Plant Manager

Macstaff; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Excellent pension

Health and wellbeing benefits

Training and professional development

Career progression

Job summary

Macstaff is seeking a Facilities Plant Manager in Leicester to lead specialist outside plant operations (ETP, wastewater, AD) and a frontline team. You will champion safety, GMP, quality and continuous improvement while delivering strong operational performance.

The role emphasizes leadership development, governance of standards, and engagement with site stakeholders to sustain a high-performance culture at a world-class manufacturing facility.

Qualifications

• Proven frontline leadership across safety, operations and quality.
• Experience coaching and developing high-performing operational teams.
• Strong safety, compliance and process awareness.
• Experience governing standards and developing positive workplace cultures.

Responsibilities

• Lead specialist outside plant operations including ETP, wastewater, AD and starch processing.
• Develop and coach a frontline team to achieve safe, compliant plant performance.
• Ensure GMP, environmental, quality and operational standards are met.
• Monitor KPIs and drive continuous improvement across the site.
• Collaborate with operations management and site stakeholders.

Skills

Frontline leadership

Safety & compliance

Operations KPI delivery

People development

Communication

SAP

Microsoft Office

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Facilities Plant Manager

Leicester | £50,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Leading facilities, utilities and outside plant operations for a world-class manufacturer at a major, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Leicester, Leicestershire.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Facilities Plant Manager, Facilities Manager, Utilities Manager, Plant Manager or Outside Areas Manager to join a highly successful global organisation offering impressive facilities, significant ongoing investment and genuine career development.

You will like

You will take leadership responsibility for specialist outside plant including Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), wastewater treatment, starch processing and Anaerobic Digestion (AD) operations, leading and developing a frontline team while ensuring safe, compliant and efficient plant performance.

You will like

• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing frontline team
• Taking overall responsibility for outputs within your area
• Championing a safety-first culture and established safe systems of work
• Ensuring environmental, quality, food safety and operational standards are maintained
• Driving good manufacturing practice (GMP), housekeeping and audit readiness
• Maintaining governance of process and equipment standards
• Managing attendance, performance and conduct
• Coaching and empowering employees to build a capable, increasingly autonomous team
• Monitoring KPIs and operational performance across a balanced scorecard
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
• Working collaboratively with operations management and wider site stakeholders
• Creating a positive, accountable and high-performance culture

The emphasis is as much on leadership and developing people as technical plant management.

You will have

To succeed as Facilities Plant Manager / Utilities Manager, you will bring strong operational leadership experience from manufacturing, process, utilities, environmental or industrial facilities. You will ideally demonstrate:

You will ideally demonstrate

• Proven frontline leadership across safety, operations and quality
• Experience coaching and developing high-performing operational teams
• Strong safety, compliance and process awareness
• Ability to engage, influence and challenge people positively
• Proven delivery against operational KPIs
• Strong communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Experience governing standards and developing positive workplace cultures
• A flexible, adaptable and continuous-improvement mindset
• Good IT literacy including Microsoft applications and ideally SAP

Previous experience of outside areas, wastewater treatment (WWTP), effluent treatment (ETP), anaerobic digestion (AD), starch processing or waste management would be particularly desirable.

You will get

As Facilities Plant Manager, you will enjoy an attractive package including:

• £50,000 salary
• Performance-related bonus
• Private healthcare
• Excellent pension – up to 10% company contribution
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits
• Employee benefits and reward programme
• Excellent training and professional development
• Genuine internal career progression

The opportunity to work within a major, highly invested UK manufacturing operation.

You’ll be joining a substantial Leicester manufacturing facility employing around 1,000 people and benefiting from approximately £60m investment during 2026, offering both long-term stability and excellent scope to develop your career.