Assistant Quarry Manager

Overview

Assist Quarry Manager overseeing production, maintenance, safety, and team.

Key Responsibilities

• plant maintenance
• production oversight
• continuous improvement
• safety compliance
• team coordination
• production targets

Tasks

You’ll play a key role in the site’s success, influencing performance, safety, and team development every day. With potential expansion into nearby sites, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone from a production background to step into management, take ownership of a process-driven operation, and grow their career with Holcim. We’re looking for an Assistant Quarry Manager to join our specialist silica sand site, producing materials for sports grounds and other high-value applications. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll take ownership of production and maintenance activities, supporting the Quarry Manager to deliver a safe, efficient, and high-performing operation. -Coordinating with commercial, logistics, and operations teams to meet customer demand. -Overseeing plant and equipment maintenance, supporting hands-on mechanical work where required. -Supporting the Quarry Manager in overseeing production, maintenance, and site operations. -Driving continuous improvement and efficient use of resources across a modern, high-value site. -Promoting a strong Health & Safety culture, ensuring compliance with company and legislative requirements. -Ensuring production targets, quality standards, and financial objectives are achieved. -Acting as the 8.1d/8.1c lead in the manager’s absence, maintaining statutory presence and compliance.

Requirements

• communicator
• leadership
• production
• quarrying
• manufacturing
• team management

What You Bring

-A confident communicator who can motivate teams and maintain focus under pressure. -Experienced in production, quarrying, or manufacturing, with strong leadership and team management skills.

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Benefits

Holcim UK Company Benefits -Be valued and supported, working as part of a highly respected team in a business that has a huge focus on Health & Safety -Be part of something bigger with our "Women Empowered - Stronger Together Mentor Program," designed to support, inspire, and uplift women across the business. -Staff discounts including special rates for garden landscaping products -Free 24/7 remote GP service for you and your household, offering medical advice, prescriptions, referrals, and same-day appointments. -Competitive Salary, plus bonus, 25 days holiday + your local bank holidays (with options to increase) and other benefits - all recognising the contribution you bring -We care about you and your family. That’s why we offer enhanced family benefits, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. We understand that your personal life and family well-being are just as important as your career, so we’re committed to supporting you every step of the way. -Opportunities for career progression both at home and abroad

About Holcim Uk

-Delivers essential materials—cement, asphalt, ready‑mix concrete, aggregates, mortar—and contracting across infrastructure, buildings and commercial projects. -The business blends UK‑based manufacturing (cement since 1957) with import terminals to ensure reliable delivery nationwide. -On‑site work spans quarries, paving roads and rail, landscaping public realms, and surfacing industrial and residential developments. -Often pioneers innovations such as low‑carbon ECOPact concrete and recycled‑content ECOCycle products. -Runs a Sustainable Construction Academy offering CPD‑certified training in low‑carbon and circular design. -Tackles heavy civil works—like roads, crematoria surfacing, stadium projects—while adding fine touches like commercial landscaping and screed.

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