Office Manager

FJA is recruiting an experienced Office Manager on behalf of a client based in the Greater Manchester area to oversee the busy and growing Plant division. This hands‑on leadership role is suited to someone with proven experience in a construction or plant environment, confident stepping into a department, taking ownership, and driving improvements.

The Office Manager role offers a salary of up to £40,000, depending on experience. The position is fully office‑based, working Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• Take full control of the Plant Division’s office function and team, ensuring smooth day‑to‑day operations while identifying and implementing improvements across processes, systems, and commercial controls.
• Support adoption and optimisation of the new ERP system (Coins) across the division.
• Lead and manage the Plant Division office team.
• Oversee plant administration, coordination, and reporting.
• Drive process improvement and operational efficiencies.
• Ensure strong commercial awareness across plant operations.
• Maintain accurate records, cost tracking, and documentation.
• Encourage engagement and bring the team on board with change initiatives.

Required Experience

• Background in construction, engineering, or plant.
• Strong people skills – able to influence, engage, and motivate.
• Excellent organisational and computer skills.
• Resilient, proactive, and able to take initiative.
• Experience with Coins ERP would be a huge advantage.
• A hands‑on approach with the drive to get stuck in and make improvements.
• Strong commercial awareness.

If you are interested in this Office Manager opportunity, please apply with your current updated CV.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

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