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Shift Team Leader

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Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for a Shift Team Leader to join their Biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant just south of Nottingham.
The vital Shift Team Leader role comes with a competitive salary + overtime + benefits.
If you’re a Shift Team Leader or Assistant Shift Team Leader/Operations Technician looking to progress your career 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 of the Shift Team Leader
Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Leadership of the Operations Team and the safe and efficient operation of the plant
- Ensuring the plant is operating within its parameters whilst complying with strict HSE rules and regulations as well as company policies and procedures
- Leading the sites safety systems including the permit to work system and acting as an Authorised Person for the purpose of issuing permits, switching and carrying out isolations
- Providing technical supervision and assistance where necessary for company and contract staff engaged in work
- Providing effective training and monitoring of shift staff to ensure personnel are competent to undertake their duties, this includes reviews and personal Development Plans
- Working on outage planning (and assisting during outages), plant improvement projects and plant optimisation projects
- Working within the Company Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality Systems
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Professional Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- An NVQ Level 3 minimum qualification in a relevant engineering discipline
- A formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH will be advantageous but not a necessity
Personal Skills, Prior Experience And Knowledge
The Shift Team Leader role would suit someone who has:
- Prior experience in an operational environment on a power station with Supervisory experience. This could be Energy from Waste, Coal, CCGT, Biomass, CHP or Nuclear.
- Senior Royal Navy Marine Engineers with significant watch-keeping experience will also be considered
- Senior Authorised Persons Status or experience with High Voltage equipment would be highly advantageous


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Salary and benefits of the Shift Team Leader role
- A competitive basic salary
- Overtime
- Private medical
- Other excellent benefits
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.
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