Recycling Team Leader

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Recycling Centre Team Leader

Hourly Rate – £13.73 per hour Hours – 42 hours average per week, rota to be agreed locally Location & Postcode – Allington, ME16 0LE

As a Recycling Team Leader at FCC Environment, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Recycling Centre, including the health and safety of staff, visitors, contractors, agency staff and customers. You will ensure a high standard of customer service while actively encouraging reuse and recycling and assisting members of the public with their waste disposal.

This vacancy is for a full-time position, working 5 days per week.

Our promise to you

• Competitive salary
• 20 days’ annual leave (full-time working) plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• On-the-job training and progression
• Recognition scheme
• Refer a friend
• Flexible benefits, including high street savings, cycle to work scheme and Gymflex membership, and many more (where applicable)
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the Best Doctors Service via our Wellbeing Platform

What will you be doing?

• Controlling and operating the Recycling Centre safely and efficiently in line with company procedures, policies and site requirements.
• Assisting Site Supervisors in delivering a safe and efficient Recycling Centre service.
• Ensuring a high standard of customer care is maintained by all site personnel.
• Ensuring all site personnel comply with Health and Safety requirements, Risk Assessments, Safe Working Procedures and site instructions.
• Actively promoting reuse and encouraging customers to reuse before recycling.
• Managing site staff to help maximise reuse and recycling levels.
• Ensuring daily site inspections are completed and recorded appropriately.
• Ensuring movements of reuse, recyclable materials and waste are accurately recorded.
• Monitoring container usage and providing reports on container movements.
• Ensuring plant and equipment safety checks and inspections are completed and reported.
• Maintaining appropriate staffing levels and ensuring site personnel use the correct uniform and PPE.
• Supporting the identification of unlawful deposits of commercial waste at the Recycling Centre.

What are we looking for?

• Experience of working in a customer-facing environment is essential.
• Experience of managing teams, or the ability to demonstrate the skills to do so, is essential.
• Experience within a Recycling Centre or waste and recycling environment is desirable but not essential.
• Experience of working within a heavily regulated environment is desirable but not essential.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• A commitment to delivering high levels of customer service.
• Strong people skills with the ability to develop and motivate teams.
• Self-motivated, honest and hardworking, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Flexibility to work weekends, Bank Holidays and varying hours.
• A full UK driving licence and your own transport.
• Willingness and ability to undertake relevant training where required.

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 4,500 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 is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity, and we are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

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