Technical and Process Manager - Ltp, Biogas and Biogas-to-Energy

Job Description

Main Accountabilities

The Technical and Process Manager will oversee the operation, optimization, construction, commissioning, and
performance of landfill gas, biogas-to-energy, and leachate treatment systems across all Veolia sites in Oman. The role includes regional operational leadership, project management, HSE and environmental compliance, maintenance coordination, budget management, resource planning, emergency response, and continuous improvement.

Detailed Job Description

Technical and Operation Management

•  Oversee the operation and performance of landfill gas, biogas, biogas-to-energy, and leachate treatment systems across all Veolia sites in Oman. 
• Establish consistent operating procedures, reporting systems, performance standards, and HSE requirements across all sites.
• Lead and support site-based site managers, supervisors, operators, technicians, and contractors. 
• Conduct regular site visits, operational reviews, inspections, and performance assessments. 
• Coordinate manpower, equipment, maintenance, technical support, and operational resources across the sites. 
• Report operational risks, performance issues, budget requirements, and improvement opportunities to management.

Biogas and Landfill Gas Management 

• Oversee landfill gas collection, gas treatment, flaring, and biogas utilization systems. 
• Monitor and optimize gas production, collection efficiency, gas quality, methane emissions, flaring, and energy generation. 
• Manage the operation and maintenance of gas wells, pipelines, blowers, condensate systems, flares, gas treatment equipment, and energy recovery systems.

Biogas-to-Energy Projects

• Manage biogas-to-energy projects from planning and design through construction, commissioning, handover, and operation.
• Develop operating structures, staffing plans, procedures, training requirements, maintenance arrangements, and budgets for biogas-to-energy facilities.
• Monitor energy production, gas utilization, equipment performance, availability, operating costs, and maintenance requirements.
• Review process designs, equipment specifications, operating philosophies, commissioning plans, and project schedules.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, procurement, HSE, finance, contractors, suppliers, and clients.
• Ensure that operating manuals, maintenance documents, drawings, spare parts, training records, and handover requirements are completed.
• Lead performance testing, start-up, stabilization, and operational acceptance of new facilities.

Biogas System Construction and Commissioning

• Lead the construction, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover of new landfill gas, biogas, gas treatment, flaring, and biogas-to-energy systems.
• Review technical designs, construction plans, method statements, risk assessments, inspection plans, and commissioning procedures.
• Ensure that construction activities comply with approved designs, technical requirements, quality standards, HSE procedures, and environmental controls.
•  Coordinate contractors, consultants, suppliers, project teams, site operations, and authorities.
• Identify technical risks, design gaps, construction issues, non-conformances, and operational concerns.
• Ensure that all new systems are safely handed over to operations and maintenance teams.

Leachate Treatment and New Plant Development

• Oversee the operation and maintenance of leachate collection, pumping, storage, treatment, and disposal systems.
• Monitor leachate levels, flow rates, composition, treatment performance, permeate quality, treated water quality, and discharge requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable environmental regulations, permits, and water quality standards.
•  Lead the process and operational requirements for new leachate treatment plants.
• Review treatment technologies, process designs, equipment selections, operating philosophies, commissioning plans, and staffing requirements.
• Coordinate the construction, commissioning, testing, start-up, and handover of new leachate treatment facilities.
• Identify opportunities to reduce chemical use, energy consumption, treatment costs, waste generation, and environmental risks.

Environmental Compliance, HSE, and Emergency Response

• Ensure compliance with environmental regulations, permits, company policies, client requirements, and HSE standards.
• Control and monitor risks related to methane emissions, gas leaks, fires, spills, odors, discharges, chemicals, electrical systems, confined spaces, and construction activities.
• Implement risk assessments, safe work procedures, inspections, toolbox talks, incident investigations, and corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain emergency response plans for gas, leachate, treatment, energy, construction, equipment, and environmental incidents.
• Organize emergency drills and ensure that employees and contractors are trained in emergency procedures.
• Respond promptly to incidents and coordinate containment, investigation, reporting, and corrective actions.

Maintenance and Asset Management

• Coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance for biogas, landfill gas, leachate, treatment, electrical, mechanical, control, and energy generation systems.
• Monitor equipment reliability, recurring failures, maintenance backlogs, spare parts, asset condition, and system availability.
• Support maintenance schedules, asset registers, inspection plans, equipment upgrades, and replacement strategies.
• Coordinate maintenance teams, contractors, suppliers, and service providers.

Reporting, Optimization, and Budget Management

• Establish regional reporting requirements for biogas, energy generation, leachate treatment, HSE, maintenance, projects, and financial performance.
• Review operational data, laboratory results, energy production, gas recovery, treatment performance, system availability, and operating costs.
• Prepare technical, operational, environmental, project, and management reports.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process optimization, cost reduction, energy recovery, methane reduction, water recovery, and improved system reliability.
• Prepare and manage operating, maintenance, project, and capital budgets.
• Monitor expenditure, manpower, chemicals, energy, contractors, maintenance costs, and project costs.
• Support procurement, technical evaluations, tender reviews, contractor selection, and supplier performance management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in landfill gas, biogas-to-energy, leachate treatment, or waste-to-energy operations and projects.
• Strong knowledge of HSE, environmental regulations, permit compliance, and emergency response.
• Experience managing teams, contractors, budgets, and multi-site operations.
• Proficiency in operational reporting, data analysis, CMMS.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Fluency in English; Arabic is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel between sites.

Additional Information

Personal Attributes:

• Able to establish good business relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Good leading and communication skills, fosters teamwork to enable teams to deliver against objectives. Enthusiastic and team oriented; able to work well in cross-functional teams.
• Strong relationship building skills that support the ability to engage with a number of diverse work streams to ensure delivery and performance
• Able to work with people of varying abilities and nationalities; demonstrates cultural sensitivity

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

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.