Shutdown Manager

Position: Shutdown Manager (Permanent)
Shutdown Delivery Manager

Norwich

Full Time, Permanent:
Monday to Friday (39hrs)

8am – 4pm (5pm on one day to hit 30hrs)

£55,000 – £60,000 per annum

Non-contractual annual bonus up to 18%

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Our client, a long-established and highly regarded chemical manufacturing business, is seeking an experienced Shutdown Delivery Manager (SDM) to join their Engineering leadership team.

This is a senior role responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering complex site shutdowns within a highly regulated industrial environment.

Proven experience managing and delivering complex site shutdowns is essential, ideally within a formal project-based planning and execution framework.

The Role

Reporting to the Deputy Head of Engineering, the Shutdown Delivery Manager will:

* Develop forward schedules and detailed plans for all site shutdowns

* Interface closely with Operations, Engineering Authority and Subject Matter Experts

* Build and manage site-wide shutdown programmes

* Prioritise and manage high-risk and high-value work packages

* Manage subcontractor relationships

* Coordinate internal engineering resources (Mechanical, EI&C, Maintenance)

* Ensure compliance with UK legislation and site policies (including CDM Regulations 2015)

* Oversee planning, scheduling, permitting, execution and commissioning handover

* Work alongside Projects to integrate capital works into shutdown windows

* Contribute to CAPEX planning and resource validation

* Lead and motivate engineers and planners to ensure safe, compliant delivery

This role requires exceptional organisational ability, stakeholder management skills and experience delivering complex, time-critical engineering projects.

About You

Essential:

* HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an Engineering discipline

* Minimum 5 years’ management experience

* Experience with CDM Regulations 2015

* Proven track record planning and executing complex shutdowns or turnaround projects

* Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills

* Ability to manage competing priorities logically and effectively

* Continuous improvement mindset

Desirable:

* ILM Level 5 (or equivalent management qualification)

* Membership of a recognised engineering body (e.g. IMechE)

* Upper Tier COMAH site experience

* Knowledge of instrumentation, PLC and control systems

* Experience with LV & HV systems, Compex, Nucleonic devices, AutoCAD

What’s On Offer

* Flexitime (ability to accrue up to 12 additional days leave)

* Enhanced pension (matched contributions plus additional 2%, up to 10%)

* Life assurance (3x salary)

* Private medical cover

* Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

* Gymflex & Cycle to Work schemes

* Employee Assistance Programme