Plant Manager

JR United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Global Manufacturer is seeking an experienced Plant Manager for their flagship site in Bristol. The role involves full operational responsibility, managing over 300 staff, and driving improvements in safety and quality. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in transformation and turnaround, particularly within the plastics or building materials sector. This is an opportunity to shape the future of the organization and implement structural changes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading a team of over 300+ staff.
• Strong focus on driving improvements in safety and quality standards.
• Technical expertise in engineering and production technologies.

Responsibilities

• Hold full operational responsibility for a large-scale manufacturing site.
• Manage a team of over 300 permanent site staff.
• Drive improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Establish and maintain robust standards related to Safety and Quality.
• Collaborate with Group leadership for planned investments.

Skills

Transformation and Turnaround experience

Maintaining high levels of automation

Sitewide improvement of OEE

Senior Site Leadership experience

Background in Plastics or Building Materials

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