Asphalt Plant Manager

FM Conway Ltd; Erith; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Erith is seeking an experienced Asphalt Plant Manager to oversee operations and ensure health and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in asphalt or manufacturing, excellent leadership skills, and a focus on continuous improvement. This full-time, permanent role offers a range of benefits including career development and healthcare options.

Benefits

Career and professional development

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Company pension

Healthcare

Internal and external training

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in Asphalt or Manufacturing industry.
• NEBOSH or IOSH qualification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate the operational team.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Create and manage the site improvement plan.
• Collate KPIs and demonstrate continuous improvement.
• Manage stock levels of fuel and raw materials.
• Carry out mixing plans effectively and cost-efficiently.
• Train and develop staff safely and effectively.
• Highlight critical issues with timely incident reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Health and safety awareness

Commercial awareness

Improvement focus

Microsoft Office

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Overview

FM Conway is currently seeking an experienced Asphalt Plant Manager to join our Aggregate and Asphalt division. Reporting to the Business Manager you will oversee the operations and continuous improvement of the asphalt plant and wharf. You will utilise excellent people management, commercial and operational skills to ensure profitability, efficiency and health and safety are prioritised and delivered at all times. This is a full time, permanent role based at our Erith Asphalt Plant.

Responsibilities

• Managing and motivating the operational team to achieve excellence and continual improvement
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, as well as quality standards
• Creating, managing, and maintaining the site improvement plan
• Collating KPI’s and demonstrating continuous improvement
• Managing stock levels of fuel, constituent and raw materials
• Ensuring mixing plans are carried out in an effective and cost‑effective manner
• Ensuring all staff are suitably trained and developed to perform their duties safely and effectively
• Ensuring any critical issues are highlighted, to include timely and accurate incident reporting

Skills and Experience

We are looking for a strong leader, who has experience in Asphalt or the Manufacturing industry. You will have excellent health and safety awareness, and you will be commercially aware, and improvement focused. Familiarity with Microsoft Office packages is essential for this role, as is a full UK driving licence. In addition, it would be useful if you held a NEBOSH or IOSH qualification although this is not essential.

Benefits

As our Asphalt Plant Manager we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance, company pension, healthcare, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well‑being benefits including 24‑hour advice lines, and support from our in‑house mental health first aiders.

About FM Conway

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family. Our Aggregate and Asphalt division manufactures a range of high‑quality products that can be adapted to suit the specific needs of our customers. We recycle highways arisings at our unique static crushing, washing and grading plants. The Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) is used in our local asphalt plants to supply construction sites across London and Southern England. You will be joining a thriving team who are committed to our vision and continued investment in our self‑delivery model.

Closing Date

Closing Date: 28/11/2025

Equal Opportunity

FM Conway is an award‑winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for. We look forward to receiving your application!