Area Operations Manager - Monkton Combe, Somerset, United Kingdom - Energy Jobline CVL

Description

Your focus will be on setting and managing significant budgets, while also setting area strategies using best industry practice to achieve high quality in all areas, minimise waste and become more sustainable and efficient.

overseeing sewage and sludge treatment processes and biogas production plant, ensuring compliance is maintained (UWWTD, OSM, IED, BAS, etc)
- developing commercial opportunities within our Bioresources team, working closely with the Head of Commercial Operations
- ensuring process safety compliance across the remit
- the ownership of tactical sludge strategy and implementation
- sludge volume reduction, working closely with Water Recycling Divisional teams
- achieving financial targets and delivering agreed commercial outputs
- line managing Area Bioresources Operations Managers and Renewable Energy Managers, including their one-to-ones, development, HR-related issues, training requirements and managing performance
- ensuring all health and safety policies, procedures and best practices are adhered to
- managing and prioritising risks effectively
- building strong relationships with internal stakeholders and ensuring service level agreements are achieved

• Additionally, you will have overall financial ownership of the department. You'll liaise regularly with Finance teams and Asset Lifecycle Engineers to review OPEX and capital maintenance performance against budget.

You will have excellent organisational, planning, communication, persuading and influencing skills.
a minimum of a degree in a relevant engineering, scientific discipline or relevant experience
- a high-level understanding of process safety concepts and principles, such as hazard awareness, hazard identification and risk assessment, management of change, safe systems of work and human factors
- an understanding of changes and trends in safety workplace culture
- knowledge of wastewater, waste and environmental regulations such as UWWTD, IED and BAS
- proficiency in the analysis of numerical data for decision making and reporting
- proficiency with data reporting systems (Amulet, Prism, SCADA, Qlikview, etc)
- proficiency in the use of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- a clean UK driving licence.
DSEAR qualification (eg, CompEx) or prepared to receive training
- an occupational health and safety qualification (eg, IOSH or NEBOSH) or prepared to receive training
- continual professional development through a professional body (eg, IChemE, IOSH or CIWEM) is .
Total pension contributions up to 20%.

• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to buy up to 10 days' holiday and sell up to five every year.
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• A new electric car in exchange for part of your gross salary.
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• We are one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.We also aim to have a positive impact on the communities we serve and the natural environment.

Our people tell us Wessex Water is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us You will have the opportunity to develop and progress your career, while also receiving health and wellbeing support.