Plant Manager

Salary: £45,600 per year

The Role

Are you a Leader? Not just a cliché Leader that has a fancy job title and delegates tasks. But do you really care about developing your team? Can you look at each direct report you have, and honestly say they’ve developed under your guidance, or are ready for the next step because you’ve given them the tools they need to get to that level?

If you answered yes, we want to know!

At Saint-Gobain we pride ourselves on being innovative, customer focused, agile, open and engaging and entrepreneurial. We are also proud to have been named a ‘Top Employer’ for 5 consecutive years. If you want to know what it’s like to work for a top employer that is working hard to make the world a better home; then please read on to find out more about this exciting opportunity to join us as a Plant Manager.

You’ll be working for Saint-Gobain Formula in Newark. Formula is one of more than 30 exciting Saint-Gobain brands in the UK and a Leading supplier of high performance industrial plasters, supplying 80 countries across 5 continents.

Is this role right for me?

First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working; so whether you’ve never worked in this industry before, or had years of experience with one our competitors, you’re just as likely to be a great fit! For this role in particular we are looking for someone with the skills and experience;

• Significant experience leading a multi-disciplined team within a manufacturing environment, ideally as a Plant Manager, or similar
• Degree educated, ideally a technical or engineering qualification, given the nature of what we do
• Experience of working using WCM or similar CI methodology
• Experience in both Project and Change Management
• Health & Safety knowledge, ideally backed up by an IOSH or NEBOSH qualification
• A good understanding of HR protocol and employment law
• Resilience, and the ability to dig deep and not accept the first answer given
• Fantastic communication, influencing and people skills, able to bring teams together as one unit

Requirements

What will I be doing in the role?

You will lead and manage the operations on site, ensuring zero harm to all, and minimal environmental impact, whilst maximising customer service levels, product quality, operational efficiencies and cost savings through a continuous improvement culture, with the aim of achieving a sustainable positive operating result.

Some of the duties you will have, include;

• Ensure Health and Safety of all people on site by adhering to legal and Saint Gobain requirements (to include both processes and behaviours)
• In charge of the sustainability roadmap of the plant for scope 1 and scope 2, water and support the scope 3 CO2 emission reduction
• Overall responsibility for the quarrying operation and restoration at Bantycock including sourcing and selecting the 3rd party quarry contractor and managing the on-going relationship.
• Consult with and negotiate with the Local Union Representative in line with the NJC agreement
• Lead the UK Management Team, and determine the strategic direction for the Newark Site in line with the Formula Purpose (Formulate Together Brighter Futures) bringing other site based functions together in a common approach
• Pro-actively challenge the organisation to drive agreed changes through the business using the WCM toolset
• Define and implement appropriate management and workforce structure for the Operations team, along with the skills and competencies to meet current and future demands
• In conjunction with HR, ensure that effective succession plans are in place for the Operations team
• Lead, motivate and develop the Operations team following the Saint Gobain Principles of Conduct & Action and HR policies and procedures thereby developing a culture of continuous improvement and trusting co-operation.
• Establish systems to record, collect and regularly analyse and act upon relevant plant performance data.
• Implement new technology and processes as appropriate to ensure Newark achieves operational excellence

Are Formula and Saint-Gobain an Inclusive employer?

We’re working hard to be, and we’re keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role (this could be flexible hours, a job share, part time, to name a few). We can’t guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting, but we promise to listen.