Plant Manager

Plant Manager | Polypipe

Polypipe is seeking an experienced and hands-on Plant Manager to lead operations at one of our key manufacturing sites. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for driving operational excellence, safety, and performance across a fast-paced, high-volume production environment.

As Plant Manager, you will take full ownership of end-to-end site operations, ensuring production targets are consistently achieved while maintaining the highest standards in safety, quality, and efficiency. You’ll lead a capable operational team, build strong routines across shifts, and continuously drive improvements in productivity, waste reduction, and overall plant performance.

This role requires a strong operational leader who thrives in continuous manufacturing environments and brings a proven track record of delivering results in 24/7 production settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all plant operations across a 3-shift, 7-day production schedule
• Ensure safe, consistent, and efficient manufacturing output in line with production targets
• Drive a strong safety culture with zero harm as a core priority
• Oversee production planning, scheduling, and workforce coordination across shifts
• Lead, coach, and develop shift supervisors and operational teams to achieve high performance
• Monitor key performance indicators including output, quality, downtime, and yield
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Kaizen, waste reduction, efficiency gains)
• Coordinate maintenance activities to minimise downtime and improve plant reliability
• Ensure compliance with WHS, environmental, and quality standards
• Partner with supply chain, engineering, and leadership teams to support business objectives

About You

• Minimum 5+ years’ experience as a Plant Manager in a PE and/or PVC manufacturing environment
• Strong background in continuous or high-volume manufacturing operations
• Proven experience managing 24/7 operations with multi-shift production teams
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing supervisors and large teams
• Hands-on approach with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, plant reliability, and operational KPIs
• Experience driving continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, and performance standards

Why Polypipe

At Polypipe, you’ll join a well-established manufacturing business with a strong industry reputation. This is an opportunity to take full ownership of a major production facility and directly influence operational performance, team culture, and continuous improvement outcomes. 

This isn’t a business-as-usual role, with significant investment and plans to triple our operational capabilities, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our people, processes and performance as we scale.