Team Leader - Waste
hace 15 horas
Yate
How You'll Make a Difference As Team Leader, you will be a key figure in overseeing the day-to-day tasks of the team, ensuring the site operates in a fully compliant manner and for the health and safety of colleagues and all site users. Working 2 days at Thornbury and 3 days at Little Stoke household waste recycling centres and transfer stations, you will assist members of the public whilst promoting a new culture of recycling and diversion of waste from landfill. What You Will Be Doing • Supervising a small team of staff, you will allocate work, maintain shift logs, manage sickness and leave and ensure that team members have clear instructions so that effective services are provided., • You will be responsible for ensuring the site is fully compliant with legal duties in respect of health and safety and will report any faults and breakdown as necessary, making sure that safe systems of working are followed, risk assessments are undertaken, regulations are enforced and relevant data is recorded., • Carrying out waste acceptance checks on incoming material and rejections you will communicate with colleagues, contractors and suppliers to give advice, ensuring they receive the appropriate equipment, materials and guidance., • It will be your responsibility to conduct inspections and servicing of site equipment, plant and infrastructure. You will ensure that equipment within the area is used and maintained in a safe manner, reporting all defects., • You will assist with the traffic management on the site, including members of the public and vehicles entering and exiting the site when removing or exchanging waste containers., • A key requirement will be to complete work-related administrative tasks, including accurate maintenance of databases and records, such as stock control. What We Need From You • You must either hold a current IOSH qualification, which will be refreshed every 3 years or you will be willing to work towards this., • It is essential that you have experience of working in a waste environment and have a good understanding and experience of waste related legislation, policies and procedures for everyday scenarios., • We require you to hold mobile plant licenses and be able to advise and guide operatives about using plant or be willing to train so you can deliver this., • Due to duties of the role, you must be able to complete administrative reporting in an accurate and timely manner, have good numeracy skills and a working knowledge and experience of using Microsoft Office., • You must have experience of supervising a team, issuing tasks and providing feedback to individuals on their performance in a constructive way. You will be able to prioritise, plan, monitor and evaluate work to meet standards, targets and deadlines., • Having experience within a public facing working environment, it is essential that you can deliver a good customer experience for our site users. What You Need To Know • Your working days will be Wednesday - Sunday., • Based in Thornbury, you will be working 2 days at Thornbury and 3 days at Little Stoke household waste recycling centres and transfer stations Interviews will be held week of the 5th January 2025 How a Career At South Gloucestershire Council Is Different • As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities., • We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities., • We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work. Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here. • We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of., • We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses., • We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained. We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. We’re making a difference, be part of it! To view the full job description, please click this link: ___