General Manager

Overview

As General Manager you will lead the PET recycling facility to safe, compliant, and profitable operation. You will own the site P&L, performance targets, and continuous improvement, shaping how feedstock quality, yield and throughput drive profitability. You’ll manage a cross-functional team and interfacing with senior leadership and the Board to deliver the business plan. This role offers impact at scale in a regulated, market-driven PET recycling environment, with a clear focus on safety, quality and cost discipline.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• company pension
• free on-site parking
• training and professional development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Take full responsibility for safe, compliant and profitable site operation, delivering P&L, EBITDA, budget and targets
• Lead, coach and develop the site management team to foster ownership, accountability and high performance
• Manage drivers of site profitability including feedstock cost, PRN value, yield, throughput, energy, labour, maintenance and quality
• Drive performance across the PET recycling process and ensure robust process and product quality control (QMS)
• Establish and monitor KPIs across H&S, throughput, yield, mass balance, recovery, plant availability, downtime, quality, energy and cost
• Lead site-wide continuous improvement and ensure recurring issues are identified and permanently resolved
• Oversee maintenance, asset reliability and capex plans to support safe, reliable plant operation
• Maintain compliance with Environmental Permit and waste/packaging/recycling legislation
• Collaborate with Commercial, Procurement, Finance, Engineering and Quality to align feedstock markets with operational impact
• Provide clear, timely reporting to Board and senior leadership, with corrective actions where needed
• Own site performance and ensure timely delivery of actions

Key requirements

• Significant senior management experience in PET recycling, plastics recycling, polymer processing or related manufacturing
• Proven P&L responsibility including budgeting, forecasting and delivering financial and operational targets
• Strong understanding of PET recycling processes from bale to pellet
• Commercial understanding of feedstock cost, PRN value, yield and profitability
• Experience leading management teams and driving a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
• Proven track record of improving safety, quality, yield, throughput, reliability and operating cost in a complex operation
• Good understanding of regulatory environment affecting recycling and waste processing
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Experience reporting to Boards or senior executives
• Strong communication skills and willingness to challenge performance and take responsibility for site decisions

• leadership and people development
• clear and proactive communication
• problem-solving and decision-making
• PET recycling process knowledge (feedstock quality, sorting, washing, flake production, pellet conversion)
• QMS implementation and maintenance
• KPIs and performance management

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