Site Manager
- Annual Salary: £40,000 - £50,000+ (depending on experience)
- Location: Kings Lynn
- Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Join the UK’s market leader in liquid fertilisers, a company renowned for its innovative approach in manufacturing and exporting a unique range of plant nutrients and crop health promoters nationally and internationally. We are seeking a self-motivated, enthusiastic, and disciplined Site Manager to oversee safe, efficient, and reliable operations at our main site.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Performance Delivery: Ensure site performance aligns with business objectives and the annual business plan.
- Stock Management: Oversee stock and stock control, ensuring accurate stock management.
- Production Planning: Collaborate with the Specialities Planner and commercial team on production planning.
- Safety and Compliance: Maintain a safe work environment, comply with health, safety, quality, and environmental management systems, and lead safety or compliance investigations.
- Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement, suggest and implement changes.
- Team Leadership: Build and maintain a strong team, ensuring high morale and compliance.
- Training and Development: Manage staff training and development to support workforce retention and competence.
- Resource Management: Allocate resources to meet production demands efficiently.
- Maintenance Oversight: Manage the maintenance of production equipment and facilities, ensuring compliance with processes.
- Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate records and provide regular updates to senior management on site performance.
- Customer and Vendor Relations: Collaborate with commercial team to ensure customer requirements are met and manage contracts for site maintenance.
- Emergency and Risk Management: Maintain and manage emergency response procedures. Lead emergency response and risk management strategies, including site contingency and business continuity planning.
- Budget and Financial Management: Develop and manage the operational budget to meet financial targets.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Represent the site in meetings with senior management and stakeholders.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Proven leadership experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
- Good understanding of best practices within the chemical industry.
- Understanding of NEBOSH.
- Strong knowledge of compliance with safety, environmental, and quality management systems.
- Ability to work to tight time scales, delegate effectively, and maintain approachability as a leader while working comfortably under pressure.
- Track record in operational leadership, management, and employee development.
- Flexibility and willingness to challenge existing knowledge and processes.
- Computer literate, with competence in Microsoft Office.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Full UK driving license.
Desired but not required:
- Degree in a Technical subject.
- Experience with Microsoft Navision Dynamics.
- Possession of NEBOSH NGC or equivalent.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary with planned benefits package improvements.
- 3x Salary Life insurance.
- Pension scheme with approximately 3.6% employee and 5.6% employer contributions.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Opportunities to significantly impact and shape the role and business.
- Social events including Summer BBQ and Christmas events with overnight stay.
- Lunch vehicles with allowance funded.