Waste Transfer Station Supervisor - Belfast, United Kingdom - Lynn Recruitment

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Description

Your Duties:


  • Inspect the quality of deposited wastes to ensure only permitted items are accepted and transferred to landfill.
  • Oversee internal and contracted plant hire operators, haulage contracts, and other related contracts.
  • Assist with precontract meetings and conduct regular performance management meetings with contractors.
  • Ensure compliance with Duty of Care Regulations by inspecting incoming waste and monitoring driver documentation.
  • Maintain Waste Transfer Station infrastructure through a planned maintenance program and liaison with relevant units.
  • Supervise improvements in site infrastructure to ensure security, traffic control, and adherence to safety measures.
  • Issue and replenish fuel for councilowned plant, maintaining detailed records and ensuring stock security.
  • Ensure all site operations comply with Health & Safety legislation and council guidance.
  • Provide induction training on health and safety, risk assessments, and safe working practices for various user groups.
  • Produce and maintain health and safety guidance documents for distribution to all site users.
  • Conduct regular site inspections to maintain compliance with ISO 18001 and ISO 14001 accreditation.
  • Report the presence of unauthorised persons on site to senior management.
  • Motivate and manage assigned staff, reviewing and implementing a proper training and development program.
  • Participate in induction and inservice training provided by Belfast City Council and support human resource management policies.
  • Participate as directed in the council's selection interview program.

Your Profile:


  • Membership of a professional institute related to Civil or Construction Engineering and/or Waste Management.
OR

  • Certificate of Technical Competence in Waste Management relating to Managing Transfer Operations
  • Biodegradable Waste (Level 4).

Experience:


  • Working and controlling materials received at a waste transfer site or controlling materials at a civil engineering site.
  • Directing and controlling the movement and location of discharging activities of commercial or local authority vehicles with loads exceeding 10 tonnes.

Special Skills and Attributes:


  • Technical Knowledge: Define landfill restoration actions, address waste transfer station environmental concerns.
  • Communication Skills: Possess basic literacy, give clear oral instructions, provide operational information.
  • Team Working and

Leadership Skills:
Lead and encourage a small team, teach operational procedures, prioritise tasks.

  • Health and

Safety Awareness:
Understand responsibilities in high-risk areas, grasp operational safety procedures.

  • Customer Care Skills: Respond to customer needs in a helpful manner.
  • Resource Management Skills: Monitor operational resources, maintain detailed records, and provide regular reports.
  • If this role isn't for you, Lynn Recruitment has a broad range of career opportunities to choose from. Get in touch to find out more. _

Job Types:
Full-time, Temporary contract


Salary:
£17.53 per hour

Expected hours: 37 per week


Benefits:


  • Company pension

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

  • Belfast (required)

Ability to Relocate:

  • Belfast: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person

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