Operations Manager

EMR; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Bonus scheme

25 days leave

Maternity/paternity leave

Life assurance

Wellbeing & counselling

GP access

Cycle to work

Training and development

Job summary

EMR Group is hiring an Operations Manager in Lincoln to lead a multi‑disciplinary team and drive safe, efficient, and environmentally sound operations. Reporting to the General Manager, you will champion continuous improvement, reduce wastes, and meet product quality targets while supporting a culture of collaboration and accountability.

You will lead by example, roll up your sleeves, and tailor management to individuals, balancing strong people development with cost control and productivity

Qualifications

• Proven track record of achievement in operational management within industry.
• Experience in reducing costs and improving outcomes across operations.
• Strong ability to manage a dynamic, collaborative team and drive improvements.
• Solid project management experience with value-added changes.
• Ability to develop strategies and plans influencing wider business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop your workforce with an adaptive management style.
• Encourage collaboration through employee voice channels to surface ideas.
• Ensure safety culture; SHE considered part of everyone’s role.
• Implement lean management and continuous improvement to reduce waste.
• Adopt a commercial and customer-focused approach to drive service and success.

Skills

Operational leadership

Lean management

Continuous improvement

People development

Job description

What we offer:

Everything must recycle. It’s what we stand for. Together we turn today’s materials into tomorrow’s possibilities. Today’s old into tomorrow’s new. Used to useful. Waste into something worthwhile. You could be at the centre of change that will be felt for generations to come, keeping valuable resources in circulation and helping to make circular materials the standard for global industry. Work this important deserves proper pay and proper benefits.

Applying to a new job is a big decision – even when the company you’re applying to has been voted a Great Place to Work for four years running and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Manufacturing, Production and Transportation.

#INDHP

• Competitive pay rates and a bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus option to buy or sell
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Employee support - including life assurance and critical illness pay
• Wellbeing scheme - giving colleagues and dependents unlimited access to GPs and counselling, and cash back on health and wellbeing
• 24/7 anonymous health and wellbeing advice
• Financial support - including affordable loans, savings plans, advanced earned pay and education
• Money off shopping, utilities, entertainment and more
• Cycle 2 work scheme
• Get stuck in but never get stuck – ongoing training and development plans tailored to how you want to progress

About Our Opportunity:

The role of Operations Manager at EMR Group is broad in its requirements and provides a challenging but rewarding working environment. Reporting to the General Manager of the depot, the successful candidate will be required to adopt a continuous improvement approach, and be responsible for ensuring safe, environmentally sound, efficient and productive operations within the area of responsibility and for meeting operational and product quality targets.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Leading and developing your workforce through your adaptive management style –You’re not afraid to roll your sleeves up and lead by example, and you appreciate that different people respond positively to different approaches.
• Encouraging collaboration with your team through many employee voice channels- You are a true believer that the best answers come from those who are living and breathing the operation.
• Making sure our people and operation is carried out safely –Safety is just the way you approach your work. You look to inspire a culture of safe working and your people believe SHE forms part of their role.
• Implements lean management and continuous improvement techniques- Inspiring others to reduce waste and improve productivity within the workforce
• Commercial and Customer - focused approach- You are a true advocate for Customer Service and making your operation a success

About You:

• You have a strong track record of achievement in Operational Management within your industry
• Your track record demonstrates that you are motivated and driven to achieve increased efficiencies, reduced costs, and improved outcomes in all operational areas
• You’re experienced in managing a dynamic team, and your management style is collaborative and including.
• You will have good project management experience which has seen you make some value-added changes in your past.
• You will be able to develop strategies and plans to achieve strategic outcomes and influencing the wider business in operations.

Who we are:

The products we’ll all need tomorrow depend on us making the most of today’s end‑of‑life metals, plastics and other materials. Take a car at the end of its life - most people just see a…car at the end of its life. We see steel, aluminium, copper, plastics, rubber, glass, parts, fluids, costs, risks, markets and – most importantly - possibilities. Now, multiply that by thousands of cars – we recover, reuse and recycle all those valuable materials and put them back to work as low‑carbon materials for manufacturing, infrastructure, energy and transport. And that’s just one thing we recycle. Add buildings, factories, ships, railways and industrial equipment. That’s all our hard work – the gritty, practical, commercial, difficult work our 4,000 global colleagues do every day. Anything from a can to an aircraft carrier can become anything from a bicycle to a building and, at the same time, we help to avoid 19 million tonnes of carbon and 10 million tonnes of waste to landfill, protecting nature, resources and the next generation’s future.

Which is all well and good for us to say, but this is what the real people behind the really hard work think:

“The people who work here are from varied backgrounds and have a variety of beliefs, all of which are accepted and respected.”

“I’m encouraged to keep a healthy work-life balance so that I can be performing at my best.”

“I’ve been supported every step of the way in my career progression.”

‘‘EMR offers a fantastic and inclusive environment; collaboration across the whole business, humility and hard work.”

Four years as a certified Great Place To Work is no small feat. Oh, and don’t forget one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Manufacturing, Production and Transportation. That’s pretty good too. But we can do better. We’re aiming for a place in the top 60 companies in the UK – not for the accolade but for the improvement. A journey you should probably join us for.