🚀 Plant Manager

Are you someone who thrives on high performance, leads with ambition, and wants to make a tangible difference for tomorrow? Our client's organisation has a bold vision, a market-leading strategy, and a commitment to investing in the future. We’re looking for exceptional people who believe in each other and are ready to rise to the challenge.

Mac Recruit is currently seeking a Plant Manager in Glasgow to lead an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

• Salary: £90,000 per year, plus car allowance and participation in an annual bonus scheme
• Benefits: comprehensive range of employee perks
• Closing date: (early applications encouraged)

As Plant Manager, you will take full accountability for the ERF, leading a dedicated team to deliver operational excellence. Your key focus will be on safety, reliability, predictability, and availability, while fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and responsibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the ERF team in promoting a safety-first culture and act as the senior representative on site.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental Management, and Quality standards, aligned with ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001.
• Achieve plant availability, waste throughput, and energy production targets, reporting performance against objectives.
• Build a culture of performance and continuous improvement, focusing on recruitment, development, and succession planning.
• Take ownership of site P&L, preparing budgets, managing expenditures, analysing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Commercial, PPM, Finance, HR, and SHEQS to support initiatives and meet contractual obligations.
• Implement operational best practices and work with central teams to identify and deliver improvements.
• Maintain legal and regulatory compliance, ensuring a consistent and integrated approach across the site.

Our ideal Plant Manager will have:

• Extensive people management experience within a large technical department or multi-site environment.
• Strong financial acumen, with experience running a P&L and managing budgets.
• Practical experience implementing corporate management systems.
• Senior management experience within power generation or a relevant process-driven environment.
• Extensive contract management experience.

For more information, please contact Ross Kennedy at Mac Recruit.