Plant Manager

Uppertools Tecnologia da Informação Ltda; Livingston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading manufacturing company as a Plant Manager where you will oversee daily operations, ensure compliance with health and safety standards, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. This role requires strong leadership skills and a background in engineering or related fields, with responsibilities focused on achieving operational objectives and maintaining plant efficiency.

Benefits

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Birthday Holiday

Long Service Awards

Volunteering Day

Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity pay

Employee Welfare Support Line

Free Tea/Coffee

Monthly Food days

Benefits Platform

Private Medical Insurance

Company Car

Qualifications

• Degree in related engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• NEBOSH qualification preferred.
• Essential leadership qualification or relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of the Manufacturing Plant to meet EFP specifications.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and company policies.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Health and Safety

Operational Management

Education

Degree in related engineering discipline

NEBOSH qualification

Job description

Upper Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Scope

Accountable for the profitable management and daily operations of the Manufacturing Plant, including responsibility for health and safety, overall quality, and compliance to ensure the site meets EFP customer specifications and expectations. Responsible for achieving key operational business objectives at the Manufacturing Plant, supporting and driving the Hoshin strategy and corporate initiatives.

Company Benefits

• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Birthday Holiday
• Long Service Awards
• Volunteering Day
• Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity pay
• Employee Welfare Support Line
• Free Tea/Coffee
• Monthly Food days
• Benefits Platform
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company Car
  
  

Scope

Accountable for the profitable management and daily operations of the Manufacturing Plant, including responsibility for health and safety, overall quality, and compliance to ensure the site meets EFP customer specifications and expectations. Responsible for achieving key operational business objectives at the Manufacturing Plant, supporting and driving the Hoshin strategy and corporate initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Health & Safety

• Make safety as the top priority, striving for zero LTAs and accidents.
• Lead by example and ensure that all employees/visitors/contractors fully understand and observe and adhere to all aspects of the Companys Health and Safety policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance against all HSE standards and that issues raised are addressed and dealt with in a timely manner.
• Encourage a strong health & safety culture with compliance to policy, procedure and PPE
  
  

Safety Equipment & Facilities

• Responsible for the delivery of a motivated, continuous improvement culture throughout all plant teams ensuring the smooth running and continual improvement of the day-to-day plant activities to support profitability and growth.
• Ensure that plant capacity is maintained by overseeing the companys production equipment, including software and hardware requirements ensuring ppm maintenance schedules are kept and relationships with external service providers are maintained.
• To ensure compliance is maintained in line with the QMS
  
  

Operations

• Providing information to set operational budgets and meeting set targets
• Seeking the necessary resources to achieve production and quality targets, including infrastructure and work environment.
• Management, organisation and staffing of site operations.
• To assess competency and training needs of employees and to evaluate the effectiveness of the training in terms of increased competency.
• To jointly be responsible with the Quality Manager for the internal communication of the performance of the QMS processes.
• Accountable for the achievement of formal Hoshin objectives set on an annual basis and personal objectives that may be set on an ad-hoc basis.
• Lead and support on all Employee Relations, creating an environment where employees have the opportunity to strive and grow.
• Ensure effective team communication and collaboration through weekly and monthly meetings.
• Complete all KPI records and reports, producing monthly reports showing progress made and concerns highlighted and addressed
• Action improvements from employee surveys and customer complaints, driving continuous improvement
  
  

Housekeeping

• Ensure the plant controls the working environment and is carrying out 5s inspections to maintain high standards for all employees
  
  

Qualifications

• Degree in related engineering discipline or equivalent experience
• NEBOSH qualification (preferred)
• Leadership qualification or relevant experience (essential)
  
  

Hours Of Work

• 37.5 hours per week

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Manufacturing

• Industries

  Manufacturing

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