International Plant Manager - Energy

Madrid, Spain Permanent View Job Description
Take full responsibility for leading a complex industrial energy facility, ensuring safe and efficient operations across integrated processes.Drive plant performance, operational readiness, and team capability to maximise production and long-term asset value.
  • Take full responsibility for leading a complex industrial energy facility.
  • Drive plant performance, operational readiness, and team capability.

About Our Client

International company operating within the water, biogas and biomethane sectors, focused on the development, ownership and operation of sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy assets. The company manages and develops facilities across multiple regions, including the Nordics and Southern Europe, with a strong commitment to environmental performance, operational excellence and the energy transition.

Job Description

  • Lead and manage end-to-end plant operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant performance across all production processes and utilities.
  • Oversee commissioning, start-up, and ramp-up activities, ensuring a controlled transition into stable and optimised commercial operations.
  • Drive operational excellence through monitoring KPIs, analysing plant performance, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to maximise output and efficiency.
  • Define and enforce maintenance strategies, coordinating preventive and corrective activities to ensure high asset reliability and minimal downtime.
  • Establish strong operational frameworks including procedures, reporting, and compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
  • Build, lead, and develop on-site teams, fostering a high-performance culture focused on safety, accountability, and capability development.
  • Manage site budgets, resources, and external stakeholders, including contractors, suppliers, and regulatory bodies, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

The Successful Applicant

  • Experience within the biogas, biomethane, renewable gas, water treatment, wastewater treatment, environmental services, energy, industrial utilities, or related process industries will be highly valued.
  • Strong track record of operational leadership with accountability for plant performance, cost control, and delivery against production targets.
  • Availability to travel internationally and relocate, when required, to company sites across different regions, including the Nordics and Southern Europe.

What's on Offer

  • Senior site leadership role with full operational responsibility in a high-value industrial asset.
  • Opportunity to play a key role in commissioning, scaling, and optimising a strategically important facility.
  • Competitive compensation package aligned with the seniority and technical scope of the position.
Contact
Adela Villaverde
Quote job ref
JN-072026-7059306

Job summary

Function
Operational & General Management
Subsector
Operational & General Management Subsector
Industry
Energy & Natural Resources
Location
Madrid
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Adela Villaverde
Job reference
JN-072026-7059306

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