Assistant Plant Manager

About the role

Job Title
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Assistant Plant Manager

Location: Thurnscoe

Company: Balfour Beatty

About the Role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Plant Manager to join our Asset & Technology Solutions team based in Thurnscoe.

As part of a specialist business unit providing survey and communications equipment, drones, machine control solutions, HGVs, cranes, piling equipment, fire and security services, suction excavation, modular buildings and driver risk management, you'll play a key role in ensuring our logistics and transport operations run safely, efficiently and compliantly.

Reporting into the Plant Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day operation of logistics, fleet and driver resources, ensuring equipment is mobilised on time, routes are effectively planned and transport performance is continually improved.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate all delivery and collection activities for survey, communications and plant assets.
• Ensure equipment arrives on site safely, on time and in full.
• Lead and supervise delivery drivers, including daily task allocation, route planning, performance management and compliance monitoring.
• Develop and maintain efficient transport schedules that maximise fleet utilisation while minimising operational costs and downtime.
• Ensure compliance with transport legislation, driver hours regulations, vehicle inspection requirements and company policies.
• Coordinate fleet servicing, maintenance, MOTs, repairs and defect management to maintain vehicle availability.
• Monitor transport performance against key operational KPIs, including delivery performance, response times, vehicle utilisation and customer satisfaction.
• Manage urgent hire requirements and prioritise operational demands effectively.
• Monitor off-hires and asset returns to maximise equipment availability and minimise lost revenue opportunities.
• Support and supervise Hire Controllers, ensuring hire contracts, quotations, extensions, transfers and off-hires are processed accurately and efficiently.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across transport and logistics operations.

• Previous experience within transport, logistics, plant hire or a similar operational environment.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities.
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues, customers and stakeholders.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and managing competing priorities.
• Strong geographical knowledge and route planning capability.
• Good understanding of transport compliance and fleet management requirements.

Desirable

• Sales experience within the sector.
• Knowledge of survey and communications equipment.
• Familiarity with robotics, drones or machine control technologies.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes…