HWRC Site Manager

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HWRC Site Manager

Salary – £15.22 per hour

Hours – 34.50 hours per week, 9am to 5pm

Location – Leighton Buzzard, HWRC

As a Site Manager at FCC Environment, you will lead the day-to-day operations of one of our Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). You will be responsible for managing the team, ensuring health and safety standards are met, overseeing compliance with environmental permits, and delivering excellent customer service. This is a key front-line leadership role supporting sustainability and recycling within the community.

This vacancy is for a full-time position, working as part of a team on a 10 week rolling rota.

Our promise to you

- Competitive salary

- 20 days’ annual leave (full-time working) plus Bank Holidays

- Pension scheme

- Life insurance

- Discretionary bonus scheme

- On-the-job training and progression

- Recognition scheme

- Refer a friend scheme

- Flexible benefits including high street savings, cycle to work scheme, Gymflex membership, holiday purchase and more (Where applicable)

- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and Best Doctors Service via our Wellbeing Platform

What will you be doing?

- Managing daily operations and leading a team at the HWRC site

- Ensuring safe and correct segregation and storage of waste streams

- Assisting and advising members of the public with waste disposal

- Overseeing health and safety and ensuring all incidents are reported correctly

- Providing on-site training for staff and agency workers

- Maintaining cleanliness, order and site stock (e.g. PPE/tools)

- Ensuring all relevant waste documentation is completed accurately

- Conducting and ensuring completion of daily, weekly, and monthly compliance checks

- Implementing site policies and procedures and ensuring PPE standards are followed

- Acting as First Aider, Fire Marshal, and Materials Handler Operative

What are we looking for?

- Hardworking, honest and trustworthy leader

- Experience managing a team in a similar environment is desirable

- Good communication and interpersonal skills

- Ability to work under pressure

- Competent in health and safety practices and able to lead by example

- Proactive attitude with a strong focus on compliance and site standards

- Ability to train and mentor others effectively

- Flexible and self-motivated with a ‘hands-on’ approach

Please note, this role may involve working in adverse weather conditions.

About Us

We are FCC Environment, one of the nation’s leading waste and resource management companies. Committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible.

We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ around 4,200 people.

The profile of the UK's recycling and waste management industry has never been higher. We need people who are up for the challenge to help us tackle climate change. We need people with ideas. We need you. Together we will meet the UK’s waste management and energy recovery needs.

FCC Environment are equal opportunities employers. We value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants.

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