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Head of Onshore Energy
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Head of Onshore Energy          

Edinburgh/Remote

Up to £75,000 + benefits

 

Introduction…

Astute has the amazing opportunity to work closely with a leading Environmental Consultancy Specialist looking to recruit an experience Head of Onshore Energy to their team.

Roles & Responsibilities

As the Head of Onshore Energy, you will be responsible for:

  • Developing, maintaining, and implementing an overarching Onshore Energy strategic plan
  • Building and maintaining positive client relationships by understanding the needs of Strategic and Key Clients
  • Securing new clients within the Onshore Energy sector
  • Identifying appropriate commercial KPI’s
  • Using knowledge of the current market to ensure Service Fee rates are appropriate
  • Assisting and supporting Client and Team managers to develop and implement Client Action Plans, communicating clear vision, targets and values and key relevant business messages

 

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

  • Thorough understanding of the Onshore Energy market
  • Full UK driving license
  • Previous experience in a similar role

 

Salary & Package

What’s on offer for this exciting role:

  • Starting salary up to £75,000
  • Benefits package

 

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and Cover Letter to [email protected] or ring 07441391669 and ask to speak to Sophie who can tell you more.

Engineering Coordinator - Electrical HV & MV
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute’s Power team is exclusively partnering with Metlen Energy and Metals to recruit an Engineering Coordinator – Electrical Design High Voltage to join their team on a remote basis. The Engineering Coordinator – Electrical Design High Voltage role comes with a salary of up to £55,000 + benefits package.   If you’re an experienced HV Design Engineer, looking to move into a coordinator position and are looking for work then submit your CV to apply today.     Responsibilities and duties    Reporting to the Project Engineering Manager you will:  
  • Coordinate design interfaces between company, stakeholders, and design partners through concept and detailed design packages.
  • Ensure engineering assurance is undertaken in accordance with the client requirements.
  • Identification and control of engineering design change.
  • Undertake design reviews of vendor deliverables to check for compliance with requirements, constructability, safety, and temporary works requirements.
  • Provide technical expertise within their discipline and inspire project teams to perform, innovate, and deliver sustainable design solutions.
    Professional qualifications     We are looking for someone with the following:   
  • An Electrical Degree or equivalent qualification would be highly desirable
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience with High Voltage electrical design or coordinator roles within same sector
  • Ability to communicate effectively with wide range of people including management, stakeholders, coworkers, clients and vendors.
  • Experience using AutoCAD and ACC software would be highly beneficial
    Personal skills     The Engineering Coordinator role would suit someone who has:  
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to work in a time-conscious manner and effectively prioritise tasks
  • Driven with the desire to achieve
                                                          Salary and benefits of the Engineering Coordinator – Electrical Design High Voltage role    
  • Starting salary of up to £55,000
  • Package including benefits
  • Opportunity to join a leading EPC company
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Commercial Manager
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Job Title:              Commercial Manager - Pre-Contract Location:              Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement  Compensation:    Competitive + Benefits Role Type:           Full time / Permanent  Role ID:               SF59046

 

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Manager (Pre-Contract) at our Warrington site.

 

The role

As a Commercial Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role offers an excellent opportunity to support business growth across our Nuclear Services and Civil Decommissioning business streams, through the provision of pre-contract commercial support.

 

Day-to-day, you’ll act as Commercial Lead on agreed bids (within the bid team). You'll cover a range of offerings from major projects to service and consultancy within civil nuclear industry, supplementing existing pre-contract capability within the business streams.

 

  • Provision of commercial and contractual support and advice across designated projects, working closely with bid teams.
  • Ensure the winning of good business – successful tenders which balance risk and reward.
  • Lead ensuring that any submissions are compliant with corporate governance procedures.
  • Negotiate customer contracts and work closely with Procurement to ensure flow down of key terms.
  • Derive commercial solutions to bid requirements such as commercial tender query responses, KPIs, pricing schedules.
  • Generate bids showing appropriate margin returns with credible delivery plans.
  • Agree arrangements with customers and partners, such as NDAs and MOUs, liaising closely with Legal and taking a leading role in establishing Joint Ventures where applicable
  • Support analysis of competitors, customers, and supply chain to ensure winning tenders

 

This position involves occasional travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

 

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in our Warrington office and two days working from home. 

 

Essential experience of the Commercial Manager

  • Experience of working within highly regulated industries
  • Experience of NEC3/4 contracts, preferably the ECC (Engineering & Construction Contract)
  • Experience with Government customers / PCRs (Public Contract Regulations)
  • Customer facing experience (unable to consider anyone with subcontractor / supplier facing experience only)
  • Significant pre-contract experience, capable of autonomously leading bids from a commercial perspective
  • Sound understanding of contract terms and conditions / contract law, contract and commercial risk management, and estimating/financial aspects of bids

 

Qualifications for the Commercial Manager (Pre-Contract)

  • Quantity Surveying or Business related degree or equivalent qualifications

 

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

 

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. 

 

What we offer 

  • Generous holiday allowance 
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme 
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive ten-days special paid leave 
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
  • Autonomy to perform the role
  • Opportunities to develop your career

 

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together. 


Account Manager
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

TerraCycle Overview:

We are TerraCycle® and we are Eliminating the Idea of Waste®.

Operating in over 21 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, TerraCycle is a global innovator in green business. It partners with many of the world’s largest consumer product companies and retailers to create collection and recycling solutions for hundreds of traditionally non-recyclable waste streams. By working with companies, retailers, governments and consumers, TerraCycle is able to collect and solve for just about every waste stream, from snack wrappers and contact lenses to ocean plastics and cigarette butts, all waste streams that otherwise end up in landfills, oceans, or incinerators. TerraCycle has received hundreds of awards globally and has been highlighted in some of the world's most recognized media outlets, including CNN, Wall St. Journal, Reuters.com New York Times, Forbes and thousands of others.

In May 2019, TerraCycle launched its newest initiative, Loop, a global circular shopping system that enables brands, retailers and consumers to transition from single-use disposable materials to reusable, durable packaging, washed by Loop and refilled by the brands. Loop has engaged many of the world's largest consumer product companies (including P&G, Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and Mondelez) and many of the world’s largest retailers in this platform. Loop is currently available in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S, and the greater Paris region in France, with plans to expand into several new markets including Canada, Japan, the UK and Germany in 2021.

Job Overview –

The TerraCycle Account Management Team seeks to hire a resourceful, autonomous and organised Account Manager to manage a portfolio of around 10-12 large and key accounts across Europe (mostly large FMCG brands) with a focus on the UK and France.

Their primary responsibility will be to manage the overall relationship with the client, the day to day running of recycling programmes and will ensure that all contractual obligations of the partnership are delivered to the right specifications and on time. They will oversee the launch of a recycling partnership and manage partnership projects where needed.

The role will be placed in the Account Management Team and will report to one of the Account Directors in the team.

The Account Manager will work closely with the Account Director to execute and deliver on set KPIs and strategies for growing revenue within their portfolio and expanding existing relationship and opportunities and ensure continuous renewals of partnerships. They will support the Account Director in building strategies for their portfolios and work on expanding existing relationships with key stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

Recurring tasks will include but are not limited to:

  • Serving as primary contact for a portfolio of brand partners
  • Managing external client relationships to satisfaction to ensure renewal and growth
  • Identifying and developing opportunities to drive business value for clients
  • Ensuring all client inquiries are responded to in a timely fashion
  • Identifying & resolving client concerns and troubleshoot and problem solve mostly independently where necessary
  • Proactively driving account growth: Preparing upsell proposals and facilitate cross-sell opportunities with other departments
  • Nurture and expand relationships with day-to day contacts and other key relevant stakeholders of their accounts
  • Mostly independently negotiate renewal terms
  • Coordinate with internal teams to develop plans for and regularly review programme performance
  • Preparing internal account performance data for their portfolio
  • Creating client-ready documents, including monthly reports (in both Excel and PowerPoint) and custom presentations
  • Provide clients with programme & budget updates and proposals according to their internal budgeting and planning process
  • Managing programme operational flow, pricing files, presentations, and contracts
  • Coordinating internal processes, including monthly invoicing and annual renewal pricing & projection process in conjunction with Operations team
  • Providing project management support for product orders, design projects, and brand activations as needed

 

Requirements/Skills –

Minimum of 3 years of experience in an Account Management/ Relationship Management role

Proven ability to build and grow client relationships Experience in growing revenue with clients as well as cross and upsells Excellent written and spoken English and French Solid business acumen Solid number literacy and ability to analyse data Strong communicator with excellent presentation skills A creative problem solver capable of thinking outside the box Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly PowerPoint) Solid team player who can collaborate cross-functionally and across cultures Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, ability to multitask and to prioritise among competing tasks Capability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment A sense of resourcefulness, ability to adapt, and positive attitude

Desirable:

Experience in client management within FMCG company is a added bonus

Project management experience is a plus A demonstrable interest in sustainable/green business would be beneficial

Compensation:

Salary depending on experience

25 Paid Holiday Days Summer Friday 2 Volunteering Days Online Yoga and wellbeing activities Company Pension contribution Enhanced Parental Leave Quarterly team engagement Hybrid working - opportunity to work from home up to 2 days per week Work anywhere for 1 month Office exchange programme

 

Job description is not all-inclusive. TerraCycle reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. TerraCycle is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. All candidates must already have the eligibility to work in the UK.

TerraCycle is committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion.

Technical Assessor
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Technical Assessor

Chesterfield

Waste Management

Up to £27,000 + Package

 

Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Technical Assessor to join one of the leading Waste Management specialists working within the Hazardous Waste sector across the UK. They are looking for a capable Technical Assessor to join an established team providing technical expertise to ensure waste streams across the business groups are dealt with in a compliant and commercially sound manner.

 

The Job

Working as a Technical Assessor, you will be responsible for…
  • Identify and assign cost effective treatment and processing routes for a variety of hazardous waste streams (both in house and external) to meet waste enquiries.
  • Carry out technical assessment of waste enquiries through characterising and applying accurate classification of the waste and ensuring all waste brought onto site meets current permits, compliance and legislation.
  • Provide technical advice, support and guidance to sites within the organisation and to external customers.
  • Work to current company policies, procedures and legislation.
  • Producing reports as and when required
  • Providing suitable waste routing plans and determining accurate pricing for customer enquiries.
  • Proactively supporting the correct safety culture across all sites.

 

The Candidate

To be considered for this position, candidates are expected to have a background working within a technical assessment/ support role with some understanding of working within the waste management sector, specifically hazardous waste management.  

 

Candidates should hold a degree level qualification (or equivalent) in Chemistry with a strong ability to understand and interpret analytical data and legislation

 

Demonstrable experience communicating and coordinating with people at all levels of an organisation is also desired as this role will require working with customers, clients and internal personnel.

 

What’s on offer
  • Basic Salary of up to £27,000 DOE
  • Opportunity to progress career in the Chemical and Waste Management industries.
  • Full training and support

 

How to Apply

To apply, please call Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

OCS Administrator
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Reporting to the Operational Control Support Team Leader, your role as OCS Administrator will be to maintain a positive and friendly company image by acting as the first line of contact to visitors, customers, and vendors in person, online, and via telephone. To ensure a good flow of office procedures you will work alongside the Service Coordinator and Project Controller and support the Service and Projects departments, carrying out common office duties.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Planning maintenance visits using excel and resource planning tool

  • Producing weekly/monthly customer reports

  • Setting up of projects

  • Order handling within SAP

  • Entering information into CRM

  • Quotation creation

  • Invoicing and managing customer billing plans

  • Welcoming guests organising client lunches

  • Travel Booking

  • Raising purchase requisitions

  • Supporting with facilities

 

Required Qualifications, Skills and experience

  • Must have a minimum of three to five year’s experience working in an office environment

  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to work without supervision

  • Excellent time management skills

  • Exceptional communication and customer service skills

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office

  • SAP knowledge (essential)

  • Strong prioritisation and organisation skills with the ability to handle confidential information

  • Strong record keeping skills

  • Good time management skills with the ability to multitask

  • High personal drive for continuous improvement

  • Potential and desire to progress and develop

 

What you can expect from us:

  • 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday), with flexibility required to meet customer and business needs.

  • After initial training period, hybrid working will be available, from home and our office in Aberdeen. There will be times for which your presence in the office is required, you should therefore live within commutable distance.

  • A permanent contract with a competitive salary, depending on experience.

  • Benefits, including pension with company contribution, death in service cover, staff bonus scheme, healthcare, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with increments based on length of service.

  • Exciting challenges within a global organisation that encourages a high degree of individual responsibility, with excellent career opportunities.

  • Innovative and advanced high-technology products and services.

 

Due to the nature of our business, please be advised at the offer of employment stage we will carry out Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Education and Employment checks on all candidates.


Quality Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Role: Quality Engineer

Location:

Fareham, Hampshire

Package Details:

£32500 - £35000k + benefits

 

Introduction

My client is a privately owned global leading supplier of fibre optic measurement systems. We supply strain measurement systems to many leading Wind Turbine manufacturers, as well as customising core technology for applications in Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Marine and other markets.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

As the

Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for:
  • Responsible for writing technical quality documentation e.g. PPAP, PFMA in accordance with the Quality Management System
  • Performing internal process audits, compliance audits & external customer audits
  • Collating and presenting KPI quality data identifying quality trends, risks & non conformances
  • Acting as the first line of defence in relation to contain problems, using a structured approach to identify root cause, recommend countermeasure and corrective actions.
  • Maintain & monitor internal & external quality (customer returns) using a CAPA & 8D processes
  • Identify, quantify & propose product & process improvements

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

  • ISO9001 / ISO45001 experience
  • Formal Engineering or Quality qualification, minimum HND (required)
  • Fully computer literate and enjoy communicating, report writing and summarising data to present to the team using Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc
  • Excellent verbal & written communication skills
  • Ability to take the initiative and make sound judgements related to quality
  • Must have a desire to learn and understand our company products to a level of technical detail and appreciate the customer applications and how they influence integration and deployment of our products
  • Minimum 3 years demonstrable experience applying tools in a manufacturing environment

Desirable:

  • Basic Electronic knowledge
  • Audit experience
  • Green belt or higher lean qualification

 

Salary & Package

What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• £32500 - £35000 Basic

• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays

• Holiday purchase scheme (up to 3 days)

• Private healthcare cover (Bupa)

• Enhanced workplace pension

• Life Assurance – 4x salary

• Christmas week shutdown

• Corporate Events

• Employee Assistance Program (Bupa)

• Employee Discount Platform (Perkbox)

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and Cover Letter to [email protected] or ring 07441391775 and ask to speak to Sue Greeff who can tell you more. INDREN

Transfer Station Chemist
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Transfer Station Chemist

Waste Management

Middlesbrough

£22,000 - £25,000 DOE

 

Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Transfer Station Chemist to join one of the industry leaders in hazardous and clinical waste management solutions across the UK. Working as the Transfer Station Chemist, you will be responsible for taking and analysing hazardous waste samples on-site to ensure safe and compliant waste is processed at all times.

 

The Job

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:
  • Assist with the hands-on operation of the hazardous waste site ensuring materials coming onto and off site are consistently safe and compliant to site permits and environmental regulations.
  • Assist with compiling lists of wastes to be transferred off site to third party disposal points. Liaising with other staff to ensure correct routing of wastes.
  • Assist with non- conformance procedures and sample processing within the site laboratory for incoming waste streams.
  • Providing services to customers to enable wastes to be assessed, priced and collected
  • Utilise appropriate systems to manage non- compliances.
  • Use of FLT/Dump Truck and other mobile plant as required
  • Assist with the daily/weekly plan for the operational areas and laboratory, adapt to the unplanned and unexpected to deliver targets, KPI’s and other requirements.
  • Ensure house-keeping requirements and continuous improvement programmes are supported both directly and through the plant team.
  • Partake in improvement of process, contributing to micro project development.
  • Undertake area administration activity including Chemist Check sheets, process sheets, stock sheets, production records, etc.

 

The Candidate

To be considered for this position, candidates are expected to have an appropriate chemistry qualification to degree level as well as experience handling a diverse range of chemical compounds including understanding of inter-reactions.

 

Some knowledge of hazardous waste or industrial chemistry would be beneficial as well as previous experience working in a site-based role or in an industrial hands-on environment.

 

This role would suit someone looking to further their career within the chemical sector and an interest in moving into the waste management industry. A NEBOSH certificate or IOSH H&S qualification would also be beneficial. 

 

What’s on Offer
  • Basic Salary of £22,000 - £25,000 DOE
  • Opportunity to progress career in the Chemical and Waste Management industries.
  • Full training and support

 

How to Apply

To apply, please call Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

EC&I Technician
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
  Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market leading energy company to recruit an Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation (EC&I) Technician for their Energy from Waste Power Station in Avonmouth, Bristol. The vital EC&I Technician role comes with a salary of £45,774 + up to 10% Bonus + Overtime + Call out payments. Call out system will be 1 in 4 weeks. If you’re an Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Technician 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 EC&I Engineer you will:
  • Carrying out fault diagnosis, repairs, planned and unplanned maintenance activities on all EC&I assets to maximise plant availability including pressure, level, temperature and flow sensors and control systems (DCS, PLCs) and electrical equipment.
  • Assisting during major maintenance periods, shutdowns, outages etc. when required to ensure maximum plant availability and efficiency.
  • Working alongside other technicians in the maintenance team in diagnosing faults and assisting/suggesting equipment upgrades
  • Maintaining accurate maintenance records using the site CMMS
  • Supervising and directing on site contractors when required
  • Working within the company health, safety and environmental processes and procedures at all times.
    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Ideally have at least an NVQ Level 3 in a relevant engineering discipline such as controls and instrumentation or electrical engineering.
  • 17th/18th Edition will be highly advantageous  
    Experience, knowledge, and personal skills The EC&I Technician role would suit someone who has:
  • Prior experience working in heavy process engineering environments such as Power (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, Coal, CHP, etc), Pharmaceutical, Chemicals, Steel Production, etc.
  • Having prior experience working with steam generation equipment will be highly advantageous.
  • Excellent technical knowledge of PLC, DCS, Instrumentation and some electrical systems
  • Experience working with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
    Salary and benefits of the EC&I Technician role:
  • Basic salary of £45,774
  • Bonus of up to 10%
  • Overtime paid at 1.5x
  • Call out rota with payments (1 in 4 weeks)
  • Other excellent benefits
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Multi-Skilled Service Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute are partnered with a long established, reputable company for service, maintenance and repair for waste handling and recycling equipment. Our client is looking for a Multi-Skilled Engineer to join their team to cover servicing their customers within the North of England and Scotland.  The Service Engineer role comes with a salary of up to £40,000 per annum plus company van, overtime opportunities and performance bonuses. If you’re a Service Engineer with mechanical and fabrication experience, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties: As the Multi-Skilled Field Service Engineer, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:  
  • Driving around 100 miles per day.
  • Servicing waste handling equipment, quotation work and attending breakdowns.
  • Delivering a first-time fix when attending breakdowns.
  • Occasional requirements to work away and out of hours.
  • Strong teamwork skills on site/ remotely via phone calls or video calls.
  • Working with compactors, balers, and other waste handling equipment.
  • Once trained, working with 3-phase electrics and display excellent safety understanding.
    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Mechanically strong.
  • 3-phase electrics experience (used to working on equipment).
  • Background in maintenance.
  • Road experience required.
  • Open to a variety of skill sets – multi-skilled, competent engineers preferred.
  • Ability to follow electrical drawings and provide phone support to other engineers.
  • Knowledge of compactors and balers ideal but not essential.
    Personal skills The Service Engineer role would suit someone who has:
  • Flexibility to accommodate overnight stays, early starts, and late finishes to meet client and business needs.
  • A UK driving licence
  • Good customer service skills
    Salary and benefits of the Fabrication Service Engineer role
  • Salary of up to £40,000 + overtime, performance bonus and zero sickness bonus.
  • Performance based pay structure – chance to grow and learn
  • Mobile and van supplied.
  • 20 days annual leave and Bank Holiday (Increases after 5 years’ service).
  • Cash incentives for performance/ attendance and stand-by.
  • Full training provided.
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