Quarry & Asphalt Site Operations Lead

Are you a Site / Quarry Manager looking for your next role? Then we may have just the role for you.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Assistant Quarry Manager to join and lead our friendly operations team at our Tarmac Stancombe Quarry and Asphalt Plant, which is located in Bristol. The site is easily accessible from Long Ashton, Nailsea, Portbury, Portishead, Wrington, Langford, Yatton, Bristol and the surrounding areas.

At Tarmac, who you are matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment anditsimportant that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Main Responsibilities

The Assistant Quarry Manager  will report directly to the Site Manager and operate at peer level with the Quarry Section Manager and Asphalt Section Manager. The position provides operational and technical support across both Quarry and Asphalt while holding primary responsibility for site maintenance strategy, delivery and performance.

The Assistant Quarry Manager  will manage operations with key focus on safely delivering production and maintenance goals for the site. Safety and operational standards are the fundamentals of the role with cost control, people management and performance improvement being key. Managing plant compliance with business policies and procedures and ensuring that legislative compliance is also a strong aspect of the role.

As Assistant Quarry Manager  you will also be responsible for:

Safety,Healthand Compliance

• Managing and overseeing the safe operation of the plant and the planned preventative maintenance ofall ofthe sites equipment fixed and mobile with responsibility for your own safety and that of colleagues and business partners
• Act as the site focal point for engineering and maintenance-related statutory compliance, inspections and audits, ensuring plant and equipment always remain legally compliant and audit-ready.
• Reporting and investigating any unsafe or hazardous working practices
• Issuing ofsafety briefings and toolbox talks to your operational team
• Managing proactively both mandatory training and developmental training of your staff andkeepan up-to-date training matrix
• Ensuring appropriate Contractor and visitor inductions are carried out in line with company procedures
• Understanding Quarry Regulations 1999 enabling a Reg 8 appointment D
• Maintaining and implementing existing andnew,Standard Operating Procedures, risk assessments and training your staff on the same

Operations Support Quarry and Asphalt

• Work in close partnership with the Quarry and Asphalt Section Managers, providing constructive challenge and operational support to drive safe,reliable and cost - effective performance.
• Deputise for Quarry or Asphalt Section Managers asrequiredto ensure continuity of operations.
• Support production planning, despatchcoordinationand operational problem-solving across both business units during periods of peak demandorresource constraint.
• Managing,coaching and developing a highly skilled, fit for purpose and extremely motivated team to ensure business continuity and reduce business risk
• All aspects of budgetary control for all operations

Maintenance Leadership

• Lead the development,implementation and continuous improvement of the site maintenance strategy across Quarry and Asphalt.
• Own the planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedule for all fixed and mobile plant, ensuring alignment with production priorities and shutdown planning.
• Coordinate maintenance resources across Quarry and Asphalt to maximise plant availability and utilisation.
• Challenge reactive maintenance behaviours by driving root cause analysis, reliabilityimprovementsand defect elimination.
• Manage maintenance performance through KPIs such as plant availability, downtime, maintenancecostand backlog.
• Work with procurement and engineering support functions on spares strategy, contractor performance and major repairs or capex projects.

Key Stakeholders you will liaise within the responsibilities of this role:

Area Operations Manager
-Site Manager
-Asphalt Plant Section Manager
-Health & Safety team - Procurement and support teams - Logistics team - Area Operations teams - Area Commercial teams - Area HR Manager - Industry Bodies - Customers

This role is a Days role Monday to Friday, but flexibility is key to this role with the expectation to be available to meet with our plants operational needs

The Ideal Candidate

To be successful in the role of Assistant Quarry Manager  you will ideally have experience and knowledge of:

• Diploma in Quarry Technology/Fd Sc Extractives  Technology
• Highly experienced in Quarrying and/or Asphalt Operations including managing maintenance processes
• IOSH/NEBOSH would be advantageous
• Full knowledge of Risk Assessments and Safe System of Work Systems
• Working knowledge of production processes, H&S and…