GTS Process Manager - Flexible location

Country: Ireland
City: Dublin
Req ID: 514457
Job Type: Full Time Permanent
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level

About CRH

We are CRH, and we are committed to contributing to a more resilient and sustainable built environment. We understand the wider impact our businesses can make in supporting human activity. We continue to do this through the delivery of unique, superior building materials and products for use in road and critical utility infrastructure, commercial building projects and outdoor living solutions.

CRH (NYSE: CRH, LSE: CRH) is the leading provider of building materials solutions that build, connect and improve our world. Employing c.78,500 people at c.3,390 operating locations in 28 countries, CRH has market leadership positions in both North America and Europe. As the essential partner for transportation and critical utility infrastructure projects, complex non-residential construction and outdoor living solutions, CRH's unique offering of materials, products and value-added services helps to deliver a more resilient and sustainable built environment. The company is ranked among sector leaders by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating agencies. A Fortune 500 company, CRH's shares are listed on the NYSE and LSE.

Without you noticing our products, we are everywhere you live, work, and relax.

Our project portfolio includes some of the most sustainable and cutting-edge building projects around the world. Think of the asphalt on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, the Paris Metro Rail project, but also the Louis Vuitton Museum in Paris, parts of the Burj Khalifa, and the Kennedy Space Centre .

• Act as a technical expert in core process areas (e.g., raw material preparation, grinding, pyroprocessing), providing guidance to plant teams and contributing to global process standards.
• Ensure that process area outputs consistently deliver high value and impact for CRH.
• Lead the identification, design, and implementation of process improvement initiatives across multiple plants, supported by cost-benefit analysis and ensuring alignment with CRH's operational and sustainability goals.
• Support the Senior Process Leader in executing the process strategy, contributing insights from plant-level diagnostics and improvement projects.
• Drive a culture of safety and operational excellence, ensuring all process improvements and plant operations meet CRH's safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Conduct advanced diagnostics and benchmarking, including root cause analysis, process audits, and performance testing to identify and prioritise improvement opportunities.
• Oversee major equipment commissioning, ensuring seamless integration into plant operations and achievement of performance targets.
• Contribute to CRH's global knowledge network, sharing best practices, lessons learned, and emerging technologies to drive innovation and standardisation.
• Mentor and develop plant-based process engineers, building technical capability and fostering a continuous improvement mindset across the network.
• Advise cross-functional project teams on process design for CAPEX projects.
• Support strategic initiatives, including M&A due diligence, technology scouting, and long-term process development roadmaps, as delegated by the Senior Process Leader.

• CRH GTS Process & Performance Director.
• CRH Cement Plant Managers.
• CRH Cement Plant Production, Process & Quality Managers.

• Drives Results: CRH Cement Plants should be high performing units with high equipment availability at optimum production rates. This can only be achieved through continuous analysis, problem solving and result driven approach focussing on KPI's.
• Collaboration: Works collaboratively with others to achieve shared objectives. Cultivates relationships and networks.
• Cultivates Innovation: Comes up with useful ideas and introduces new ways of looking at problems. Finds the best creative solutions for process improvements and actively moves them into implementation.

• Self-starter with strong attention to detail.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and self-management.
• Sound technical and analytical skills.
• Good judgment and strong operational focus.
• Forward-thinking and creative.
• High ethical standards and ability to present themselves professionally.
• Good cost awareness in terms of business economics.
• Ability to take decision in complex and international environment.
• Know-how and application information technology.
• Willingness to travel abroad.

• University degree (Bachelor/Master) in engineering (Mining, Process, Mechanical, Chemistry).
• Minimum 10 years' experience in cement manufacturing with experience in Cement plants and in Central/Support function.
• Excellent understanding of cement production processes: Pyro processing & Grinding.
• Solid background in Process Design.
• Ability to challenge local operation teams & managers in terms of performance and productivity.
• Have experience in cement plant commissioning role.
• Have work experience in a foreign country.
• Experience with process measurement tools and techniques is essential.
• Very good understanding of clinker chemistry and mineralogy.
• High level of knowledge and determination to support cost leadership.
• Good overview of the vendor business world in Production/Process area.
• Excellent English language skills.

• A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
• Highly competitive salary package
• Comprehensive secondary benefits
• Significant contribution to your pension plan
• Health and wellness programs, including an on-site gym and fitness classes
• Excellent opportunities to develop and progress with a global organization