H100 Site Supervisor

Salary: £53.8k - £64.6k per annum (Dependent on skills & qualifications)

Reference: REQ3879

Do you want to be a part of an innovative and supportive team, where there are great opportunities for career progression and development?

The overall purpose of this role is to safely operate, manage, and maintain all plant and equipment for the H100 Hydrogen Production and Storage (P&S) site in Methil, Fife.

The key responsibilities of this role are:

• Lead the site operations team (Process Operators and Technicians) and oversee the day-to-day running of the plant to ensure all manufacturing performance metrics are delivered and maintaining continuity of supply to our customers.
• Ensure that all legislative and regulatory requirements are met (SHE, DSEAR, COSHH, PSSR, SEPA etc) and responsible for ensuring that all planned preventative maintenance tasks and servicing are completed as per the schedule.
• Provide clear direction to the operations team, and measure against targets and objectives.
• Work with the site operations team to set and clearly communicate the production schedule, to maximise efficiency of the plant in conjunction with the required site maintenance activities.
• Ensure that the team are fully trained and competent to successfully perform their roles, including regular on-site and off-site training, emergency preparedness drills, and scenario planning.
• Oversee the safe control of operations on site, including preparation of plant and equipment for maintenance purposes, safe isolation and reinstatement of plant (SIRP), issuing of permits, and control of contractors.
• Continually contribute to the optimisation of the production processes.
• Strictly follow documented standard operating procedures.
• Lead and support improvements through CI initiatives and preventative actions.
• Drive and own root cause analysis completion.
• Overall responsibility of the on-site spares, ensuring that the store is well maintained and controlled by the site operators and technicians.
• A key member of the on-site emergency response and standby team.
• Create and continually improve site operating procedures and documentation.
• Play an integral role in the safe and successful commissioning of the H100 project and transition to steady-state operations.
• Oversee the day-to-day management of the Demo Homes in order to meet customer requirements, and work closely with our external stakeholder and marketing teams.
• Deputise for the H100 Operations Manager as required.

What you’ll need

The technical skills and job knowledge/experience for this job are:

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role in a high-risk manufacturing plant such as Oil & Gas, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, etc.
• Exceptional health and safety ethos.
• Demonstrable experience of leading teams to maximise their potential to achieve their goals.
• Highly competent in working with automated systems / SCADA.
• Experience with planning and coordinating maintenance activities for process plant and instrumentation.
• Highly competent with CMMS and planned preventative maintenance.
• A strong engineering/technical mindset.
• Experience of writing, developing and implementing local site operating procedures (SOP’s).
• Commutable distance to Methil.
• A full and valid driving licence.
• Highly computer literate.

Preferred

• Previous Hydrogen (or other gas) experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of the gas network/industry.
• Commissioning experience.
• Previous emergency response training.
• Contractor supervision and control of work, including issuing of permits, plant preparation, safe isolation & reinstatement of plant.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and supporting others.

The essential personal attributes required for the role are as follows:

• Excellent communicator who works well as a part of a cohesive and supportive team.
• A 'can-do’ mindset and self-starter, with an ability to identify and solve problems.
• Comfortable working alone as well as a part of a team.
• An individual who always thinks of SHE, Quality, Cost and Continual Improvement.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Always compliant with policies and procedures.
• You naturally take pride in your workplace and always maintain the highest standards of housekeeping and site hygiene.
• A desire to continue learning and openly shares knowledge and experience with others.
• Committed and flexible, with a willingness to undertake additional tasks to support the overall site goals.
• Passionate about the environment and sustainability.

This role will report to the H100 Operations Manager (Production & Storage) who is accountable for the delivery of all upstream operational aspects of H100 Fife.

If you don’t have all the qualifications, we would still love to hear from you… we provide our own specialised learning and development programs, providing access to learning tools to help you acquire the skills needed to excel in our environment.