Manager Plant

Stericycle is a U.S. based business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions that protects people and brands, promotes health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have grown from a small start-up in medical waste management into a leader across a range of increasingly complex and highly regulated arenas, serving healthcare organizations and commercial businesses of every size. Every day, we help our customers solve complex challenges by safely managing materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise one's identity.

Join us on our mission to protect health and well-being in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.

The Manager Plant will manage all plant operational activities at the designated site to ensure the effective safe utilisation of the plant equipment to comply with site permit regulations and meet customer expectations in a compliant and customer friendly manner.

The Manager Plant will manage day to day facility operations in accordance with license obligations and health and safety procedures, including KPI targets, business objectives and overall management of site personnel. Working as part of the operations team to ensure safe long-term operation of the facility at a sustained high utilisation; achieving this will need effective use of resources and manpower on a day to day and hour by hour basis.

• The Manager Plant will provide strong inspirational leadership to the operational team at their designated site, as well as playing a key role in the site's vision in continuous improvement and retaining high levels of engagement.
• Ensure optimum levels of plant/equipment performance is achieved and sustained. Provide technical assistance and support to the service and maintenance teams.
• Ensure that company principles and standards are adhered to with respect to all personnel, resources, procedures and practices.
• Lead the facilities operations in line with appropriate legislation including H&S, maintenance, standard operating procedures, working time directive and site permit requirements. Manage, train and develop a team of multi-skilled engineers and technicians.
• Ensure the safe operation of all activities making sure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and Safe Systems of Work are met and training is maintained and adhered to according to Stericycle policies and statutory requirements.
• Accountability for overall productivity within the operation, ensuring that activities are cost effective, and levels of resource are managed effectively. Budgetary responsibility for the site, ensuring costs are managed in line with P&L expectations. Ensure that the site management teams are engaged in supporting the financial requirements and goals of the business including effective cost control, supporting AR functions, revenue, profit.
• Maintain communications and personal contact with staff, as appropriate, to ensure the effectiveness of operations support.

Required Education: High School or equivalent.

Preferred Education: Associate's or equivalent. Engineering degree or equivalent.

• 2-4 years of management experience preferred.
• Experience of managing KPIs and P&L.
• Experience of operating an engineering plant.
• Plant Maintenance
• Thorough knowledge and hands on experience of working at a similar senior level within a complex plant function, ideally within an incineration and combustion environment.
• COTC would be advantageous.
• A passion for encouraging teamwork, with an innovative approach to leadership.
• An inspiring leadership style, creative and implementing new ways to improve performance and get the best out of your people.
• A focus on promoting a culture where all employees are engaged.
• Excellent customer relationship building skills.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• An analytical mind-set with a good understanding of reporting and recording performance statistics.
• Relevant engineering/manufacturing knowledge.
• Proven management experience in a diverse plant operations role.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to give clear instruction concisely and accurately.
• Significant management and leadership abilities highlighted by previous experience of discipline and team management.
• Flexibility to work within a fast-paced 24/7 business.

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Access to SteriCares, our employee support fund
• Stericycle University – Our online library of self-development & learning
• Annual performance related pay review.
• Referral Scheme (Earn by introducing people in your network to the Stericycle family)
• Flu voucher
• Eye Test voucher

Disclaimer The above description is meant to provide a summary of the nature and level of work being performed; it should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and requirements of the job. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and it does not constitute any right or guarantee of employment condition. This position is open to people with disabilities. Stericycle will consider requests for workplace accommodations for protected physical or mental limitations in accordance with its human resources and risks prevention policies and local laws. To the extent permissible under local law, and consistent with business necessity, Stericycle reserves the right to modify the content formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, at any time with or without advance notice.