Plant Manager - Hull (38351) at McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd

Position Title: Plant Manager - Hull 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Hull 

Requisition ID: 38351 

About McCain.

At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Why join the McCain family.

• Your Life – we’re here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
• Your Success – work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
• Your Impact – we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.

About the role.

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy. 

Be at the heart of McCain’s growth.

At McCain, we’re not just making food - we’re shaping the future of how it’s made, delivered, and enjoyed. Our Hull Cheese Appetiser Plant is no ordinary site. It’s fast-paced, innovation-driven, and central to delivering what our customers want, when they want it.

We’re looking for a Plant Manager who can lead with vision and inspire with action. Someone who thrives in a high-energy environment, can balance speed with discipline, and knows how to create a culture where people feel proud, empowered, and driven to do their best work.

This is your chance to build and lead a winning team, drive innovation at pace, and leave your mark on a site that’s key to McCain’s growth story.

What you’ll be doing.

• Setting direction and leading operational excellence – keeping the plant safe, efficient, and future-ready.
• Embedding a customer-first mindset, ensuring everything we do supports our foodservice, retail, and end consumers.
• Driving continuous improvement, reliability, and sustainability across operations.
• Leading and developing a high-performing plant leadership team that can run 24/7 with confidence.
• Building a Winning Culture – where people feel valued, success is celebrated, and collaboration drives performance.
• Ensuring safety, quality, and compliance are never compromised.
• Delivering strong financial stewardship while balancing short-term targets with long-term growth.

Accountabilities.

• Ideally a degree in Engineering, Science, Business or similar (advanced qualifications are a bonus) – but if you bring extensive hands-on experience in food manufacturing leadership, we’d value that just as highly.
• 8+ years of progressive leadership in food manufacturing, ideally in cheese/dairy or complex appetiser categories.
• A proven track record of leading in fast-moving, customer-focused environments.
• Expertise in financial management, food safety, and complex multi-ingredient production.
• A people-first leader who balances drive for results with empathy, understanding, and inclusivity.
• Someone who can inspire trust, listen actively, and create a culture where individuals feel safe to contribute, grow, and challenge the status quo.
• A confident communicator who can influence and connect at every level - from the plant floor to the boardroom.
• Resilient and adaptable, able to lead teams through change while keeping energy, morale, and focus high.
• A natural collaborator who builds strong partnerships with colleagues, customers, and the wider community.

Location.

Our Hull plant is where we make all our cheesy appetites, and even if you think you haven’t tasted our products before, because of our large portfolio of foodservice establishments, it’s likely you probably have! Our small, but perfectly formed team of around 130 make everything from halloumi fries to chilli cheese nuggets. 

The benefits of working for McCain.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in ‘chips’. For working hard, you’ll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

• A generous car allowance
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

Leadership Principles.

Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organisation. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself.

Come and join The Makers to see why we are better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. 

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Job Family: Manufacturing      
Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain 
Department: ​Hull PF Plant ​
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull 

Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd