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Engineering Manager / Plant Manager Designate - Cement Manufacturing (Succession Role)
Very Competitive + Car Allowance, Bonus & Benefits
Midlands, UK
"Career-defining leadership and succession opportunity for an ambitious Engineering or Operations professional within the cement or heavy process manufacturing sector."
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 has been designed as 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.
The Role:
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.
The Ideal Candidate:
Degree educated in Engineering or 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.
A motivated and ambitious individual ready to progress to a full Plant Manager role within 2-4 years.
Application Questions:
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, please email your CV quoting reference LX(phone number removed) to
