Operations Manager - Hazardous Waste - ref. v51620603

Operations Manager - Hazardous Waste

Location: Wednesbury Treatment Centre (WS10 7NR)

Competitive salary with excellent benefits

A quick look at the role.

Management of the day-to-day operations of Wednesbury Treatment Plant cost centre, with overview of Wednesbury Transfer Station and Wednesbury Packaged Goods Transport.

Essential to meeting these targets will be cooperation and coordination with the Site Manager, and the Project and Maintenance Manager, whilst promoting a proactive culture within the team.

• Visibly leading, developing and improving the health, safety and environmental culture (reducing incidents and increasing reporting).
• Driving operational excellence of the site in compliance with its permit, licence, discharge consent and any other legal requirements. By delivering no EA CAR scores from site visits, no major breaches of the discharge consent, no reportable emissions and no waste stock >6 months to be held on site.
• Delivering customer service excellence through reviewing and selecting treatment methods. Reviewing the order book to ensure that the site has sufficient capacity, labour and resources to meet the requirements, immediately highlighting any potential failings to the Depot Manager. Ensuring the site is operating efficiently by removing as many non-value adding activities as possible, speeding up the process.
• Controlling costs for treatment, disposal, labour, maintenance and sundries on site to ensure the site meets its budgetary requirements set out in the monthly P&L review and KPIs. To over-achieve the site’s annual fiscal budget year on year
• Manage human resources to maximise performance and carry out line management functions relating to personnel issues. Ensuring work schedules are assigned and specific duties are resourced. Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures. Liaising and conferring with Depot Manager and other team/staff members as necessary.
• Participate in the development of new projects to be launched, and lead project implementation, as requested.
• Work alongside like-minded waste professionals in a brilliantly diverse environment built on transparency – not bureaucracy.
• A chance to join a forward-thinking, industry leader that openly welcomes self-driven individuals who are unafraid to question convention.

• Degree in Chemical related science or Engineering.
• IOSH Managing Safely.
• Experience of managing an operational team within the Hazardous Waste industry; ideally a Physical-Chemical Treatment and/ or Hazardous Waste Transfer Station.
• Relevant professional experience, including managing a mixed skills team in a busy demanding environment.
• Computer literate/using MS Office applications.
• Preparation of risk assessments & method statements.
• Leading incident investigations and disciplinary hearings.
• Hazardous waste legislation.
• Have a working understanding of ISO 9001,14001 & 45001.
• Strong relationship management, leadership and motivational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A natural problem solver, who thrives under pressure and can change priorities with autonomy.
• Extremely organised and detail oriented.

• Competitive salary.
• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Medical and dental scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Bike to work scheme.

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