Assistant Quarry Manager

Application Deadline: 29 August 2025

Department: Operations and Maintenance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Leaton Quarry, Shropshire

Description

As an Assistant Quarry Manager based at Leaton Quarry Telford, you enjoy working in a 'hands on' position supporting the Quarry Manager in efficiently managing a busy Quarry alongside a collaborative and dedicated team.

As Assistant to the Quarry Manager, you will take an active role in overseeing day-to-day operations, ensuring the timely and cost-effective production of materials while maintaining the highest standards of health, safety, and environmental compliance. From monitoring plant condition and performance to strategically extracting mineral, you'll help safeguard the site's ongoing capability. No two days will be the same in this dynamic and varied role.

This role is commutable from:
Shrewsbury
Market Drayton
Oswestry
Welshpool
Telford
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Cannock
Dudley
Kidderminster
Stoke-on-trent
Stafford

Key Responsibilities

As our Assistant Quarry Manager, you'll be responsible for certifying the Quarry is run in line with the operating licence, through statutory procedure checks and reporting. You will place high importance on safety programmes and be key in driving forwards our standards of excellence in all aspects of Health, Safety and Environmental Management.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential:Previous experience in a management position

An understanding of Quarry Regs & ACOPNVQ in HSE Quarry Management Level 4 (or equivalent)
An understanding/working towards IOSH or Supervising Safety

Flexible, proactive approach to establish high standards of work performance
Ability to demonstrate proven experience with assisting with management of a large site
Positive and hardworking

Desirable but not essential:

Geotechnical Level 4

NVQ in HSE Quarry Management Level 4 (or equivalent)

Job Benefits

25 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced Employer Pension Contributions

Sharesave Scheme

Group Life Assurance

Company Sick Pay

Training & Development Opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Business van