Plant & Equipment Manager (South / South-East)
Posted 6 hours 44 minutes ago by Cornerstone
(9 Month Secondment/FTC)
Location: Segensworth
Salary: Personal Contract
Perks & Benefits: Competitive pension scheme - Enhanced maternity/paternity pay - Life assurance - HolidayPlus - Cycle2work Scheme & more
About the roleWe're looking for a Plant & Equipment Manager to lead the strategy, safety, and performance of our plant, tools and equipment across the South. You'll make sure our 60,000+ assets are safe, compliant, available and ready to support our operational teams every day. This is a key leadership role where you'll shape investment decisions, drive continuous improvement, and work closely with senior stakeholders, suppliers, and regional teams.
Responsibilities- Lead a team of 24 support, workshop and warehouse colleagues
- Oversee the selection, purchase, deployment and maintenance of equipment worth £30m
- Manage £1m capex and £2.3m opex budgets
- Ensure all plant and equipment is safe, compliant and available
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to influence policy and investment
- Drive operational efficiency and continuous improvement
- Support winter preparedness and major equipment rollouts
- Champion a zero harm culture across your team and the wider business
- Experience managing budgets, investment plans or operational services
- Strong understanding of compliance, governance and safety
- Ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships across teams
- Confident preparing business cases and formal investment requests
- Experience leading people and managing performance
- Knowledge of plant, equipment or asset management (or willingness to learn)
- Full UK driving licence
- Degree level education or equivalent experience in engineering, asset management, operations or similar
- Management experience or a recognised management qualification
- Strong analytical, numerical and reporting skills
We value diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.