Plant & Equipment Manager (South / South-East)

Plant & Equipment Manager (South)

(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 role

We'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

What you'll need

• 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

Qualifications / Experience

• 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.