from Waste Power Stations.
The role offers a competitive salary with car allowance, bonus, private medical, travel expenses and other benefits. It is a hybrid position requiring travel throughout the UK and, occasionally, internationally.
Responsibilities
* Perform independent audits and inspections across O&M sites, delivering comprehensive reports, improvement initiatives, and practical recommendations to strengthen operational reliability, maintenance efficiency, and asset health.
* Maintain full compliance of operational and maintenance activities with legal, corporate, client, HSEQ, and industry standards while fostering a proactive culture of safety, discipline, and ongoing improvement.
* Assess plant performance, maintenance practices, equipment condition, and reliability data to detect risks, optimise asset efficiency, and drive preventative and predictive maintenance efforts.
* Design and execute operational assurance and reliability programmes for EfW, Biomass, Renewable Gas, Biogas/AD, and industrial process plants, ensuring standardised practices and effective resolution of performance gaps.
* Contribute to major incident investigations, behavioural safety programmes, and cross‑site knowledge sharing, providing regular operational and reliability insights to senior management and Group HSE teams.
Professional Qualifications
* Degree in a relevant engineering subject (HND/HNC also considered).
* Formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH advantageous but not required.
* Full UK driving licence is required due to travel demands.
Personal Skills, Prior Experience and Knowledge
* Prior senior management experience within the O&M team of a power station (ideally EfW), or significant operations/engineering management experience.
* Strong understanding of critical plant, including boiler systems, steam cycles, and rotating plant.
* Proven background in operations, maintenance, reliability, asset integrity or operational assurance roles.
* Good financial and commercial acumen.
Salary and Benefits
* Competitive basic salary
* Car allowance
* Travel expenses
* Bonus
* Private healthcare
* Other benefits
Equal Opportunity Statement
We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.
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