Job Description

Date:

7 May 2025

Location:

Glasgow, GB, G51 4SD

Company:

Peel Ports

Vacancy - Site General Manager - King George V and Rothesay Dock

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for driving performance to achieve business success? Are you seeking a challenging role where you can develop your career in a highly successful business, at the forefront of renewables and bulk cargo for Scotland, which is ambitious for further growth? We're seeking a Site General Manager to lead, inspire and develop our dynamic team.

Your role

Reporting to the Deputy Port Director, you will manage the performance of the business units at King George V and Rothesay Docks.


In this role you will lead your team to deliver an industry leading EHS performance, support and influence the achievement of financial performance objectives, drive business growth, and ensure excellent customer service is delivered.

You will also build strong relationships across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, including customers, trade union, suppliers and shipping lines, working collaboratively to ensure the delivery of optimum customer service.

What you'll bring

You will have extensive leadership skills and experience in a logistics, operations, transport or bulk handling environment. You will be an excellent team player with the ability to lead, influence, coach and develop your team. You will demonstrate a dedication to safety and a strong commercial acumen with proven experience of meeting and exceeding revenue and EBITDA targets alongside operational excellence.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK's leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK's leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:


27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays) Matched contribution pension, up to 10% Discretionary bonus scheme Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers Commitment to learning and personal development We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our employee assistance programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we'd really like to hear from you! Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 21st May 2025.