Head of Engineering - Dublin Waste to Energy in Lerwick

Head of Engineering – Dublin Waste to Energy
Location: Ireland
Salary: Excellent Salary Plus Benefits Package
Vacancy Type: Permeant
The business is a waste to energy and power generation asset in Ireland owned by private institutional investors. It treats residual waste under a long-term public private partnership with a public authority, with several decades remaining on the concession, and exports baseload electricity to the grid.
Operations and maintenance are delivered by a third-party contractor under a long-term operating contract, which has recently been transferred to a new counterparty.
The business is moving to standalone operations under a new ownership structure and is building its own capability with a small senior team.
Role Overview
The Head of Engineering will be a senior engineering appointment in the business and its technical authority for the asset.
The role holds the operator to the technical obligations of the operating contract, protects the condition and remaining life of the plant across the concession term, and gives the board and shareholders a technical view independent of the party being reported on. It owns the relationship with external technical advisors and directs specialist support on major projects and studies, including the Dublin District Heating System.
Health, safety, environmental and quality matters sit with the role on an assurance and audit basis, including robustly challenging the operator’s QHSE plans, performance and controls and holding the operator accountable for addressing deficiencies. Statutory duties for plant operation remain with the operator
The role is based in Dublin with daily on-site presence and reports into the Project Director. This could move to a 4-day-a-week on-site presence in time.
Key Responsibilities
Operator performance and contract management:
Validate availability, output and operating data
Chair the weekly technical performance meeting with the operator and maintain the action log
Assess claims for additional cost, time or relief and advise the Project Director
Determine operator performance against contract guarantees and any subsequent performance deductions
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