Operations Manager - Waste & Recycling

This client is a leading waste, management company. They require an Operations Manager for the Day to day management of the Company’s operations, ensuring effective and safe delivery of all operational activities undertaken on these sites in a compliant manner and in accordance with agreed business and financial objectives. Efficient operation, maintenance and repair of all fixed and mobile plant and equipment at each site using internal and external resources.

Responsibilities 

The daily management and allocation of duties of operations managers at the Sites to achieve productivity and outputs requirements.

• Liaise with individual waste stream recycling managers to ensure effective delivery of their respective job specifications and daily work/output allocations.
• Build leadership capability through coaching and mentoring to achieve their own personal development plans.
• Assist in the delivery of all relevant budgets in relation to revenues, costs and underlying profitability; providing timely data to the Finance team; and generation of purchase orders and invoice authorisation to ensure costs are accurately allocated.
• Control of sub-contractors and their activities on the Sites.
• Work with the Plant Workshop to ensure servicing and repair works are carried out in a timely, safe and cost effective manner with due consideration of production demands and in accordance with the Company’s Planned Preventative Maintenance regime so as to minimize downtime.
• To achieve all output/production targets across all processing and other operations as set by Senior Management and to report daily on meeting these targets.
• Provide cover for other positions within the operational roles at the Sites where necessary as directed/requested and in accordance with Company Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure compliance of all operations at the Sites in accordance with all permits, permissions licenses and regulations applicable to such operations (including all associated documents such as the Fire Prevention Plan) and to have overall responsibility for such compliance.
• Ensure that the Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) system is integrated with organisational requirements in order to retain all ISO certifications and to meet all testing protocols and specification standards for material manufactured at the Sites.
• To effectively manage stock rotation for all relevant operations to comply with Site Permit and all Senior Management instructions.
• Organise for purchase orders to be raised and issued in advance of purchasing any items or services as dictated by Company Policy.

Requirements

• Previous experience within the waste/recycling industry
• Previous experience of managing teams within multiple processes
• Experience within a manual work environment operating fixed and mobile plant

• IOSH Managing Safely   
• Desirable; COTC-WAMITAB Level 4
• Leadership
• Communications Skills
• Highly Organised
• Ability to Prioritise and allocate work accordingly
• Understanding of compliance expectations and needs
• People Management