Shutdown Manager
3 months ago
Norwich
Shutdown Delivery Manager Norwich Full Time, Permanent: Monday to Friday (39hrs) 8am – 4pm (5pm on one day to hit 30hrs) £55,000 – £60,000 per annum Non-contractual annual bonus up to 18% 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays Our client, a long-established and highly regarded chemical manufacturing business, is seeking an experienced Shutdown Delivery Manager (SDM) to join their Engineering leadership team. This is a senior role responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering complex site shutdowns within a highly regulated industrial environment. Proven experience managing and delivering complex site shutdowns is essential, ideally within a formal project-based planning and execution framework. The Role Reporting to the Deputy Head of Engineering, the Shutdown Delivery Manager will: • Develop forward schedules and detailed plans for all site shutdowns, • Interface closely with Operations, Engineering Authority and Subject Matter Experts, • Build and manage site-wide shutdown programmes, • Prioritise and manage high-risk and high-value work packages, • Manage subcontractor relationships, • Coordinate internal engineering resources (Mechanical, EI&C, Maintenance), • Ensure compliance with UK legislation and site policies (including CDM Regulations 2015), • Oversee planning, scheduling, permitting, execution and commissioning handover, • Work alongside Projects to integrate capital works into shutdown windows, • Contribute to CAPEX planning and resource validation, • Lead and motivate engineers and planners to ensure safe, compliant delivery This role requires exceptional organisational ability, stakeholder management skills and experience delivering complex, time-critical engineering projects. About You Essential: • HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an Engineering discipline, • Minimum 5 years’ management experience, • Experience with CDM Regulations 2015, • Proven track record planning and executing complex shutdowns or turnaround projects, • Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, • Ability to manage competing priorities logically and effectively, • Continuous improvement mindset Desirable: • ILM Level 5 (or equivalent management qualification), • Membership of a recognised engineering body (e.g. IMechE), • Upper Tier COMAH site experience, • Knowledge of instrumentation, PLC and control systems, • Experience with LV & HV systems, Compex, Nucleonic devices, AutoCAD What’s On Offer • Flexitime (ability to accrue up to 12 additional days leave), • Enhanced pension (matched contributions plus additional 2%, up to 10%), • Life assurance (3x salary), • Private medical cover, • Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, • Gymflex & Cycle to Work schemes, • Employee Assistance Programme