Auxiliary Plant Operator: 12-Hour Rotating Shifts

Construction, Property and Engineering; Croydon; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Site perks

Job summary

Randstad CPE is recruiting for a Plant Operator to join a heavy process facility in South London. The role covers safe operation, routine maintenance and monitoring of plant performance within a 12-hour day/night shift pattern.

You will report to the Shift Lead, operate site machinery, and ensure high plant availability while following strict safety procedures and detailed shift handovers.

Qualifications

• Proven operational experience in continuous process/heavy industry environments.
• Experience monitoring process machinery and operating mobile plant.
• Safety-first mindset with understanding of Safe Systems of Work.
• Good IT skills (MS Office).
• Full UK Driving Licence and ability to work 12-hour day/night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine plant walk-rounds and monitor heavy machinery, boiler plant and auxiliary systems.
• Carry out frontline maintenance, basic troubleshooting and support planned shutdowns.
• Safely handle, unload and supervise site consumables (lime, carbon, ammonia, gas oil).
• Operate site mobile plant, cranes and weighbridges as required.
• Maintain digital shift logs and complete safe handovers per SSoW and permits-to-work.

Skills

Operational experience

Process monitoring

Safety mindset

IT skills

UK Driving Licence

12-hour shift experience

Tools

Forklift Certification

Overhead Crane Certification

MEWP Certification

Working at Height

Job description

Randstad CPE is recruiting for a Plant Operator to join a heavy process facility in South London. The role covers safe operation, routine maintenance and monitoring of plant performance within a 12-hour day/night shift pattern.

You will report to the Shift Lead, operate site machinery, and ensure high plant availability while following strict safety procedures and detailed shift handovers.