Plant Manager - Beddington

We are hiring a Plant Manager at our Beddington facility. The position requires 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with a salary of approximately £90,000 per year plus car allowance and participation in an annual bonus scheme.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the ERF site team in promoting a safety first culture while acting as the senior Viridor representative on site.
• Drive safety compliance by effectively implementing the Health & Safety Plan, Environmental Management Plan, and Quality Manual, ensuring alignment with accreditations such as ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001.
• Ensure plant availability, waste throughput, and energy production targets are consistently met, providing regular reports on actual performance against these goals.
• Build and sustain a culture of performance and continuous improvement, focusing on recruitment, staff development, and succession planning.
• Take full ownership of the site's Profit & Loss, preparing the annual budget, managing expenditures, analysing variances, and initiating corrective actions to meet financial objectives.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across departments such as Commercial, PPM, Finance, HR, and SHEQS to support company initiatives and ensure contractual obligations are met.
• Ensure operational practices align with industry best standards, working closely with central teams to identify and implement necessary improvements.
• Maintain rigorous legal and regulatory compliance standards, coordinating with central functions to ensure a consistent and integrated approach.

Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive people management experience within a large technical department/region at the senior level.
• Strong financial acumen and experience in running a P&L, preparing and managing budgets.
• Practical implementation of a corporate management system.
• Senior management experience within a power generation or relevant process environment.

As an equal opportunity employer, Viridor is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.