Plant Operator/Technician – Anaerobic Digestion
Astute Technical
- Kettering, Northamptonshire
- £35,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Carrying out the day to day operations of the anaerobic digestion plant
- Working on a 4 on 4 off day shift rotation and being part of an on-call rota
- Learning how to use the SCADA control systems to monitor the process
- Carrying out planned & reactive maintenance of the plant, which will include working on pumps, conveyors, gearboxes, pipework etc once trained
- Feeding fuel into the process using mobile plant such as a telehandler
- Responding to machine and systems failures once trained
- General site housekeeping, keeping it clean and tidy
- Ensuring adherence with health & safety
- Other duties as required
- A relevant Engineer degree is desired but not essential
- Experience working in Anaerobic Digestion or a similar environment such as Agriculture, water treatment, energy from waste ect
- Experience operating mobile plant such as a telehandler or loading shovel
- Experience carrying out first line maintenance on processing plant such as pumps & conveyers would be an advantage
- Knowledge of SCADA or DCS would be an advantage
- Hard working and happy to work in an environment that processes food waste for renewable energy.
- Salary of up to £35,000 DOE (depending on experience)
- Benefits package which includes a performance bonus
- The opportunity to work on an established renewable energy plant that is part of a growing portfolio