Plant Manager

JR United Kingdom; Bath; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturing company is seeking a Plant Manager for its flagship site in Bath, UK. This role is crucial to drive improvements in safety, quality, and output while laying the groundwork for structural changes. The ideal candidate will have experience managing large teams and enhancing overall operational effectiveness. Strong leadership skills and a background in manufacturing industries such as Plastics or Building Materials are preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a team of over 300+ staff.
• Experience in maintaining high levels of automation.
• Background in Plastics or Building Materials is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Held full operational responsibility for a large-scale manufacturing site.
• Managed a team with a strong focus on developing leadership.
• Drove improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Established standards and behaviours relating to Safety and Quality.
• Provided technical expertise in production technologies.

Skills

Transformation and Turnaround experience

Maintaining high levels of automation

Experience of sitewide improvement of OEE

Senior Site Leadership

Understanding manufacturing issues from operators

Job description

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Elevation Recruitment Group are exclusively partnered with a Global Manufacturer in their search for a high-calibre Plant Manager for their flagship site. This is a pivotal role for the business, needing a candidate who will drive immediate improvements in safety, quality and output while laying the foundations for structural change.

As a Plant Manager your key responsibilities will include:

• Held full operational responsibility for a large-scale manufacturing site.
• Managed a team of over 300 permanent site staff, with a strong focus on developing the leadership team.
• Drove improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) across all operations.
• Established and maintained robust standards and behaviours relating to Safety and Quality.
• Provided technical expertise and supported engineering-led problem solving, working closely with production technologies such as injection moulding machines, extrusion lines, and assembly operations.
• Collaborated with Group leadership to support planned investments, technology upgrades, and long-term capacity expansion.

To be successful in this role of Plant Manager you will need to be able to demonstrate skills and experiences within:

• Transformation and Turnaround experience leading a team of over 300+ staff
• Maintaining high levels of automation
• Experience of sitewide improvement of OEE
• Proven experience of Senior Site Leadership with hands on ability to understand issues from operators up
• Ideally a background within Plastics or Building Materials