Operations Manager

Butler Ross; Oldham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an experienced Site Operations Manager for a waste management site in Oldham, UK. The role involves overseeing day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance, and leading a dedicated team to achieve customer excellence. This initially short-term contract offers opportunities for significant impact and potential permanent placement, suited for individuals with strong leadership and operational management skills.

Qualifications

• Strong operational leadership and team management experience.
• Commercial mindset with a focus on performance improvement.
• Solid understanding of fleet or waste operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of a waste management site.
• Deliver customer excellence and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with stakeholders to implement sustainable solutions.

Skills

Operational leadership

Team development

Financial management

Compliance

Budget management

Logistics management

Customer excellence

Fleet operations

Job description

Business Manager - Site Operations Manager

£33.81 per hour / £270.48 per day (umbrella company gross rate)

Are you a strong operational leader with a passion for driving performance, developing teams, and delivering customer excellence? Butler Ross are please to be supporting our client, a global leader in environmental solutions, in their urgent recruitment of a Site Operations Manager to oversee the day-to-day running of a waste management site. This is an exciting opportunity to take charge of a high-value operation (several million pounds in revenue), lead a dedicated team, and ensure the safe and efficient delivery of services to our customers.

This short-term contract role offers you the chance to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact across a range of functions including financial management, compliance, people development, and operational efficiency. We're looking for someone with a commercial mindset, strong leadership skills, and a solid understanding of fleet or waste operations. You'll work closely with stakeholders to deliver results and implement innovative, sustainable solutions.

While this is initially a short term contract role, there's real potential for the position to become permanent for the right individual, depending on business needs and performance. If you're seeking a dynamic and hands-on leadership role where your expertise will be highly valued, and potentially rewarded with a long-term career, we'd love to hear from you.

The working arrangement for this role is on site, 5 days per week, with occasional travel to other sites or customer visits.

This position would be well suited to individuals with prior experience of operations / site operations management, especially those with strong team leadership capabilities, and additional experience including budget, risk, logistics, or fleet management.