Arweinydd Tm, Gwastraff / Team Leader, Waste

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking a proactive Team Leader for Waste Management in Merthyr Tydfil. You will manage the Household Waste & Recycling Centres, ensuring compliance with regulations and improving site performance. Strong management skills and relevant qualifications are essential. This role offers a competitive salary ranging from £36,124 to £39,513 annually, with 37 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams in waste management.
• Ability to comply with site permit requirements.
• Proficient in reporting and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Household Waste & Recycling Centres’ operations.
• Ensure compliance with site permit requirements.
• Develop and improve site performance related to legislative targets.

Skills

Management skills

Knowledge of waste management

Compliance with legislation

Education

Relevant qualifications in waste management

Job description

Job: Arweinydd Tm, Gwastraff / Team Leader, Waste Job Ref: RE-1740 Salary: £36,124.00 - To: £39,513.00 Job Scale: Gradd 7 / Grade 7 Job Hours: 37 Awr / 37 Hours Location: Uned 20 / Unit 20 Speciality:

Household Waste & Recycling Centres Team Leader

To work as a proactive member of the waste management team, managing the operation of the Household waste & Recycling Centers, ensuring that the sites achieve a high recovery rate contributing to Merthyr Tydfil achieving waste related targets.

• To manage the operations and staff at the sites.
• Ensuring that the HWRCs are operating in compliance with the site permit requirements at all times.
• To control material input and export at the sites in accordance with the waste hierarchy.
• To record and report material throughputs in accordance with legislation and council policies.
• To ensure markets are available for all materials collected at the sites.
• To ensure that there is always capacity for the acceptance of materials.
• To develop and improve the performance of the sites, operationally and in relation to legislative targets.
  
  

For further information please contact Christian Jones on 01685 725000 or email

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 04.08.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.

Email

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.

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