Plant Manager

Equans is a renowned energies & services contractor and a proud member of the Bouygues global industrial group. Our expertise spans the design, construction, and maintenance of buildings and critical infrastructure worldwide. We have a great opportunity within Equans Embedded Energy for an Plant Manager to oversee the safe and efficient operation of the Fellside CHP plant.

Equans Embedded Energy operates multiple customer sites with large-scale embedded energy capacity across the UK, providing specialist management of onsite generation for industrial processes and the ability to export to the Grid. We combine multiple technologies to meet our customers’ specific needs, and provide design, build, operate and maintenance services. Our skills and expertise can help industrial businesses to achieve their carbon reduction goals.

We are experts in many technologies, including combined heat and power (CHP), biomass, and energy from waste. By locating generation on customers’ sites we provide our customers with industry leading safety management, reduced energy costs and carbon footprint and assured energy security for their operational needs.

Key Activities:

• Build, maintain and manage effective and timely client relationships balancing and delivering client requirements to ensure safe, efficient asset running and excellent & adaptable customer/client service.
• In line with onsite requirements, to have overall responsibility for the safe and effective running of the Fellside plant, ensuring all SHE, legislative and business requirements are met and maintained.
• Lead, manage and engage the Fellside management team and other assigned personnel, taking overall responsibility for their supervision, development, welfare and overall effectiveness.
• Develop, lead, communicate and deliver the Fellside plant AOP and business plan.
• Develop, lead and deliver the Fellside plant philosophy, procedures and systems, to enable the achievement of required performance measures and statutory and management reporting. To ensure their effective communication, understanding and monitoring by all relevant employees.
• Work effectively and positively with all Fellside employees, customers, clients, contractors and external authorities, to both promote the Fellside business and deliver site and client requirements.
• Overall responsibility for effective planning, justification & control of site financial and budget management.
• Remain fully conversant with all plant commercial operations & markets.
• Develop, maintain and actively participate in civic, neighbourhood, industrial and government activities, promoting positive public and business relationships.
• As required, to provide out of hours and emergency call out support.
• Actively improves self and others by developing new and enhancing existing skills and knowledge.

Skills, qualifications & experience:  

• Degree in an engineering discipline
• IOSH or equivalent safety qualification
• Plant Management experience in a 24/7 process at department head level.
• Identifying & managing engineering risk.
• Fundamental knowledge of Electrical engineering compliance & legislation. ATEX, DSEAR etc
• Understanding and driving the department for Key Performance Indicators as set with the working contract.
• Plant SHE procedures & documentation including PTW systems, confined space entry requirements. 
• Working knowledge of Quality management systems.
• Budgetary management & control.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:   

• 25 days leave
• Pension
• Private health care
• Site specific benefits
• Company share scheme
• Life Cover equivalent
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in EQUANS), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Persons Network) and our Disability Network
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app   

Who are we?

EQUANS is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 17 billion euros.  

In the UK & Ireland, EQUANS is a provider of technical, FM, regeneration and energy services – with specialist capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables.

EQUANS’ 13,500 UK & Ireland employees combine these activities to help businesses, public sector organisations and government to embrace the energy transition towards net zero, and also the digital & industrial transitions that are redesigning the way we move, work and live.

EQUANS is a Bouygues group company. 

What’s next?

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.

At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Equans you’ll find a welcoming and open workplace where you’re supported and encouraged to be your true self at work. You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in Equans), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Professionals Network) and our Disability Network. 

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role.  Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements.

The EQUANS Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to EQUANS Managers.