Plant Operator jobs in Essex

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

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11 live roles in Essex

Auxiliary Plant Operator

Tilbury, Essex

£45913 - £46913/annum bonus

Astute's Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit an Assistant Shift Operator to join their new-build Energy from…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Plant Operator

Basildon, Essex

£35497/annum

Salary: £35,497.00 per annum, plus Veolia benefits Hours: 50 hours per week: Monday to Friday, 06:00 - 14:00 Saturday and Bank Holiday working…

Driving & Logistics Full-time Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Forklift driver CPCS

Saffron Walden, Essex

£19 - £19.50/day

We Recruit Group are looking for a Forklift driver in CB10 MUST: Have an in date CPCS card with a driving license HAVE: previous experience as a…

Construction Full-time
3 weeks ago Apply now

360 Excavator Driver

Essex

See advert for pay

360 Excavator Driver - Essex We are seeking an experienced 360 Excavator Driver to join a construction project in Essex. Key Responsibilities…

Construction Full-time
3 weeks ago Apply now

Plant Operator hiring in Essex: the numbers

  • 11 live plant operator roles in Essex right now.
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: 3D Personnel Ltd (1), Adore Recruitment Ltd (1), Astute People (1), Barker Ross Group (1), Veolia (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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