Plant Operator (12h Rotational Shifts) – Bonus & Progression

Randstad Construction and Property; Croydon; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Pension scheme

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Training & progression opportunities

Job summary

Randstad Construction and Property is recruiting a Plant Operator for a full-time, permanent role in South London. You will support a heavy process facility, monitoring equipment, handling site consumables, and performing frontline maintenance on a rotating 12-hour day/night schedule.

The role requires practical safety-focused work, with experience in continuous processing and the ability to operate mobile plant and cranes.

Qualifications

• Proven operational experience within a continuous process, heavy manufacturing, energy, chemical, or utilities environment.
• Hands-on experience monitoring process machinery and operating mobile plant.
• Practical, safety-first mindset with an understanding of Safe Systems of Work.
• Good written, verbal, and basic IT skills (Microsoft Office).
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Comfortable working a 12-hour day/night rotational shift pattern.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine plant walk-rounds, monitoring heavy machinery, boiler plant, and auxiliary process systems.
• Carry out frontline maintenance, basic troubleshooting, and support planned shutdown activities to minimize downtime.
• Safely handle, unload, and supervise site consumables (including lime, carbon, ammonia, and gas oil).
• Operate site mobile plant, overhead travelling cranes, and weighbridges as required.
• Maintain clear digital shift logs, complete safe shift handovers, and adhere strictly to Safe Systems of Work (SSoW) and permit-to-work procedures.
• Provide on-call cover on designated days within the rota structure.

Skills

Operational experience

Process monitoring

Safety-first mindset

IT skills

Full UK Driving Licence

12-hour shifts

Job description

Randstad Construction and Property is recruiting a Plant Operator for a full-time, permanent role in South London. You will support a heavy process facility, monitoring equipment, handling site consumables, and performing frontline maintenance on a rotating 12-hour day/night schedule.

The role requires practical safety-focused work, with experience in continuous processing and the ability to operate mobile plant and cranes.