Operations Team Leader

Thalia; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Thalia Waste Management seeks a proactive Team Leader for the Household Waste Recovery Centre in Lynnbottom, Isle of Wight. Responsibilities include coordinating daily operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and guiding a team to success. Join a progressive organization focused on sustainability and energy solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in waste or recycling management.
• Confidence to lead a team effectively.
• Proactive approach to safety and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily operations at the Household Waste Recovery Centre.
• Monitor health and safety standards and report issues.
• Motivate and support team members to ensure efficient operations.

Skills

Communication

Health and Safety

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

Job description

Posted Sunday 1 June 2025 at 00:00 | Expires Sunday 15 June 2025 at 23:59

We’re looking for a proactive and reliable Team Leader to join our Houshold Waste Recovery Centre team at Lynnbottom on the Isle of Wight.

As Team Leader, you’ll oversee the day’s tasks and activities at Lynnbottom , ensuring the site runs safely, smoothly and to a high standard. You’ll coordinate the team on shift, support safe working practices, and maintain a strong focus on customer service and environmental compliance. Reporting to the Waste Supervisor, you’ll play a key role in delivering efficient daily operations.

The role will be working days only, 4 days on, 4 days off.

What you’ll be doing:

• Coordinate the site’s day-to-day operations, keeping everything running smoothly and safely.
• Support, motivate and direct operatives on shift. Share knowledge and make sure everyone is on the same page.
• Monitor health, safety and environmental standards, spotting and escalating issues early.
• Keep the site tidy, efficient and welcoming for the public. Help spot ways to do things better.
• Act as the point of contact for contractors, customers, and colleagues – you’ll help join the dots.

What you’ll need:

• Experience in a similar setting – waste, recycling, or another fast-paced, operational environment
• Confidence to take the lead and guide a team, even without formal line management
• Strong communication skills and a calm, proactive approach
• A genuine commitment to health and safety
• Comfortable using handhelds or basic IT systems for logging and reporting

Desirable but not essential:

• IOSH Working Safely or other H&S training
• First aid or manual handling certification

Our Business
At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value.
We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass-burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in-vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small-scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy. This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

Inclusion
At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to make sure we are an inclusive and diverse place to work.This means we don’t just look at your CV, we’re focused on who you are, your skills and passion that can be brought to Thalia Waste Management. We know and understand the everyone is different and has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working and any adjustments that could be needed! We’ll do all that we can to support everyone from their first contact with us. For any support or adjustments needed through our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. As a Disability ConfidentEmployer, we will make sure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.