Plant Manager

Job title: Plant Manager

Location: Lancashire

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

SRG are currently recruiting for an experienced Plant Manager on a permanent basis, based in Lancashire. This is a key leadership position, responsible for driving operational excellence and leading continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

The successful candidate will be a proven manufacturing leader with experience managing plant operations within a chemical, process, or manufacturing environment. You will play a critical role in delivering business objectives through effective people management, operational efficiency, and change management programmes.

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Provide overall leadership and direction for site operations, ensuring safe, efficient and compliant plant performance
• Manage and develop multidisciplinary teams, creating a high-performance and accountable culture
• Lead and promote a proactive Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) culture, ensuring compliance with all regulatory and company requirements
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, quality, cost reduction and operational performance
• Develop and implement change management strategies to support business growth
• Monitor and improve key performance indicators (KPIs) relating to safety, production, quality and maintenance
• Ensure effective resource planning to meet customer demand and operational targets
• Lead investigations into incidents, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.

Criteria:

• Previous experience in a similar role with leadership role within chemical/ COMAH manufacturing or a related process industry
• Demonstrable experience leading teams in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of HSE legislation, compliance and best practices
• Experience leading and embedding organisational and operational change
• Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong commercial awareness and problem-solving abilities.

If interested, please apply or contact Julia for more information: / (phone number removed)

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.