Operations Team Leader – Waste & Environment (Hybrid)

Ciwmjobs; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote working where possible

Enhanced annual leave

Job summary

Cheshire East Council seeks a Team Leader to plan and organise multiple service teams overseeing waste collections, recycling, and green services. You will manage resources within budget, handle timesheets, agency needs, and absence processes, and ensure daily operation aligns with safety policies and environmental standards.

The role requires strong English communication, frontline supervision experience, and willingness to travel across the borough, with hybrid/remote working options where

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of Waste collections, health and safety, environmental and transport legislation and operational practice.
• Thorough knowledge of internal HR and H&S policies and procedures.
• Ability to manage frontline workforce when necessary and relevant supervision with people skills experience.
• The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
• Flexible approach to work and willingness and ability to travel throughout the Borough.

Responsibilities

• Plan and organise the work of the respective teams including allocation of resources within budget.
• Manage timesheets, agency needs, holidays, sickness and absence processes.
• Collect task sheets and paperwork at end of day and ensure service delivery in line with council policies.

Skills

Waste management knowledge

Health & safety knowledge

People management

Customer service

Job description

Cheshire East Council seeks a Team Leader to plan and organise multiple service teams overseeing waste collections, recycling, and green services. You will manage resources within budget, handle timesheets, agency needs, and absence processes, and ensure daily operation aligns with safety policies and environmental standards.

The role requires strong English communication, frontline supervision experience, and willingness to travel across the borough, with hybrid/remote working options where