Inert & Closed Landfill Site Supervisor

FCC Environment; Castle Point; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holiday

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Discretionary bonus scheme

On-the-job training and progression

Recognition scheme

Refer a friend

Flexible benefits (where applicable)

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

FCC Environment is hiring an Inert & Closed Landfill Site Supervisor in Essex. The role involves supervising the site team, coordinating resources, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and waste legislation.

It is a full-time position with five days per week and a salary range of £32,454–£40,568 per year, with benefits. You will lead day-to-day operations, maintain service standards, and drive continuous improvements while minimising environmental impact.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a site team and coordinating daily operations.
• Management or supervisory qualification is desirable.
• Experience in the waste industry.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Experience conducting audits and completing risk assessments.
• Experience in quality control.
• IOSH qualification is preferred.
• Good computer skills.
• Full Category B driving licence.
• Ability to work flexibly and manage changing priorities.
• Strong understanding of health, safety and environmental responsibilities.
• Effective communication with employees, contractors, customers and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead the on-site team, manage resources and coordinate daily activities.
• Ensure operations comply with health and safety standards, policies, procedures and waste legislation.
• Meet targets and KPIs while maintaining service standards.
• Conduct daily and weekly audits and ensure safe systems of work.
• Manage staff timesheets, holidays, sickness and absence records.
• Organise staff communications, meetings and training.

Skills

Team leadership

Auditing

Risk assessment

Quality control

Health & safety

Communication skills

Computer skills

Driving licence

Flexibility

Waste industry experience

Education

Management or supervisory qualification

Job description

Are you looking for the right role for you? Then look no further

Inert & Closed Landfill Site Supervisor

Salary £32,454 - £40,568 per annum (plus benefits)

Hours 40 Hours per week

Location & Postcode Essex, RM12 5BF

As an Inert & Closed Landfill Site Supervisor at FCC Environment, you will be responsible for supervising and leading the site team, managing resources and coordinating activities to provide an effective and efficient service. You will ensure that operations comply with health and safety standards, company policies, procedures and waste management legislation, while minimising the sites environmental impact and maintaining high standards of service.

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

Our promise to you

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 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?

• Ensuring all site operations comply with health and safety standards, company policies, procedures and relevant waste management legislation
• Supervising and leading the site team, managing resources and coordinating day-to-day activities
• Ensuring the team and site operations meet agreed targets and KPIs
• Maintaining service standards and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Conducting daily and weekly audits to ensure operations meet required health and safety standards
• Completing risk assessments and ensuring safe systems and methods of work are followed
• Ensuring the environmental impact of site activities is minimised, and relevant procedures and regulations are followed
• Maintaining relevant systems and paperwork to support effective team and site management
• Managing staff timesheets, holidays, sickness and absence records
• Organising and delivering staff communications, meetings and training
• Ensuring employees and subcontractors are suitably trained and competent to carry out their duties
• Ensuring accident, incident and near-miss reporting procedures are understood and followed, and assisting with investigations where appropriate
• Delivering customer expectations in relation to service and quality while operating the site efficiently and effectively

What are we looking for?

• Previous experience of working with or managing a team
• A management or supervisory qualification
• Previous experience of working within the waste industry
• Effective organisational and planning skills
• Experience of conducting audits and completing risk assessments
• Experience in quality control
• An IOSH qualification
• Good computer skills
• A full Category B driving licence
• The ability to work flexibly and manage changing operational priorities
• A strong understanding of health, safety and environmental responsibilities
• The ability to communicate effectively with employees, contractors, customers and visitors

About Us

We are FCC Environment, one of the nations 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 UKs 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 UKs 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.