Engineering Manager​/Plant Manager Designate

Engineering Manager / Plant Manager Designate - UK Candidates

Apply for the Engineering Manager / Plant Manager Designate - UK Candidates role at Martin Veasey Talent Solutions
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£Very Competitive + Car Allowance, Bonus & Benefits

Midlands, UK

Our client is a leading player within the building materials and process manufacturing industry, operating a strategically important integrated plant in the Midlands, UK. This newly created position is a succession role, providing a defined development pathway into a future Plant Manager position. It represents an outstanding opportunity for a high‑potential leader with strong engineering, operational and people management capability who is ready to take on the next step in their career.

• Provide leadership and strategic direction for all engineering and maintenance activities across the integrated cement manufacturing site.
• Drive asset reliability, performance optimisation and engineering excellence across mechanical, electrical and reliability functions.
• Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary team, instilling a culture of collaboration, safety and continuous improvement.
• Oversee maintenance planning, stores and procurement, ensuring world‑class performance standards.
• Contribute to the site's long‑term strategic plan, working closely with the Plant Manager and executive leadership to deliver operational and sustainability goals.
• Champion innovation and support a major decarbonisation investment programme, ensuring the plant remains at the forefront of sustainable manufacturing.
• Act as a key member of the site leadership team, actively participating in cross‑functional decision‑making and business transformation.

• Degree educated in Engineering or a similar discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Process).
• Strong leadership track record within cement, lime, aggregates or another continuous heavy process sector.
• Proven success leading large multi‑discipline teams (30+ staff) and managing £multi‑million OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
• Exposure to modern maintenance practices (reliability‑centred maintenance, condition monitoring, CMMS such as SAP).
• Demonstrable success in continuous improvement, asset care and operational efficiency.
• Strategic and commercially astute with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Motivated and ambitious, ready to progress to a full Plant Manager role within 2–4 years.

• Are you degree educated in Engineering (BEng, MEng, BSc, MSc or MBA)?
• Do you have experience leading engineering or operations in cement, lime or heavy process manufacturing?
• Have you led multi‑discipline maintenance teams and managed CAPEX projects?
• Are you looking for a defined succession pathway into Plant Manager level leadership?
• Are you located in or open to relocation to the Midlands, UK?

To apply ,  quoting reference LX3480803 to the recruiter.

• Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior
• Employment Type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job Function:
  Engineering, Manufacturing and Production
• Industries:
  Chemical Manufacturing;
  Glass;
  Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing;
  Lime and Gypsum Products Manufacturing

Martin Veasey Talent Solutions is an equal opportunities employer.