Site Manager

JR United Kingdom; March; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agribusiness company seeks a Site Manager in Wimblington. Responsibilities include overseeing grain storage operations and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate has experience in management and grain handling, along with excellent communication skills. The role offers competitive benefits and supports a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus purchase option

Dedicated Learning & Development support

Employee Assistance Program

Increased parental leave benefits

Life Assurance scheme

Paid volunteer leave

Employee network groups

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading teams.
• Experience with grain storage management.
• Excellent communication skills are essential.
• Ability to manage under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Ensure legal COPs and QA procedures are followed.
• Oversee grain storage operations.
• Liaise with commercial departments for crop intake.
• Motivate the team while providing clear direction.
• Drive efficiencies in site operations.
• Full accountability for site P&Ls.

Skills

Directing and developing teams

Grain storage/handling

Excellent communication

Customer-focused service

Attention to detail

Managing P&Ls

Job description

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We are looking for a Site Manager to join the Frontier team, based at Wimblington on a permanent, full-time basis.

You will be responsible for leading day-to-day operations and managing the grain storage of the site. You will also ensure Health, Safety, Environment and QA standards are met in line with legal requirements, Company COPs, regulations, and site-specific plans. You will be accountable for ensuring the team operates with integrity whilst delivering a high standard of customer service, within financial framework across all site activities, and help create and maintain a Great Place to Work culture.

The site has the capacity to hold over 90k of cereals and pulses within a mixture of silos and flat store storage. The site has a range of grain handling equipment including cleaners, aspirators, dryers and conveyors and elevators.

The Benefits

• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements)
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Womens network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Proven experience in directing and developing teams
• Experience in grain storage/ grain handling equipment and management of product
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to build effective working relationships both internally and externally at all levels with key customers & local authorities
• Ability to adapt quickly to accommodate changing business and customer needs, while providing a responsive customer-focussed service
• Able to work under pressure and to deadlines whilst maintaining Frontiers ICE values and creating a Great Place to Work
• Attention to detail providing high levels of accuracy
• Experience of managing P&Ls

Your Role

As a Site Manager your role will involve:

• Ensuring the site is run to relevant legal COPs, Frontier HAS and QA procedures and KPI targets and making certain all team members with key responsibilities are aware and deliver their duties under these requirements.
• Overseeing the grain storage operations and maintaining the high-quality standards of storage
• Liaising with our commercial departments to ensure crop intake and outload is done efficiently and with the customer at the forefront
• Motivating and creating a positive team environment while providing team with clear direction, while using delegation appropriately to ensure team development
• Driving efficiencies and questioning processes to ensure that the site operates to best practice while maintaining high levels of customer service
• Full accountability for site P&Ls including setting accurate budgets and CapEx requirements
• Ensuring all plant and equipment are maintained to a high standard

We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date as applications will be reviewed and interviews may be booked in before that date.

We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion. With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values Integrity, Customer First and Expertise or ICE. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.