HS2 Plant Operative

Tarmac Trading Limited; Banbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sustainable building materials company seeks a dedicated Plant Operative for its operations in Banbury. The role involves ensuring safe plant operations, managing production processes, and compliance with high standards. Ideal candidates will possess relevant experience and a commitment to safety, alongside opportunities for career growth and benefits including enhanced holidays and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Employee Assistance helpline

Access to discounts on retailers

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in plant operations, especially in an RMX/Aggregates environment.
• Knowledge of Risk Assessments and Safe System of Work.
• Understanding of Health & Safety and Environmental policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily production, operational costs, and stock control.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and legislative requirements.
• Batch concrete to meet internal quality and customer needs.

Skills

Plant operations

Customer needs identification

Multitasking

Education

NVQ in fixed and mobile plant operations

Job description

Are you a Plant Operativeand experienced in the production of Concrete, Readymix or Asphalt and eagerly looking for your next role? Then please read on!

We are currently recruiting for aPlant Operativeto join the fantastic Readymix ‘RMX’ team working on one of Europe’s largest current infrastructure projects at our Greatworth Tarmac site, which is located close to Banbury in Oxfordshire. Safety and operational standards are fundamental aspects of the role with cost control, people management, delivery to customer needs and performance improvement being key.

Main Responsibilities

The Plant Operativewillbe working withinthe RMX operations on our plant, working on plant compliance with business policies and procedures; ensuring legislative compliance is also a strong aspect of the role.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities of the Plant Operative,not exhaustive:

• Delivery of toolbox talks
• Manage all aspects of daily production including operational costs and control stocks
• Efficient manufacture of concrete, controlling standard deviation and cement contents
• Timely resolution of queries assigned to the sector
• Take responsibility for your own safety and that of colleagues and business partners
• Maintain site housekeeping to a high standard
• Batch concrete to meet customer needs whilst meeting internal quality requirements

Key Stakeholders you will liaise with in the responsibilities of this role:

• Business Manager - Area Director - Health & Safety team - Procurement and support teams - National Logistics team - Area Operations teams - Area Commercial teams - Area HR Manager - Industry Bodies – Customers

Due to the nature of the role we are open to accepting applications from candidates withexperience from within a similar ‘heavy’ industry, as product training will be given to the successful candidate

The role is a DAYS role where flexibility is ‘key’ as we also operate nights and weekends to meet our production needs – overtime available

The Ideal Candidate

To be successful in this role the ideal candidate for the position of Plant Operativewill have experience and knowledge of:

ESSENTIALExperience

• Experience in plant operations
• Previous experience of a Readymix / Aggregates environment would prove highly beneficial
• Full knowledge of Risk Assessments and Safe System of Work Systems
• Working knowledge of production processes
• Working knowledge of H&S and Environmental policies

DESIRABLEQualifications

• NVQ in fixed and mobile plant operations

Skills

• Able to actively identify and implement site and process improvements
• Able to look for opportunities to identify customer needs
• Able to effectively communicate to feed opportunities into customer services / sales
• Ability to multitask and manage change

The role is based at our Greatworth Tarmac site, which is located close to Banbury in Oxfordshire. The site is easily accessible from Banbury, Bicester, Brackley, Stratford-on-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa, Daventry, Northampton, Towcester, Buckingham, Middleton Cheney, Milton Keynes and surrounding areas .

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer . Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future .

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds .

Why us

Along with the role of Plant Operative we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community .

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment .

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