Heidelberg Materials is one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions with more than 50,000 employees worldwide. In the UK we operate over 300 manufacturing sites and employ more than 4,000 people.
Our Padeswood cement works has been operating since 1949 and is one of three cement plants owned by Heidelberg Materials in the UK. The site supplies both bulk and packed cement and employs more than 110 people as well as supporting many more in our supply chain.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a growing sector worldwide and our Padeswood project will create around 50 new jobs as well as up to 500 more during construction. It is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in building the UK’s first carbon capture facility at a cement works.
Join our talent pool
We are actively recruiting new members of the project team in a wide range of engineering, management and administrative roles.
Opportunities to join our team will increase as our CCS project progresses. Once the carbon capture facility is operational, we will need to recruit:
CCS operations and engineering managers | mechanical and electrical engineers | compliance manager | control room operator | mechanical fitter/welder | finance manager and analyst | administrators
If there are no relevant vacancies currently listed but you would like to register your interest in future opportunities, please upload your CV and we will contact you as/when a relevant position arises.
Contracts Manager
Location: Padeswood, Wales
Contract: Outside IR35
Duration: 12‑month rolling (potential through 2029)
Overview: Heidelberg Materials is delivering a major Carbon Capture & Storage project at Padeswood. The Contract Manager will oversee post‑award commercial management across EPC/EPCM and major equipment packages.
Procurement Engineer
Location: Padeswood, Wales
Contract: Outside IR35
Duration: 12‑month renewable contract (potential through 2029)
Overview: Supporting the CCS programme’s engineered equipment and construction packages, the Procurement Engineer will manage sourcing, tendering, technical queries, and vendor delivery.
Meet the team
Meet some of the project team behind our plans to build the UK’s first carbon capture facility at a cement works.
Gareth Price, Carbon Capture Project Director
After joining the Padeswood cement works as a 16-year-old electrical apprentice, Gareth Price is now heading the CCS project team at the site. Last year he marked 50 years of service with the company and has been instrumental in the success of the project to date.
“It is a privilege to lead the Padeswood CCS project,” said Gareth, who lives close to the site in Buckley. “I started my career at the site so it is very special to me that it is where we are developing this world-leading project.”
Iain Walpole, Head of Process and Sustainability for CCUS
Iain was contacted by HyNet North West in 2020 about possible involvement with its planned decarbonisation cluster and has been heavily involved with the project ever since.
He led the design and funding of the project’s feasibility study and is now supporting the implementation of the various permits and regulations involved, as well as working with our contractors on the process engineering design.
Andy Scott, EPCM Project Manager
Andy worked on the initial engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) plans and helped to choose partners Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Worley, as well as supporting our contract negotiations with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
“Finalising the EPCM contract to build the plant was the longest negotiation of my 28-year project management career,” said Andy. “It involved thousands of hours and ran to more than 7,000 pages. Now the challenge is getting it built.”
Paul Cowell, Mechanical Engineer
Paul has worked on the Padeswood CCS project since the start and helped fine tune the plant’s design. He also helped with the commissioning of our Brevik carbon capture plant; hands-on experience that will prove invaluable when our Padeswood plant is commissioned.
Paul is now carrying out site enabling work and, when that’s complete, will work on the civils and the mechanical installations.