Site Operations Manager
Salary £50,000 pa - £54,000 pa + Benefits
St Helens / Prescot
Great opportunity to work for a Manufacturing business, and leader within its field, and play a key role in ensuring operational eminence, whilst being given a remit to further develop and futureproof the site.
Duties
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Take full responsibility for the site encompassing personnel, budgeting, safe systems of work, maintenance and the CAPEX development of the site.
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Manage a programme of production process improvements to enable increased efficiency.
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Manage the production plan, ensuring the Labour and raw materials are available to deliver the plan.
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Oversee and facilitate increasing processing volumes within batching, mixing and production.
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Ensure the plant runs effectively and efficiency, whilst meeting Health & Safety and Environmental regulations.
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Maintain productive working relations with colleagues within Transport, Compliance, Production, Quality, H&S.
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Maintain productive working relations with external contacts such as regulatory authorities, contractors, customers, suppliers.
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Oversee the intake and sampling analysis of incoming raw materials, and its onward movement through the production process.
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Ensure that outgoing products meet the specification agreed with the customer.
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Carryout H&S audits, reduce risks, ensure compliance with all regulations.
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Production of weekly reports demonstrating output, costs, profit, compliance, safety.
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Take part in a remote-weekly site managers meeting with other site managers.
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Build a register of trusted Contractors, manage Contractors on site, ensure the Contractor code of practice is fit for purpose.
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Oversee the Engineering function, ensuring work completed by Engineers is of a high standard.
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Make the case for CAPEX investment into the site, and once approved Project Manage CAPEX investment.
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Ensure the technical competence of the Shift Production teams, advocating training where skills gaps exist.
The Person
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The individual appointed will inherit a well-established production site with a settled team and there will also be the possibility of taking on responsibility for a second site.
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As the company are expanding and considering further acquisitions, the prospects for promotion are good.
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This role reports into a Director based at another site, who will give the Site Manager the space and autonomy to manage the site as they see fit, with the Director visiting once a month for a site meeting.
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The Site Manager will enjoy close contact and support from other Site Managers which includes weekly site managers meetings and regular social meet ups.
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Experience working in a regulated industry where Health & Safety is paramount is expected and knowledge of Bulk Handling Equipment would be beneficial.
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Applicants are expected to be reliable, trustworthy, hardworking, and able to work under minimal direction and supervision.
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Applicants are expected to have experience in a role such as: Site Manager, Factory Manager, Plant Manager, Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Process Manager, Operations Manager.
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Applicants are expected to have experience in an industry such as: Food Manufacturing, Chemical Processing, Waste Processing, Milling, Mining, Agriculture, Waste Water, Recycling, Paper and Packaging, Petroleum Refining.
The Package
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Salary £50,000 pa - £54,000 pa
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Bonus Scheme (circa £5000-£6000)
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Pension, 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
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Christmas Bonus, Regular Social Events
The company can be flexible with benefits depending on what an individual is looking for, so can discuss additional elements such as increased pension contributions and car allowance. Ref 3528