Arjun Patel

Astute’s Power Team is partnering with a well-established Energy company to recruit a Civil Project Manager in the Southeast to look after major projects in Essex and Kent. This will be on a 36-month fixed-term-contract basis. The vital Civil Project Manager role comes with a competitive salary + benefits package. If you’re a Civil Project Manager and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.   Responsibilities and duties of the Civil Project Manager role Reporting to the Project Director, you will be:  

• Project Management for the upcoming civil investments, mostly being part of a project team
• Overseeing all design / architecture, planning, permits, specification and tendering of Civils Works packages.
• Oversee assessment of bids from contractors and final selection
• Supervising construction activities (Quality Assurance) on large civil projects which includes an Energy from Waste Power Station
• Managing on site compliance and documentation of all issues this includes CDM Regulations, Health & safety and industry regulations.
• Management of Contractors on site.
• Supporting Commercial Managers with Claims Management, CapEx reports and forecasting / cost analysis.
• Monitor the progress of work against the contract programme

  Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally degree educated in Civil Engineering (would look at HNC/HND)
• A health and safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH is desired
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Personal Skills, knowledge and experience The Civil Project manager role would suit someone who has:

• Prior experience either with Client or EPC Teams on large civil infrastructure projects (Power, Data Centres, Refinery, Oil and Gas, etc)
• Exposure to pre-construction works from design, tender and planning / permitting of projects.
• Experience in managing full site teams (multi-discipline)
• Budgetary experience (full construction programme)

Salary and benefits of the Civil Project Manager role

• Competitive basic salary
• Bonus
• Other benefits

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Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a global company, to recruit for an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Reliability Manager to assist with the UK, and occasionally global, O&M matters across the fleet of Energy from Waste Power Stations. The vital O&M Reliability Manager role comes with a competitive salary + Car Allowance + Bonus + Private Medical + travel expenses + 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:  

• 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 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 Reliability 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
• Strong understanding of critical plant including boiler systems, steam cycles, rotating plant, etc.
• Proven background in operations, maintenance, reliability, asset integrity or operational assurance roles
• Good financial and commercial acumen  

    Salary and benefits of the O&M Reliability Manager role  

• A competitive basic salary
• Car allowance
• Travel expenses
• Bonus
• Private healthcare
• Other benefits  

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Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for a Shift Team Leader to join their Biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant just south of Nottingham. The vital Shift Team Leader role comes with a competitive salary + overtime + benefits. If you’re a Shift Team Leader or Assistant Shift Team Leader/Operations Technician looking to progress your career and are looking to work for a leading organisation who invests in training and professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:  

• Leadership of the Operations Team and the safe and efficient operation of the plant
• Ensuring the plant is operating within its parameters whilst complying with strict HSE rules and regulations as well as company policies and procedures
• Leading the sites safety systems including the permit to work system and acting as an Authorised Person for the purpose of issuing permits, switching and carrying out isolations (preferably with experience up to 33kv)
• Providing technical supervision and assistance where necessary for company and contract staff engaged in work
• Providing effective training and monitoring of shift staff to ensure personnel are competent to undertake their duties, this includes reviews and personal l Development Plans
• Working on outage planning (and assisting during outages), plant improvement projects and plant optimisation projects
• Working within the Company Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality Systems

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• An NVQ Level 3 minimum qualification in a relevant engineering discipline
• A formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH will be advantageous but not a necessity

    Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge The Shift Team Leader role will suit somebody who has:  

• Prior experience in an operational environment on a power station with Supervisory experience. This could be Energy from Waste, Coal, CCGT, Biomass, CHP or Nuclear.
• Senior Royal Navy Marine Engineers with significant watch-keeping experience will also be considered
• Senior Authorised Persons Status or experience with High Voltage equipment would be highly advantageous
• Excellent proven leadership skills

    Salary and benefits of the Shift Team Leader role  

• A competitive basic salary
• Overtime
• Other excellent company benefits

 

 

Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for a Plant Manager to join their Energy from Waste Power Station in Croydon, South London    The vital Plant Manager role comes with a salary of c.£90,000 + £4,694 location allowance + car allowance per annum + excellent bonus + private healthcare + other benefits. If you’re a Plant Manager, or experienced Operations/Engineering Manager, and are looking to work for a leading organisation who invests in training and professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.     Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will be responsible for:   

• Ensuring that the facility is operated efficiently and that all performance targets are met or exceeded.
• Managing the site O&M team & third-party contractors, ensuring the plant is run in a safe & efficient manner, in compliance with all internal & external standards & legislation.
• Oversee plant improvement opportunities to increase plant availability and reduce ongoing costs.
• Development of the O&M strategy on site, including the implementation and execution of planned / unplanned maintenance activity, outages and day to day operations.
• Managing HSE, Quality and Environmental systems in accordance with OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
• Managing the site’s budgets and taking financial responsibility for the plant.
• Ensure that the businesses operating model is implemented across the facility.
• Tracking costs for capital project and outages.
• Managing and developing site personnel.
• Reporting on QEHS, Financial, Operations and Maintenance issues

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following: 

• Ideally qualified with a degree in a relevant engineering field
• Would be highly beneficial to have an IOSH or NEBOSH Health and Safety Qualification

    Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge The Plant Manager role would suit someone who has: 

• Prior senior management experience within a heavy process engineering environment such as Power (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, Coal, etc), Refineries, Petrochemicals, COMAH sites, etc.
• Mobilisation experience of a power generation site will be highly advantageous
• Excellent leadership skills with proven experience in successfully achieving plant KPI’s.
• Familiar with Engineering standards and legislation such as PSSR, LOLER, PUWER etc.
• Budget/Commercial/Strategic experience.

    Salary and benefits of the Plant Manager role

• A basic salary of c.£90,000
• £4,694 location allowance
• Bonus
• Car allowance
• Private healthcare
• Other excellent benefits

Astute’s Power team is partnered with a global waste management company, who operate a portfolio of Energy from Waste Power Stations, to recruit a Shift Team Leader for their Energy from Waste Power Station in Birmingham, West Midlands.  The vital Shift Team Leader / Shift Engineer role comes with a salary of up to £66,877.68 + Up to 15% Bonus + Overtime + Benefits. If you’re a Shift Team Leader and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Day-to-day leadership of the shift operations team who will be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the plant.
• Ensuring the plant is operating within its parameters whilst complying with strict HSE rules and regulations as well as company policies and procedures.
• Managing the sites safety systems including the permit to work system and acting as a HV Senior Authorised Person for the purpose of issuing permits, switching, and carrying out isolations.
• Providing technical supervision and assistance where necessary for company and contract staff engaged in work.
• Providing effective training and monitoring of shift staff to ensure personnel are competent to undertake their duties.
• Providing effective administration and application of safe systems of work and Health and Safety policies

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Have a technical qualification, ideally have a HNC minimum qualification (not a necessity), in a relevant engineering discipline
• Being HV Senior Authorised Person will be highly advantageous.
• Ideally have a formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH

    Personal skills and prior experience The Shift Team Leader role would suit someone who has:

• Prior experience working in operations within a heavy process engineering environment such as Power (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, OCGT, Coal, etc.), Steelworks, Refineries, COMAH sites, etc.
• Excellent proven leadership skills
• Experience working with steam raising plant.
• Good Knowledge of safe systems of work and health & safety within a power station or similar heavy process environment

    Salary and benefits of the Shift Team Leader role

• Starting salary of up to £66,877.68 
• Up to 15% Bonus
• Overtime 
• Other excellent benefits. 

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Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market leading energy company to recruit a Regional Environmental Compliance Lead to cover their Scottish region of Energy from Waste Power Stations and Waste Transfer Stations..   The fundamental Regional Environmental Compliance Lead role comes with a salary of £57,200 + car allowance + up to 10% Bonus + private healthcare + other benefits. If you’re an Environmental Compliance specialist and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then upload your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the National Environmental Manager you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring compliance with sit environmental permits or licences as well as specific working plans including administration and audits
• Driving environmental performance improvement through behavioural change
• Ensure functional managers within the business understand their responsibilities for managing the environmental impact of their operations
• Monitoring, reviewing and recommending management system improvements driven by information using leading indicators
• Produce Environmental reports for submission for all levels of the business and external stakeholders
• Ensure sites are fully prepared for internal and external audits relating to ISO, environmental and compliance aspects
• Taking and recording fuel and by-product samples for analysis in accordance with designated procedures, against the reference criterion, e.g. EP, ROCs, MCERTS and CEMS

Full job spec available upon request     Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• A Degree, or equivalent, in a relevant subject such as Environmental Science, etc.

    Personal skills, experience and knowledge The Regional Environmental Compliance Lead role would suit someone who has:

• Experience working in a highly regulated, heavy process, industry such as Power Generation (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, etc), Refineries, Water Treatment, etc.
• Willingness to travel when required, with overnight stays
• Experience working with continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS)
• Awareness of the relevant management standards ISO9001, ISO45001, and ISO50001.
• Familiar of hazardous characteristics of incinerator bottom ash (IBA)
• Experience in producing environmental reports and submitting to the Environment Agency (EA)

    Salary and benefits of the Regional Environmental Compliance Lead role

• Basic salary of £57,200
• Car allowance 
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Private healthcare
• Pension
• Other benefits

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Astute’s Power Team is partnered with our client to recruit for a Shift Team Leader to join a brand-new Energy from Waste Power Station, currently in commissioning phase, in Kelvedon, Essex. The EfW Power Station processes 595,000 tons of waste per annum to generate 55MW of electricity to export to the National Grid. The vital Shift Team Leader role comes with a competitive salary + 30% shift allowance + Bonus + Overtime + further education allowances + other benefits. If you’re a Shift Team Leader, or experienced Operations Technician/Assistant STL, and looking to work at a brand-new EfW Power Station, then upload your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:  

• The day-to-day leadership of a team of the shift operations team who will be responsible for the safe and efficient operation the plant including high-pressure steam boilers, turbines, auxiliary plant, etc.
• Ensuring the plant is operating within its parameters whilst complying with strict HSE rules and regulations as well as company policies and procedures.
• Maximising waste input and energy production
• Chairing daily meetings after a shift handover to review health, safety & environmental issues, overnight activities and plans for the shift ahead.
• Fulfilling the duty of HV Senior Authorised Person for the purpose of issuing permits, switching, and carrying out mechanical and electrical isolations.
• Working with the maintenance department when required to ensure maximum plant availability.

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Ideally have an NVQ Level 3 or above qualification in an engineering discipline
• A formal health and safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH will be desirable

    Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge The Deputy Shift Team Leader role would suit someone who has:  

• Prior experience working in heavy process engineering environments such as Power (EfW, CCGT, Coal, Biomass, CHP), Petrochemicals, Refineries, Paper Mills, etc.
• Knowledge and experience working with steam generation equipment.
• Extensive experience working with SCADA/DCS systems.
• Ability to work as part of a team and cover for shift staff in times of absence on short notice

    Salary and benefits of the Shift Team Leader role  

• A competitive basic salary
• 30% shift allowance  
• Overtime
• Bonus
• Further education allowance
• Excellent holidays
• Other benefits

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Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for a Balance of Plant (BoP) Mechanical Engineer for their Combine Cycle Gast Turbine (CCGT) Power Station in Rochester, Kent. The vital BoP Mechanical Engineer role comes with a basic salary of up to £83,000 + a performance related bonus + other excellent benefits. If you’re an experienced Mechanical Engineer and are looking to work for a leading organisation who invests in training and professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Lead BoP Engineer, you will be responsible for:  

• Assisting with delivering effective outage strategies and management of projects
• Optimising the planned maintenance strategy to meet stakeholders needs to maximise plant reliability and minimise downtime
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to other departments in relation to Balance of Plant (BoP) with a focus on maximising efficiency, plant performance and safety
• Provide technical governance, guidance and industry best practice including compliance with PSSR and statutory inspections

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally a Degree in a Mechanical Engineering discipline however, would consider those with a HND/HNC/NVQ Level 3, etc.
• A formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH will be advantageous but not a necessity

    Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge The BoP Mechanical Engineer role would suit someone who has:  

• Prior Mechanical Engineering experience working in heavy process engineering environments such as Power Stations, Paper Mills, Top Tier COMAH sites, Refineries, Petrochemicals, etc.
• Experience working with Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) would be advantageous
• Knowledge of Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) will be advantageous
• Demonstrate the ability to successful manage teams

    Salary and benefits of the BoP Mechanical Engineer role

• A starting basic salary of up to £83,000
• Performance related bonus of 15%  
• Other excellent benefits

   

Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for an Engineering and Maintenance Manager to join their brand-new Energy from Waste Power Station in Tilbury, Essex.    The vital Engineering & Maintenance Manager role comes with a salary of up to c.£75,000 + £4,694 location allowance + bonus + PMI + other benefits. The plant is currently in construction phase and as Engineer & Maintenance Manager, you will play a critical role to recruit the full Engineering  and Maintenance Team through the mobilisation period through to full operational handover from the EPC contractor. If you’re an Engineering/Maintenance Manager, or an experienced Engineer, and are looking to work for a leading organisation who invests in training and professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Plant Manager you will be responsible for:  

• Leading, training, and developing a team of multi skilled engineers and technicians responsible for maintaining all plant equipment to the highest of standards to ensure maximum availability.
• Liaising with the Operations Manager and site Engineers for the purpose of plant improvement / modification / upgrade work
• Planning and managing plant outages.
• Managing the maintenance department’s budget.
• Developing the sites out of hours maintenance cover arrangements
• Assisting with setting up the site’s CMMS system and stores department
• Recruiting for the engineering and maintenance team during the mobilisation phase

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Ideally having a HNC minimum qualification in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation, etc
• Ideally a formal health and safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH

    Experience, knowledge and personal skills: The Engineering & Maintenance Manager role would suit someone who has:  

• Supervisory or management experience in a Maintenance/Engineering role on a power station or similar heavy process environment such as Power Generation (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, Coal, etc), Paper Mills, Refineries, Petrochemical, etc.
• Strong knowledge of pressure systems safety regulations (PSSR) would be ideal
• Experience working with rotating plant and steam boilers.
• Knowledge of environmental permits, H&S issues and safe working environments
• Experience of managing budgets

    Salary and benefits of the Engineering & Maintenance Manager role  

• Basic salary of c.£75,000
• South East living allowance of £4,694 per annum
• Bonus 
• Other excellent benefits