Plant Manager

JR United Kingdom; Taunton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturer is seeking a high-calibre Plant Manager for their flagship site in Taunton. The role involves overseeing operational management, driving safety and quality enhancements, and leading a team of over 300 staff. Candidates should have transformation experience in manufacturing, high levels of automation knowledge, and ideally a background in Plastics or Building Materials. The position requires strong leadership and operational effectiveness skills.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading a large team within manufacturing.
• Strong focus on safety, quality, and operational effectiveness.
• Ability to understand issues from operators' perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Oversee full operational management of a large manufacturing site.
• Develop the leadership team and manage over 300 staff.
• Drive improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Establish robust safety and quality standards.
• Support engineering-led problem solving in production technologies.

Skills

Transformation and Turnaround experience

Maintaining high levels of automation

OEE improvement experience

Senior Site Leadership experience

Background in Plastics or Building Materials

Job description

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

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Created on 22/08/2025 by JR United Kingdom