Job Description

CONCRETE PLANT SUPERVISOR - NORTH WEST LONDON

"Fantastic career development opportunity for a Plant Supervisor to join a ready-mixed concrete plant, with responsibility for the overall day-to-day operations and maintenance of the plant, and the supervision of a team."

Location: London, NW10

Commutable from Wembley, Park Royal, Ealing, Hounslow, Richmond, Staines, Kingston on Thames, Harrow, Uxbridge, West Drayton, Hendon, Feltham, Isleworth, Hayes, Greenford, Perrivale, Brent Cross, Camden Town, Hammersmith, Harrow, Neasden, Cricklewood, Kilburn

Salary: £30-34000 Benefits including Bonus

Our client is the UK's leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Their innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country's long-term future

The Role:

Our client is currently looking for a Concrete Plant Supervisor to join their team at a ready-mixed Concrete Plant in North West London.

As Concrete Plant Supervisor, you will report directly to the Concrete Plant Production Manager and will be responsible for the overall day-to-day operations and maintenance of the site. Our client is looking for a proactive and dynamic supervisor who will play a key part in their plant's concrete production, keeping their site running effectively to meet the standards and needs of their customers.

You will also:

· Ensure that concrete orders are taken and dispatched to meet customer requirements - creating and batching concrete on a daily basis

· Operate loading shovels to re-stock storage bins and stockpile aggregate deliveries

· Manage and control truck mixer/tipper/cement tanker drivers operating in the plant

· Ensure the site is kept within very high Health and Safety protocols, carrying out daily checks of all safety critical equipment in line with company standards

· Take responsibility for supervising a team and ensuring all the team operate within and contribute to a positive Health and Safety culture

· Supervise plant operatives to ensure they are aware of, and comply with, all company policies and procedures and meet performance levels

· Ensure your team undertake training as required in order to improve their productivity

· Oversee quality and drive change and continuous improvement initiatives to the company product

· Maintain disciplined stock management processes - manage all material stocks and reorder as required from various suppliers

· Assist the both the maintenance fitters and business partners in actively identifying and implementing site manufacturing improvements

· Liaise regularly with distribution teams and hauliers to ensure the site's logistics are kept to the best standards to meet customer requirements

· Support community relations to focus on maintaining good environmental standards

· Conduct administration tasks, including using IT systems, in order to operate the site

· Produce regular operational reports to present to the Concrete Plant Production Manager

The Ideal Candidate:

· Previous Plant Supervisor experience, with good understanding of general plant maintenance

· Experience in the ready-mix concrete sector, or a similar environment such as asphalt, aggregates, cement, quarrying, or mining

· General mechanical/electrical understanding of machinery equipment within a concrete plant or similar

· Good knowledge of Health and Safety procedures and protocols within a concrete plant or similar

· Experience of managing a team

· Excellent communication and organisational skills

· Ability to work under pressure and problem-solve

· HNC/HND in Engineering discipline (desirable)

· Minimum IOSHH Working Safely Certificate (essential)

· NVQ Wheeled Loading Shovel license

· First Aid qualifications