Senior Technical Manager

Are you a Senior Technical Manager looking for your next position?

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer. Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.

We are currently looking for a Senior Technical Manager working in our Materials & Contracting Region at our site in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The site is easily accessible from Market Drayton, Whitchurch, Oswestry, Telford, Bridgnorth, Stafford, Cannock, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, West Bromwich, Church Stretton, Birmingham and the surrounding areas.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Role Responsibility

Reporting into the Regional Managing Director, the successful Senior Technical Manager will lead the regional technical team to ensure maximum performance by executing the technical strategy aligned to all health, safety, quality and environmental requirements in addition to rules of business & governance requirements. You will also (as part of the Regional Leadership team), develop and execute short & long term strategies aligned with overall Tarmac and CRH strategy and values.

On a day to day basis, duties and responsibilities of the Senior Technical Manager will include (not exhaustive):

• Delivering and exceeding performance targets
• Developing a robust, diverse and inclusive succession plan for all key roles within the technical team
• Working in partnership with Tarmac's technical performance team and the wider CRH to achieve all KPIs and share and implement best practice solutions
• Identifying, assessing and implementing change which improves product quality, stock and HSEQ performance
• Ensuring any HSEQ incidents become learning events and that outcomes are shared and acted upon
• Working alongside Technical colleagues to ensure the quality of our products is optimum to customer requirements
• Managing the Contracting technical requirements including the optimum use of subcontract technical resource for specific contracts
• Working with operational teams to deliver solutions to slow moving stock and mineral related product issues

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal Senior Technical Manager will be someone who has demonstrable leadership skills, has an ability to communicate a vision and motivate a large team of employees. You will also be able to demonstrate a track record in financial and health and safety performance targets plus have expertise in developing and executing business strategies.

Why Us

Along with the role of Senior Technical Manager, we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.