Waste Operations Manager

4 weeks ago

Leicestershire, United Kingdom Leicestershire County Council Full time

About the Role

The Leicestershire County Council is seeking a Waste Operations Officer to manage waste operations and waste transfer at its Recycling and Household Waste Sites (RHWS) and Waste Transfer Stations (WTS). The successful candidate will have multiple base locations and will be responsible for managing the performance of waste sites, managing a team of supervisors and operatives, and ensuring that training and development is delivered to the team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the performance of waste sites and ensure that they are operating efficiently and effectively.
  • Manage a team of supervisors and operatives based at RHWSs and WTSs.
  • Ensure that training and development is delivered to the team and that Health and Safety Policy documents are up to date and being adhered to.
  • Investigate any reported incidents and ensure that any necessary remediation measures or controls are implemented.
  • Effective and efficient control of stock levels of consumables, equipment, PPE and Uniform, equipment and fuel.
  • Assist the Team manager with budget and contract management.

About You

The successful candidate will have good experience in the management of waste operations, with very good experience in the supervision and management of teams of employees in the waste management industry or similar workplace. They will also have good communication skills, including the ability to negotiate, resolve issues and to achieve successful outcomes, and be able to effectively engage with customers and in resolving customer issues.

Requirements

  • A valid relevant Certificate of Technical Competence or the desire, willingness and ability to work towards gaining this qualification within a reasonable time.
  • Good experience in the management of waste operations with very good experience in the supervision and management of teams of employees in the waste management industry or similar workplace.
  • Good communication skills, including the ability to negotiate, resolve issues and to achieve successful outcomes.
  • A good knowledge of site operations and environmental maintenance / compliance and a strong knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety on waste sites.
  • Intermediate experience level with Microsoft packages, standard IT equipment and industry standard software, with good organisational and interpersonal skills and can prioritise effectively.
  • The ability to travel to locations across the County as required (access to an appropriate vehicle with business use insurance).

Working Style

The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Rebecca Hollick

Tel: 0116 3055767

Email:

section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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