Careers Site Advertising End Date
31 Oct 2025
Internal Advertising End Date
31 Oct 2025
All Locations
Sittingbourne
All Departments
Operations
Vacancy Type
Permanent

About The Role

What is the role?

This role is accountable for ensuring the consistent day-to-day, safe and compliant operation of the facility. Providing effective and visible Leadership of the Day Team Supervisor and the Day team operation, ensuring company targets related to a safe working environment, training, environmental and safety compliance, facility performance and equipment operating requirements are achieved.

During periods of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance periods the Day Team Leader may be required oversee the day-to-day operations of the Permit to Work system, ensuring all activities related to the "System" are carried out in accordance with enfinium Safety Rules.

Management accountability for the Day Team Supervisor and activities conducted by the day operations team will require a visible leadership style to ensure the highest operational standards are maintained throughout the operational period.

Additionally, the role will have accountability for overseeing the Operations team management of Waste acceptance, processing, and contracts associated with the operations department (both permanent and temporary) to ensure adherence to health and safety, environmental, and operational protocols in all situations and conditions.

What you will be doing?

Please see below a brief overview of the role and the responsibilities

  • Ensures the plant is operated with respect to safety, environmental and operational limits at all times, whilst maximising availability, reliability and efficiency.
  • Responsible for leading and supervising team members, and other personnel, to ensure the facility is operated and maintained in a safe and efficient manner.
  • Directs and co-ordinates resources to meet plant and business requirements.
  • Ensures contractual requirements within the Power Purchase (PPA) and Steam Sales (SSA) and Fuel Service Agreement (FSA) are fulfilled.
  • Serves as the Plant Manager’s representative during periods when Maintenance and Operations Managers are unavailable.
  • Maintains and enforces company policies and procedures, ensuring statutory and regulatory health, safety and environmental compliance is enforced.
  • Responsible for monitoring plant performance, identifying and taking proactive measures to improve performance shortfalls.
  • Utilising team resource and competence, be responsible for the delivery of the planned and first line maintenance, operational routines and testing requirements of the Plant.
  • Responsible for ensuring that Plant is released for maintenance and routines inline with agreed planning schedules when supporting the shift operation.
  • Contract management of the industrial services, mobile plant, fuel and ash team service agreements. Optimises waste delivery, residue removal schedules and manages the consumption and replenishment of all process bulk consumables.

Desirable qualifications & Experience

  • A minimum of 5 years’ operational and maintenance experience in the power generation, EfW or other similar environment.
  • Solid working knowledge of permit to work systems with experience as an SAP and HV switching.
  • Knowledge and understanding of safe vehicle movement.
  • NEBOSH General Certificate desirable.
  • Knowledge of Waste Duty of Care, COTC or Waste Management.
  • Professional memberships and certifications from groups such as the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHe), Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM), or similar professional bodies.
Competencies 
  • Treats people with respect.
  • Works ethically and with integrity at all times.
  • Analytical ability, enthusiastic and competent problem solver with a practical approach to solving engineering problems.
  • A proven team leader with good communication and organisational skills, able to manage, coach and motivate the operations teams.
  • Able to cope with numerous issues simultaneously and capable of prioritising tasks accordingly.

About Us

Who are enfinium?

enfinium is one of the largest energy-from-waste businesses in the UK and an industry leader in the conversion of non-recyclable residential and business waste into heat and partially renewable power. enfinium currently has a platform of six (two in construction) strategically located facilities across the UK. Today, enfinium has an annual waste processing capacity of over 2.3 million tonnes, and a total combined electric generating capacity of 265MW (gross) - enough energy to power more than 500,000 UK homes. enfinium is owned by infrastructure investment funds managed by Igneo Infrastructure Partners

At enfinium we’re guided by five principles, we use these to make sure we’re not only doing a great job, but we’re doing it in the right and safe way: 

One Team - Pride Matters - Safety on Purpose - Make a positive impact - Take Ownership

As a Company, we really value our employees and as such, offer a generous employee benefits package which includes the following:

  • Vitality Private Medical care
  • Private Dental Care
  • Life Assurance
  • Company pension with a 6% company contribution
  • Perkbox to get all your Highstreet discounts
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Employee Assistance programme
  • Uniform provided
  • Continuous learning and development through our e-learning portal and access to role-based qualifications
Make a difference today to deliver a cleaner tomorrow

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