Assistant Plant Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote where/​

25 days annual leave pro rata

Family friendly policies

Pension and incentive plans

Job summary

We are hiring for an Assistant Plant Manager at Balfour Beatty in Thurnscoe to oversee logistics, fleet and driver resources. You will ensure equipment mobilises on time, routes are planned efficiently and transport performance improves continuously.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will drive safe, compliant and cost-effective operations. You will lead delivery drivers, schedule transport, monitor KPIs and support hire controllers.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within transport, logistics, plant hire or a similar operational environment.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities.
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues, customers and stakeholders.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and managing competing priorities.
• Strong geographical knowledge and route planning capability.
• Good understanding of transport compliance and fleet management requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate all delivery and collection activities for survey, communications and plant assets.
• Ensure equipment arrives on site safely, on time and in full.
• Lead and supervise delivery drivers, including daily task allocation, route planning, performance management and compliance monitoring.
• Develop and maintain efficient transport schedules that maximise fleet utilisation while minimising operational costs and downtime.
• Ensure compliance with transport legislation, driver hours regulations, vehicle inspection requirements and company policies.
• Coordinate fleet servicing, maintenance, MOTs, repairs and defect management to maintain vehicle availability.
• Monitor transport performance against key operational KPIs, including delivery performance, response times, vehicle utilisation and customer satisfaction.
• Manage urgent hire requirements and prioritise operational demands effectively.
• Monitor off-hires and asset returns to maximise equipment availability and minimise lost revenue opportunities.
• Support and supervise Hire Controllers, ensuring hire contracts, quotations, extensions, transfers and off-hires are processed accurately and efficiently.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across transport and logistics operations.

Skills

Transport logistics

Fleet management

Route planning

Delivery coordination

Leadership

Problem solving

Regulatory compliance

Time management

Job description

About the role

Job Title: Assistant Plant Manager

Location: Thurnscoe

Company: Balfour Beatty

About the Role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Plant Manager to join our Asset & Technology Solutions team based in Thurnscoe.

As part of a specialist business unit providing survey and communications equipment, drones, machine control solutions, HGVs, cranes, piling equipment, fire and security services, suction excavation, modular buildings and driver risk management, you'll play a key role in ensuring our logistics and transport operations run safely, efficiently and compliantly.

Reporting into the Plant Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day operation of logistics, fleet and driver resources, ensuring equipment is mobilised on time, routes are effectively planned and transport performance is continually improved.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate all delivery and collection activities for survey, communications and plant assets.
• Ensure equipment arrives on site safely, on time and in full.
• Lead and supervise delivery drivers, including daily task allocation, route planning, performance management and compliance monitoring.
• Develop and maintain efficient transport schedules that maximise fleet utilisation while minimising operational costs and downtime.
• Ensure compliance with transport legislation, driver hours regulations, vehicle inspection requirements and company policies.
• Coordinate fleet servicing, maintenance, MOTs, repairs and defect management to maintain vehicle availability.
• Monitor transport performance against key operational KPIs, including delivery performance, response times, vehicle utilisation and customer satisfaction.
• Manage urgent hire requirements and prioritise operational demands effectively.
• Monitor off-hires and asset returns to maximise equipment availability and minimise lost revenue opportunities.
• Support and supervise Hire Controllers, ensuring hire contracts, quotations, extensions, transfers and off-hires are processed accurately and efficiently.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across transport and logistics operations.

Who we're looking for

• Previous experience within transport, logistics, plant hire or a similar operational environment.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities.
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues, customers and stakeholders.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and managing competing priorities.
• Strong geographical knowledge and route planning capability.
• Good understanding of transport compliance and fleet management requirements.

Desirable

• Sales experience within the sector.
• Knowledge of survey and communications equipment.
• Familiarity with robotics, drones or machine control technologies.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

About us

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/