Plant Operator jobs in Cambridge

Live plant operator roles in Cambridge, with East of England salary benchmarks.

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6 live roles in Cambridge

Plant Operator

Cambridge

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Overtime available, 4-on / 4-off days-only shift pattern, 28 days annual leave including public holidays, Workplace pension scheme, Company vehicle…

Manufacturing & Production Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Telehandler

Cambridge

£20.00 - £22.00/hour

Job Title: Telehandler Job Type: Temporary Contract Location: Cambridge Rate of pay: CIS: £21 PAYE/Umbrella options available Are you a Telehandler…

Construction Full-time
1 week ago Apply now

Telehandler

CB3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

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Telescopic Handler Operator – Cambridge Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 Job Type: Short-term Contract Pay Rate: Competitive, dependent on…

Construction Full-time
2 weeks ago Apply now

Telehandler

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

£22.50/hour

CSS are looking for a telehandler to start on a project in Cambridge starting ASAP CPCS / NPORS Previous work references Ongoing work £22.50 p/h…

Construction Full-time
3 weeks ago Apply now

Plant Operator hiring in Cambridge: the numbers

  • 6 live plant operator roles in Cambridge right now.
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Pretoria Energy (1), The Sterling Choice (1), Vita Recruitment Limited (1).
  • Newest advert posted 3 November 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Plant Operator salary in East of England

£29,000 – £45,760 (indicative · midpoint £37,960)

How this figure was built. Based on 12 live advertised salaries for this role and region, 1 of which was the source's own estimate rather than an advertised figure. A further 4 listings were excluded as implausible annual figures, mislabelled hourly or daily rates, which we drop rather than convert. That is below the 20 we require before publishing 25th/75th percentiles, so this cell shows a median only.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. The ticket is the career: CPCS or NPORS categories determine what you can be booked for, and multi-ticket operators (telehandler + 360 + dumper) stay busiest. Infrastructure and rail possessions pay above general build, and long-shift weeks make real earnings strongly hours-driven.
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