Plant Manager

Role type : Permanent
Location : Croydon, London
Salary : 80000
Sector : Power
Posted : 27/04/2026
Ref : BBBH28582
Salary: 80000

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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 + 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

INDPOW

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

To apply for this Plant Manager opportunity, please complete the form below. Alternatively, send a copy of your up-to-date CV to kshinn@astutepeople.co.uk or call +44 23 9228 8284 to speak to Kyle Shinn who can tell you more. You can also connect with Kyle on LinkedIn to view other jobs they are recruiting. View current job vacancies Astute People is recruiting.

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