Assistant Plant Supervisor

Assistant Plant Supervisor

Leeds

At CPI, we pride ourselves in our people and put diversity, equality, and inclusion at the forefront of our recruitment process. We realise how important and valuable it is to have a diverse workforce and of the benefits that this brings. We understand our colleagues have commitments and we support a family-friendly environment and to help us with this, we consider all our positions for full time, part time and flexible hours arrangements.

We place great importance on the communities that we operate in as large sections of our workforce are based within the local areas of our sites. We undertake many local community and charitable support projects and have high levels of longevity within our Teams. We are keen to hear from candidates who are proud to work for a socially responsible company.

We also have many sustainability initiatives on our roadmap and working with our Group Company – Grafton Plc, have significant support and drive to ensure we are operating in ways that are environmentally and socially aware.

We are keen to hear from candidates who share in these values, who are keen to build a career that can grow and develop with our support over time and who have a passion for making a difference.

We also realised that no candidate will meet every single desired qualification on our job requirements so even if your experience looks a little different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we would love to learn more about you.

CPI Mortars were pioneers within the UK construction materials industry in the late 1990’s with the construction of the UK’s first dry mortar plant. It is now the only national dry mortar producer operating across a network of nine Euro Mix manufacturing plants. Euro Mix dry mortars, renders, plasters and concretes are used by the major construction companies in the UK on housing, industrial, educational and infrastructure projects.

CPI also operates a state-of-the-art bagging operation at Carlton Manufacturing which supplies the merchant and contractors’ market with a range of bagged ready to use concrete, mortar and fence post mixes.

CPI are part of the Grafton Group Plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and who provide us with terrific support as the parent company.

A key position within the factory responsible for the raw material planning, manufacturing operations and distribution of the finished product. As well as operating a state-of-the‑art dry mortar factory, you will also be responsible for the daily planning of all raw material deliveries and the daily planning of the delivery fleet. You will have daily direct contact with our customer base, which will allow you to deliver a market leading service for our product delivery to some of the major construction companies in the UK.

The below are key responsibilities however full training will be given on site.

• You will be responsible for operating a state‑of‑the‑art sand drying system and mortar mixing plant, becoming a skilled plant operator and team leader.
• Loading LGV vehicles within the factory.
• You will also be responsible for production planning, ordering raw materials and producing finished product to meet a demanding and busy order book, along with leading and supervising your production and driving teams.

Don’t worry if you don’t have all the requirements as we are looking for a candidate with a well organised approach and willingness to excel. We will support you with any training needed however it would be helpful if you had the below, but these are not essential;

• Counterbalance FLT and Loading Shovel Training
• Full Category B driving licence
• General computer literacy

• Competitive Pay – we review and benchmark our pay annually to remain competitive in the market.
• Paid Volunteer Leave - Take time to give back to your community or a charity close to your heart with 1 day of paid volunteer leave a year.
• Holiday - 31 days holiday (including bank holidays) which increases after 3, 5 and 10 years’ service.
• Long Service…