Asphalt Plant Operator

Build Your Career with a Leading Materials Business

Are you looking for a hands-on role in a dynamic production environment? Do you take pride in working safely, maintaining high standards, and delivering quality results?

We are looking for an Asphalt Plant Operator to join our team, playing a key role in the safe and efficient production of asphalt materials while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, and operational performance.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business that offers long-term career development, comprehensive training, and the chance to work with modern plant equipment and technologies.

The Role

You will play a key part in the operation, inspection, and maintenance of an asphalt plant, ensuring materials meet company quality specifications while maintaining the highest safety standards.

Key duties include

• Operating, inspecting, and maintaining the asphalt plant

• Carrying out start-up and shut-down routines and maximising plant throughput

• Weighbridge operations, including weighing vehicles in and out and loading asphalt

• Communicating production changes to the order office via Microsoft TeamsMonitoring plant performance in line with site inspection regimes

• Completing routine maintenance and minor repairs within your scope of competence

• Accurately recording inspections, defects, and maintenance activities

• Refuelling static and mobile plant

• Operating mobile plant such as FELs and dumpers, as required(training provided)

• Working safely and efficiently at all times

• Undertaking duties at other local Heidelberg Materials sites where required (travel allowances provided where applicable)

Key Accountabilities

• You will learn how to be safe and efficient operation of static and mobile plant

• Learn how to complete daily inspections using Checkproof

• Reporting defects and issues to the Production Supervisor or Manager

• Maintaining mobile plant through cleaning, greasing, and refuelling

• Completing near-miss reports as required

• Operating plant and machinery in an energy-efficient manner

• Demonstrating good timekeeping and reliability

• Ensure all machinery remains in a safe and serviceable condition.

Health, Safety & Environmental Compliance

• Follow all company health, safety, and environmental procedures.

• Complete near-miss reporting and proactively identify potential hazards.

• Promote safe working practices across the site.

• Operate plant and machinery in an energy-efficient manner.

• Adhere to all company policies, procedures, and legislative requirements.

• Support continuous improvement of site safety performance.

Team & Site Support

• Maintain high standards of housekeeping across the site.

• Demonstrate excellent timekeeping and reliability.

• Attend training and development programmes as required.

• Support operations at other local sites when needed within a reasonable travelling distance.

What We're Looking For

Essential Requirements

• Willingness to learn and operate an asphalt plant (full training provided)

• Ability to carry out weighbridge duties (full training provided)

• Strong commitment to health, safety, environmental, and quality standards

• Understanding of, or willingness to comply with, Quarry Regulations 1999

• Confident with basic IT systems; computer literacy essential

• Working knowledge of Excel is desirable but not essential

Desirable Qualifications & Experience(Training Provided)

• EPIC certification for mobile plant operation.

• NVQ Level 2 in Mobile Plant Operations.

• Experience operating Front-End Loaders (FEL), dumpers, or similar equipment.

• Previous asphalt, aggregates, quarrying, or heavy industrial experience.

• Understanding of Quarry Regulations and site safety requirements.

Working Pattern

• Monday to Friday

• Rotating shifts:

  • 3 weeks Days: 06:00 – 15:30

  • 3 weeks Nights: 17:30 – 02:30 (following successful completion of training and competency sign-off)

• Overtime available

• Alternate Saturdays required

Pay & Benefits

Hourly Rates

• Basic Rate: £14.09 per hour

• Saturday Overtime: £16.20 per hour (1.15x basic rate)

• Sunday Overtime: £23.95 per hour (1.7x basic rate)

• Night Shift Premium: £23.95 per hour (1.7x basic rate)

Why Join Us?

• Secure, long-term employment within a leading industry business

• Comprehensive training and development opportunities

• Competitive pay with enhanced overtime rates

• Opportunity to gain further industry qualifications

• Varied and challenging role with excellent career progression prospects

• Supportive and safety-focused working environment

Apply Today

If you're a motivated individual with plant operating experience and a commitment to safety, quality, and teamwork, we'd like to hear from you.

Join us and help keep the materials that build our communities moving.