Job Title: Operations Director
Department: Operations
Location: Melton Ross Quarries, Barnetby, North Lincolnshire, DN38 6AE
Responsible To: VP Operations (MLC)
Responsible For: Overall Site Leadership, Production, Engineering & Projects Departments Leadership
Date Posted: 1st August 2025
Our mission in the Singleton Birch Group is to utilise the essential mineral lime to support the evolving needs of society.
Our vision is to become the global lime solutions, partner with an unwavering commitment to safety, sustainability, and service.
Our strategy is to transform into a global lime business by accelerating growth and diversification, protecting and growing our base, fortifying reliability and agility, and creating a sustainable future.
Job Purpose Overview:
Lead and manage all operational aspects of Singleton Birch. Align operations with strategic business goals focusing on continuous improvement and fostering a high-performance culture.
This is the top leadership role at the site responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, driving operational excellence, improving processes, and ensuring the effective delivery of our services/products across all departments. In conjunction with functional alignment across MLC, this role will coordinate and facilitate site leadership team meetings, drive a strategic focus and alignment across site, communications, and activities.
Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Overall responsibility for production operations, engineering, planning, and capital projects at the site.- Ensure site alignment with MLC standards; serve as the final site authority in plant matters.
- Report on operational performance to the VP of Operations and the local leadership team.
- Direct, plan, develop, establish, and implement goals, objectives, and policies for the site, keeping in line with the overall MLC strategy.
- Partner with the Global Director of Safety, promoting safety-first practices and enforcing compliance with UK regulations and industry standards across the business.
- Ensure compliance with environmental and quality regulations and processes.
- Drive operational excellence and efficiency for the site.
- Prepare annual operations budgets for approval; ensure targets are achieved or exceeded.
- Regularly review spend liaising with the Finance Department.
- Maintain and analyse plant costs in conjunction with the Finance department.
- Oversee and support the preparation of effective CAPEX documentation in alignment with MLC standards and requirements.
- Collaborate with Sales to ensure effective planning and execution in support of customer demand and specifications.
- Work with Sales and Technical Services to determine feasibility of new product development and market adoption; provide product cost information.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain on product availability and timely delivery of products whilst main-taining quality.
- Coordinate and lead site leadership team meetings, quarterly site updates, and operations meet-ings.
- Lead, manage, and develop the site’s operational department heads.
- Foster a culture of accountability, safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Lead and guide the site through change initiatives.
- Continually plan and review the structure of the operations teams including succession planning; ensure that all personnel are adequately trained and experienced to carry out their tasks safely and effectively while maintaining their general welfare and morale.
- Monitor KPI’s and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Ensure all required operations documentation are correct and maintained.
- Represent the company on the local parish council and keep up-to-date with general, local, and national planning and mineral planning, liaising with other local leadership team members as ap-propriate.
- Any other activity that is commensurate with the scope and level of the role.
Job Requirements (Qualifications and Experience):
- Proven experience in a senior manufacturing or operations leadership role in a chemical manufac-turing business (or closely related industry).
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing cross functional teams.
- Excellent knowledge of lean manufacturing, supply chain management, safety, environmental, quality and ISO standards/systems.
- Previous experience managing budgets and driving efficiencies.
- Understanding of UK regulatory and compliance frameworks.
- BSc in Engineering (chemical, manufacturing, electrical, mechanical or equivalent).
- Experience with utilizing ERP systems and data driven decision-making (currently implementing IFS).
Key Skills and Attributes Required:
- Drives vision and purpose
- Manages complexity
- Collaborates with all functions of the Company
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Drives engagement
- Ability to influence others
- Analytical skills to evaluate data and performance/operation metrics
- Confidentiality
- Drives results
- Integrity
- Commercial awareness
- Initiative/Self-motivation
- Creativity
