Director of Operations

Dubai, Acre Resources

Acre has been instructed to find a Director of Operations to guide the design, development and operational management of an alternative fuel facility in the Middle East.

The company is renowned for providing innovative and challenging renewable energy solutions, enabling large scale CO2 reductions and cost saving energy usage.

Working in close partnership with the company’s commercial and industrial partners, this position will initially manage the alternative fuel plant‘s set up and commissioning. Once the plant is operational, the role will develop into one of managing the development, improvement and plant budget, as well as identifying potential new technologies and revenue streams.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing the relationship with the industrial partner in terms of defining the benefits over conventional fuels
• Evaluating feasibility studies
• Engineering of the alternative energy solution with the respective detail engineers
• Sizing and selection of equipment
• Purchasing/material sourcing for use in the plant
• Operational Management

We are looking for a commercially driven candidate who has supervisory experience in a fuel production environment; experience working on the development of alternative energy plants (Energy from Waste/BioEnergy) will be of great interest. Ideally you will also have undertaken Biomass fuel appraisal and the design of biomass gasification systems.

In return you will be exposed to a cutting edge programme within this fast growing and exciting sector with the support of an entrepreneurial and growing organisation.