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For 170 years, Veolia has been a global leader in providing water, energy, and waste management solutions. Serving public authorities and industries across 58 countries, our comprehensive services are essential to human development and sustainable growth. As we progress alongside economic growth and human development, we continuously adapt and innovate, designing solutions that positively impact the environment and conserve resources.

Veolia focuses on local solutions to purify and preserve vital resources, mitigate resource depletion, decarbonize lifestyles and production methods, and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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Key figures of Veolia Near and Middle East

Over 3,900 employees in the Middle East (in addition to the nearly 6,000 employees for Enova, which reports directly to Veolia Africa Middle-East for Facility Management and Energy Efficiency contracts in the region)

A robust local network across the region, including the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia

40 years of sustainable partnerships

In the Middle East, Veolia collaborates with industries, governments, communities, and commercial businesses to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions needed today, while maintaining a vision for tomorrow. Through public-private partnerships and innovative contractual schemes, Veolia is dedicated to achieving measurable results with pragmatic, sustainable environmental solutions.

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Context

Tahwil is the largest hazardous waste incineration plant in Saudi Arabia, which includes the production of steam to industrial players, using state of the art technology and fully in compliance with environmental regulations to provide a sustainable waste disposal route to the local industry. The project is developed under merchant approach, with an initial long term agreement to treat hazardous waste of a major industrial player in Jubail and the Plaschem Park waste streams, followed by further waste from industrial customers of Jubail industrial City area.

As part of the Veolia “Impact 2023” long term strategic plan, Veolia Near & Middle East has built an ambitious growth plan in the waste and water sector.

Job Description

Main Accountabilities

The Operation Manager is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Tahwil including waste offloading and waste preparation. To implement, manage a safe, environmentally and regulatory compliant plant that meets the site goals and provides service to its customers.

Detailed Job Description

Planify, organize, coordinate and manage operation activities for appropriate waste offloading, storage and preparation, incineration of hazardous waste in compliance to all levels of Health and Safety standards, Environmental regulations and the Company policies and procedures.Support the Managing Director to settle in, review the operation and maintenance organization, implement and/or upgrade the procedures, and participate in the employee recruitment for the staff under his management.Manage and lead preparation of master work schedules to reflect treatment/disposal capacities, available manpower, delivery dates of waste treatment, etc.Enforce all compliance, health and safety, and other relevant compliance issues in accordance with regulatory policies.Develop and maintain methods of communication on schedule fulfillment, delays, and/or changes in incineration and maintenance operations.Lead and supervise operation and maintenance workforce; set priorities to operation & maintenance personnel, ensuring effective use of employees to maximize daily/weekly output to meet operational objectives.Establish the operation and maintenance budgets and implement controls to keep expenditures within previously approved budgetary limitations.Participate in the development of the assets, operations and maintenance annual budget; participate in forecasting funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; monitor, approve and optimize expenditures; implement adjustments.Participate actively in the implementation of all asset upgrade works that are defined by the Managing Director with Veolia Business Support Teams to comply with Veolia standards. It includes the delivery of engineering study, the scope of works, BOQ, tender documents and award, work supervision, commissioning.Coordinate and/or provide training programs to ensure a high level of skill and proficiency among employees supervised and to conform with the Company health and safety guidelines as well as all environmental regulations.Prepare, weekly, and monthly operating reports.Ensure systems are in place for proper planning for all preventative maintenance activities to minimize unexpected shutdowns.

 

QualificationsBachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Chemical or EnvironmentalEight to ten (8-10) years minimum experience in hazardous waste or chemical processing industry with managerial and production operation required.Hazardous Waste experience with Incineration performing a broad range of operational and maintenance planning activities.

Additional Information

Personal Attributes

Strong team player, self motivated, highly organized,Excellent interpersonal and communication skillsTime management: the ability to organize and manage multiple deadlinesStrong management skills, supervisory and leadership skillsMust be fluent in English, Arabic language is a plus.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

The preceding description is not designed to be a complete or exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities that will be carried out by the selected candidate.

Veolia Middle East does not and shall not discriminate in any forms in its recruitment processes.