Yard Leading Hand

Tarmac; Stanford-le-Hope; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension

Training and development opportunities

Forces-friendly employer

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Linford Aircrete is seeking a Yard Leading Hand Operative to head the site production team. You will lead daily operations, ensure SHE standards, manage labour, and coordinate with maintenance to keep plant running safely and efficiently.

The role requires strong leadership, manufacturing process experience, and PLC/plant knowledge. A flexible, collaborative approach will help drive continuous improvement and high quality output.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or process operations.
• Heavy plant and equipment experience.
• Proficient PC skills including MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
• Familiar with ISO 9001, 14001, 18001, 50001 standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage labour within budgeted controls and train the team.
• Supervise contractors and hauliers; ensure health and safety rules are followed.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with maintenance team/contractors.
• Ensure safe operation of plant and timely completion of daily tasks.
• Record daily stock handling and complete production and environmental logs.
• Lead daily/weekly reports and inspections.

Skills

Good oral and written English

B1 / B2 FLT licence

Tools

PC literacy (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

Here at Linford Aircrete we have a great opportunity for a Yard Leading Hand OperativeWorking as part of the site production team you will be focusing on delivering and leading exceptional, SHE standards and meeting financial and operational targets, theLead Operative is responsible for the safe operation of the plant ensuring daily tasks are completed including general site housekeeping and basic maintenance and the safe and efficient operation of mobile and fixed plant. The Leading hand acts as a leader within the shift, coordinating required labour, training and development of the shift team. You will need to show a high degree of flexibility within your work as well as building good working relationships with your team.

Responsibilities

• Labour utilisation within budgeted controls.
• Training and development of team.
• Supervise team and manage contractors and haulier engagement.
• Ensure safe loadoptimisation.
• Prioritising planned works.
• Ensuring that Health & Safety rules are adhered to and deliver safety/operational performance targets, supporting a culture of health and safety best practice by setting a personal example.
• Comply with all Tarmac/CRH Policies & Procedures.
• Supporting continuous improvement of Health, Safety and Environmental performance standards.
• Supporting continuous improvement of process, plant and production.
• Effective completion of operator preventative maintenance tasks
• Balancing the time covering operation and house keeping
• Ensuring mobile plant cleanliness standards.
• Ensuring daily compliance checks and standards.
• Building working relationships with other production and maintenance personnel.
• Ensure products of high quality are efficiently produced.
• Ensure that Site Inspections are completed and recorded.
• Ensure you read, understand and sign method statements and risk assessments for all activities.
• Attend and actively participate in Daily Briefings and Weekly Safety Briefings.
• Actively look to identify SHE improvement opportunities
• Comply with planning and other operating restrictionsi.e.site boundaries, noise, dust, hours etc
• Ensure Daily KPIs are recorded accurately and work with the team to meet agreed KPI’s
• Identify and communicate opportunities for continuous improvement
• In addition to reviewing implementing any appropriate Best Practice
• Effectively control daily operations of the plant in line with the operating SOP’s
• Work closely with maintenance team/contractors to co-ordinate maintenance activities during a normal day and during shutdowns
• Liaise with supervisor regarding delivery and quality issues to help them manage complaints system.
• Ensure the quality of the products manufactured & delivered to site.
• Ensure full communication to all parties in relation to plant breakdown
• Actively participate in Root Cause Analysis when required in respect of Quality, Safety andMechanicalissues.
• Ensure timely recording daily input of stock handling in support of all month end data
• Complete Daily/Weekly reports/inspections Environmental log etc
• Daily Maintenance of Production Sheets
• Administration of machine logs, servicing etc
• Should have (or have a willingness to develop)
• Manufacturing process experience
• Heavy plant and equipment experience
• PC literate including Microsoft excel,word and power point.
• Familiar with ISO 9001, 14001, 18001,50001 standards.

Skills

• Good oral and written EnglishBasic mathematical skills.
• B1 / B2 FLT licence required

Why Tarmac

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to our Employee Communities, where you can network, learn from others, and increase your awareness of the support available to you.
• Our three Employee Communities are: Health and Wellbeing, Inclusion and Identity, Personal Growth and Development
• Training and development opportunities
• Tarmac iscommittedto being aForces‑friendly employer.
• If you’re coming from a military background, we’ll support your transition and help you build a successful career with us.
• We’re proud to be part of CRH, and even prouder to be an equal opportunity employer.
• We celebrate diversity and arecommittedto creating aninclusiveenvironment for everyone.
• If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to support you.