Plant Supervisor

FM Conway Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation solutions company in London is seeking a Plant Supervisor for their Aggregate and Asphalt division. The successful candidate will operate the asphalt plant and manage the operational team, ensuring quality and efficiency. Strong leadership skills and experience with asphalt plant operations are essential. The role offers a range of benefits including professional development opportunities and health support programs.

Benefits

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity pay

Training opportunities

Shopping discounts

Health and well-being benefits

Qualifications

• Experience with asphalt plant manufacturing operating systems.
• Good understanding of health and safety practices and legislation.
• Experience operating loading shovels, telehandlers, and weighbridges.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and motivate the operational team.
• Manage stock levels of fuel, constituent and raw materials.
• Ensure effective mixing plans are carried out.
• Report critical issues in a timely manner.
• Generate task-specific risk assessments.
• Control and supervise contractors according to safety policies.
• Manage weighbridge functions and daily delivery schedules.

Skills

Asphalt plant manufacturing operating systems

Health and safety practices and legislation

Operating loading shovels

Telehandlers

Weighbridge operations

Customer focus

Attention to detail

Team leadership and motivation

Job description

FM Conway is currently looking to recruit a Plant Supervisor to join our Aggregate and Asphalt (A&A) division. Based from our Heathrow Asphalt plant, the successful candidate will be responsible for performing a multi-skilled role that will include operating the asphalt plant, mobile plant, and weighbridge functions, alongside co-ordinating the shift and supervising the site.

The duties of the Plant Supervisor role will include:

• Supervising and motivating the operational team to achieve excellence and continual improvement both in terms of quality and efficiency
• Managing stock levels of fuel, constituent and raw materials
• Ensuring mixing plans are carried out in an effective and cost-effective manner
• Reporting critical issues in a timely and accurate manner
• Generating task specific risk assessments and safe working practices
• Controlling and supervising contractors in accordance with the company’s health, safety and environmental policies, procedures and practices
• Carrying out all weighbridge functions, including managing the daily delivery schedule and maintaining effective communication with all other team members to ensure all customer needs are met
  
  

What skills and experience do you need?

To be considered for our Plant Supervisor role you must have experience with asphalt plant manufacturing operating systems. You will have a good understanding of health and safety practices and legislation and you will have experience operating loading shovels, telehandlers and weighbridges. You will have a strong customer focus, excellent attention to detail and the ability to lead and motivate a team.

What benefits will you receive?

As our Plant Supervisor we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance, enhanced maternity pay, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines, and support from our in-house mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Supervisor Division

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

Our Aggregate and Asphalt division manufactures a range of high-quality products that can be adapted to suit the specific needs of our customers. We recycle highways arisings at our unique static crushing, washing and grading plants. The Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) is used in our local asphalt plants to supply construction sites across London and Southern England. You will be joining a thriving team who are committed to our vision and continued investment in our self-delivery model.

So if you would like to Join our Family as our Plant Supervisor then please click ‘apply’ today.

Closing Date: 06/09/2025

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy

At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We look forward to receiving your application!