Plant Manager

Mac Recruit Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Plant Manager in Glasgow to oversee an Energy Recovery Facility. The role requires extensive experience in people management and financial acumen. Responsibilities include ensuring operational excellence, compliance with safety standards, and managing budgets. This position offers a salary of £90,000 with additional car allowance and bonus participation.

Benefits

Car allowance

Participation in an annual bonus scheme

Comprehensive range of employee benefits

Qualifications

• Extensive people management experience within a large technical department.
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing P&L.
• Practical experience implementing corporate management systems.
• Senior management experience within power generation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ERF team promoting a safety-first culture.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Management.
• Achieve plant availability and energy production targets.
• Manage site P&L, prepare budgets, and analyse variances.

Skills

People management

Financial acumen

Contract management

Operational best practices

Job description

Are you someone who thrives on high performance, leads with ambition, and wants to make a tangible difference for tomorrow? Our clients organisation has a bold vision, a market-leading strategy, and a commitment to investing in the future. We're looking for exceptional people who believe in each other and are ready to rise to the challenge.

Mac Recruit are currently seeking a Plant Manager in Glasgow to lead an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Salary: £90,000 per year, plus car allowance and participation in an annual bonus scheme

Benefits: comprehensive range of employee perks

Closing date: early applications encouraged

Responsibilities

• As Plant Manager, you will take full accountability for the ERF, leading a dedicated team to deliver operational excellence. Your key focus will be on safety, reliability, predictability, and availability, while fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and responsibility.
• Lead the ERF team in promoting a safety-first culture and act as the senior representative on site.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental Management, and Quality standards, aligned with ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001.
• Achieve plant availability, waste throughput, and energy production targets, reporting performance against objectives.
• Build a culture of performance and continuous improvement, focusing on recruitment, development, and succession planning.
• Take ownership of site P&L, preparing budgets, managing expenditures, analysing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Commercial, PPM, Finance, HR, and SHEQS to support initiatives and meet contractual obligations.
• Implement operational best practices and work with central teams to identify and deliver improvements.
• Maintain legal and regulatory compliance, ensuring a consistent and integrated approach across the site.

Ideal qualifications

• Extensive people management experience within a large technical department or multi-site environment.
• Strong financial acumen, with experience running a P&L and managing budgets.
• Practical experience implementing corporate management systems.
• Senior management experience within power generation or a relevant process-driven environment.
• Extensive contract management experience.

For more information please contact Ross Kennedy at Mac Recruit