General Manager

Overview

As General Manager, you will own the safe, profitable operation of the PET recycling site, with full responsibility for P&L, performance, people and compliance. You will lead the site management team to deliver the business plan and budget within a complex regulatory landscape. The role focuses on optimizing feedstock quality, yield, throughput and product quality across the PET recycling process. This is an opportunity to shape site performance, continuous improvement and sustainability within a growing circular economy.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• Free on-site parking
• Training and professional development opportunities

Responsibilities

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

Key requirements

• Significant senior management experience in PET recycling, plastics recycling or related manufacturing
• Proven P&L responsibility, budgeting, forecasting and delivering financial/operational targets
• Strong understanding of PET recycling processes and feedstock/yield/quality dynamics
• Commercial awareness of feedstock costs, PRN value, yield, throughput and profitability
• Experience leading management teams and fostering accountability and continuous improvement
• Track record of improving safety, quality, yield, throughput, reliability and operating cost
• Good understanding of the regulatory environment for recycling and waste processing
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Experience reporting to Boards or senior executives
• Strong communication skills and readiness to challenge performance and make site decisions

• leadership and people development
• strong communication and stakeholder management
• problem-solving and analytical thinking
• PET recycling process knowledge (feedstock, bale quality, sorting, washing, flake production, pellet conversion)
• P&L budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting
• QMS and quality management

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