Senior Lead Operator
Westcott, Buckinghamshire
£30,000 - £32,000 (DOE) Plus Pension, BUPA Medical Cash Plan, Life Assurance, 20 Days’ Holiday (rising with service)

This is an amazing opportunity to help make a difference and save the planet by making a positive impact in a ground-breaking business who truly put safety at the heart of everything we do and have big plans for the future.

Olleco is on a mission to help protect the planet, working together with thousands of foodservice businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by hundreds and thousands of tonnes. We are now looking for a Senior Lead Operator to join our team and help us to continue to do things the right way for customers, colleagues and the planet.

With over 1,000 colleagues in multiple sites nationwide delivering excellence performance, we supply premium cooking oils and collect organic waste, which is then converted into bio-methane, electricity, heat and organic fertiliser. We offer the human touch with local, community-based depots which seek to give back to those communities every chance we get.

Within a diverse and inclusive environment, you will have the chance to contribute to our H&S culture and help us maintain our reputation for operational excellence.

As a Senior Lead Operator based in the Westcott AD plant, you will be a fundamental part of our team, enabling us to continue with our mission to serve the planet, a purpose we care strongly about and are committed to.

Why join us?

- You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference, help us to become more successful and deliver more benefits to the environment
- We’re growing and so will you be able to develop your own career
- We provide opportunities for you to develop your career, we encourage continuous learning and pride ourselves on promoting from within
- Help us achieve even more amazing things

What do we expect of each other?

- That each of us act like owners of this growing business
- We collaborate to enable us to be the best we can be - especially when it comes to safety and wellbeing!
- We are committed to making food sustainable and ensuring that nothing is wasted so we encourage our colleagues to come forward with their ideas
- Focus on the things that matter and approach every situation proactively and with agility

A little bit more about the role:

- A hands on roll ensuring the Anaerobic Digestion plant functions efficiently and effectively
- Ensure the plant is optimised from a biochemical, operational and technical perspective
- Undertake and allocate a range of day-to-day tasks
- Support the Operations Manager
- Manage de-pack hall housekeeping standards
- Ensure operators complete required Environmental checks e.g. odour tours
- Monitor the de-packers throughout the day to optimise water consumption, throughput of food waste and ensure on target dry solids of slurry are produced
- Undertake sampling and quality checks using the lab equipment
- Look for opportunities to continuously optimise and develop the current process
- Act as the Operations Manager to cover periods of absence

Interested?

What are we looking for? As you can imagine, you’ll need a broad range of personal skills to succeed, but we don’t expect you to have everything from the start! We will coach, train and support you, it’s more important that you have the right interpersonal skills and the intelligence to grasp our business and take us forward.

We will be looking for:

- Experience in an industrial related field, ideally anaerobic digestion or waste recycling
- Experience of working on a mobile plant
- Experience of managing activities and performance within defined process parameters
- High SHEQ standards and sound knowledge of safety practices

An industry or role related qualification would be beneficial but not essential. Experience of SCADA systems would also be an advantage.

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Other organisations may call this role Lead AD Operator, Lead Anaerobic Digestion Operator, Lead Industrial Operator, or Senior Waste Management Operator.