Heavy building materials producer scaling operations and maintenance automation
Heidelberg Materials UK operates a distributed heavy manufacturing network across England, Wales, and Scotland producing aggregates, asphalt, cement, and concrete. The tech stack reveals a traditional industrial operations posture — SAP for ERP, UiPath and Blue Prism for RPA, and CMMS for asset management — matched by active hiring across manufacturing and operations roles. Current project focus on CMMS development, automation workflows (S2C and P2P), and complex outage planning signals internal effort to reduce unplanned downtime and improve plant reliability, core pain points for capital-intensive production.
Heidelberg Materials UK is a leading supplier of low-carbon heavy building materials serving the construction industry across England, Wales, and Scotland. The company operates production facilities for aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, and recycled materials, serving major urban markets in the UK and central Scotland. With approximately 3,500 employees across specialist management, professional technical roles, and production operatives, the organization runs a physically distributed operation spanning manufacturing plants, distribution hubs, and customer-facing sites. The business spans readymixed concrete delivery, asphalt surfacing schemes, material recycling, and ancillary road contracting services.
Primary systems include SAP (ERP), UiPath and Blue Prism (RPA), CMMS (asset management), Epic Systems, and Microsoft Office suite. The stack reflects industrial operations infrastructure focused on production scheduling, asset upkeep, and workflow automation.
Projects include CMMS platform development, automation of source-to-cash and procure-to-pay workflows, complex outage planning, spare parts strategy, and asphalt surfacing and installation schemes. Effort centers on reducing downtime and improving plant reliability.
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