Lee Knights

Founder

United Kingdom14 yrs 2 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Founder of BGE Energy, innovating operational intelligence.
  • Expert in process optimization and continuous improvement.
  • Proven track record in enhancing profitability for plants.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in operational excellence within the industrial process and waste management sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Operational ExcellenceProject ManagementContinuous ImprovementProfit & Loss Management

Other Skills

Process Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaFailure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)Anaerobic DigestionContract ManagementMentoringValue Stream MappingEnvironmental Management SystemsEnvironmental AwarenessHazardous Waste ManagementSustainabilityEnvironmental Impact AssessmentEnvironmental ComplianceRisk AssessmentRenewable Energy

About

BGE Energy is the operational intelligence layer for industrial process plants. We bring plant data into one platform that cuts operational drift and lifts EBITDA, sitting on top of existing SCADA. I've been delivering this method for years as a paid consultant, BGE is the software version. Process plants run complex industrial and biological systems, yet most still operate reactively. Operators are flooded with alarms and data, but lack the intelligence to run their facilities predictively. The value leaks before anyone sees it. After years inside AD plants, biomethane facilities and industrial waste systems, the pattern was clear. The industry doesn't need more dashboards. It needs an intelligence layer that translates plant data into the actions that recover EBITDA, and it has to work on top of the SCADA already on the floor, not replace it. That's what we've built at BGE Energy. Our platform, brings plant data, sensors, SCADA and biology together in one place. Our first pilot is coming online in biogas, our beachhead, and the same problem extends across the wider industrial process sector. The mission is simple: turn complex industrial infrastructure into predictable, high-performance, profitable operations.

Experience

14 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 4 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Bge energy ltd

Founder and CEO

Mar 2024Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · United Kingdom · Hybrid

  • BGE Energy is the operational intelligence layer for industrial process plants. We bring plant data into one platform that cuts operational drift and lifts EBITDA, working on top of existing SCADA rather than replacing it.
  • Process plants run complex industrial and biological systems, yet most still operate reactively. Operators are flooded with alarms, lab results, and process variables, but much of it stays disconnected and hard to interpret in real time. The result is instability, lost yield, unnecessary downtime, and decisions made on experience rather than structured intelligence.
  • The method was proven the hard way. I delivered it manually, plant by plant, as a paid consultancy for years. BGE is the software version, productising what clients already pay for.
  • Our platform, BGE Energy, brings plant data, sensors, SCADA and biology together into a single intelligence layer. Operators and asset owners get a clear, real-time view of how the plant is actually performing, and the actions that recover lost margin. We sit above the existing control systems, so deployment is faster, lower-risk, and more impactful than replacing them.
  • We work with plant operators, asset owners and energy infrastructure businesses that want to move from reactive firefighting to predictable, profitable operation. Our first pilot is coming online in biogas, our beachhead, with the same operational-drift problem extending across the wider industrial process sector.
  • At its core, BGE's job is simple: turn complex industrial infrastructure into operations that are predictable, stable, and significantly more profitable to run.
Operational ExcellenceProject Management

Thalia waste management

2 roles

Contract COTC Site Lead - Milton Keynes

Oct 2023Jun 2024 · 8 mos

Continuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaFailure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)Anaerobic DigestionContract Management+3

Contract COTC Site Lead - York

Sep 2023Jan 2024 · 4 mos

Continuous ImprovementLean Six SigmaAnaerobic DigestionContract ManagementOperational Excellence

Eco sustainable solutions ltd

Contract AD Manager

May 2023Aug 2023 · 3 mos · Dorchester, England, United Kingdom

Profit & Loss ManagementContinuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaAnaerobic DigestionContract Management+1

Londonenergy

2 roles

Contract Operations Manager and RRF Transition Team HSQE Lead

Oct 2022Jun 2023 · 8 mos

Continuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaContract ManagementMentoringOperational Excellence

Contract Operations Manager

Jul 2022Jun 2023 · 11 mos

Continuous ImprovementLean Six SigmaContract ManagementMentoringOperational Excellence

Re-gas b.v.

Contract Operations Manager

Jan 2022Aug 2022 · 7 mos · Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom

Profit & Loss ManagementContinuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaAnaerobic DigestionContract Management+2

Etm recycling

Head Of Operations

Feb 2021Jan 2022 · 11 mos · Bristol, England, United Kingdom

  • ETM Recycling is a key player in the recycling sector in both Bristol and Bath, with a large fleet of lorries and state-of-the-art recycling and waste management facility processing over 600 tonnes per day.
Profit & Loss ManagementContinuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaContract ManagementMentoring+1

Carbon8 systems

Project And Process Manager

Jan 2020Feb 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · National and International

  • Carbon8 Systems is the first company to use Accelerated Carbonation Technology (ACT), a treatment for industrial wastes and contaminated soils.
Continuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaContract ManagementOperational Excellence

Refood uk

Plant Manager

Aug 2018Jan 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Responsible for the operational management of Re Food's Dangenham 5MWe food waste gas to grid Anaerobic Digestion plant and Cat 2 transfer station.
Profit & Loss ManagementContinuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaAnaerobic DigestionContract Management+2

Renewi plc

Regional SHEQ Advisor

Jan 2017Aug 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Responsible for 9 sites for the south east of the uk covering one of the largest waste PFI contracts with +250 employees within the region processing +700 thousand tonnes of waste per annum,
  • Designed and implemented hazard awareness programs with the focus on employee engagement and hazard identification reporting, programme successfully increasing employee engagement by 45%, reduction in less than 3 days accidents by 94% and increasing hazard reporting by 114%.
Continuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaContract ManagementOperational Excellence

Knights global compliance

Buisness Managment Consultant

Sep 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Independent Contract Business management consultant, working across 3 projects, revolutionizing the business performance from a SHEQ, production, logistics, marketing and sales prospective, increasing plant uptime and availability through innovative maintenance and asset management techniques. roles including SHEQ manager, business performance manager, HSE manager, Management systems manager.
Continuous ImprovementLean Six SigmaContract ManagementOperational Excellence

Bio collectors food waste recycling

Plant Manager

Oct 2014Sep 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mitcham Surrey

  • Bio collectors is the largest AD plant within london generating and exporting 4MW of electricity and gas to the national grid, responsible for re-strategizing the business management system and delivering the plant upgrade to export Gas to the national grid on time and within project time frame, drastically improved the uptime and productivity of the plant reducing cost and maximising gas production.
Profit & Loss ManagementContinuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaAnaerobic DigestionContract Management+2

Canterbury christ church university

Environmental Science Student

Sep 2013Jul 2014 · 10 mos · Canterbury, United Kingdom

  • I attended Canterbury Christ church university to study environmental science the first year I studied, chemistry, physics, biology.

Kier group

Waste Transfer Station Manager

Apr 2011Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gosport

  • Responsible for the construction and development of an award winning waste transfer station within a PFI contract , which reduced contract downtime and increased productivity for cleansing, building maintenance and landscaping, provided the client recycling rates of 89 - 95% landfill diversion resulting in 100k saving per annum.
Profit & Loss ManagementContinuous ImprovementProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean Six SigmaContract ManagementOperational Excellence

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