Quality Supervisor

Biffa plc; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Biffa plc is seeking a Quality Supervisor for their Ipswich Materials Recycling Facility. The role involves monitoring material quality, ensuring compliance with ISO standards, and promoting a safety culture. Successful candidates will have team leadership experience and expertise in managing quality standards.

Benefits

Ongoing career development

Generous pension scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Life cover

Qualifications

• Experience in managing and auditing ISO standards.
• Previous team leading experience.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and lead others.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and audit compliance of materials to quality standards.
• Assist production team in managing material quality.
• Complete quality monitoring reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Organizational skills

Education

IOSH – working safely/managing safely

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Driving Quality, Ensuring Compliance – Join Us as a Quality Supervisor at Our Ipswich Materials Recycling Facility!

Days of work: Monday to Friday – 5 days a week

Start and finish time: 0700-1700

A quick look at the role.

The Quality team supervisor monitors the quality of incoming/outgoing materials to the code of practise standards.

Your core responsibilities.

• Monitor and audit compliance of incoming/outgoing material to predetermined parameters and provide feedback to site management and commercial teams.
• Assist the production team in managing material quality and processing plant efficiency.
• Complete on-site quality/production monitoring reports.
• Ensure sufficient stock rotation of incoming and rejected materials.
• Assist in managing the site’s ISO accreditations (9001, 18001, 14001) and monitoring related reports.
• Ensure gravimetric samples meet commercial, contract, and MRF Code of Practice requirements.
• Work with the commercial team and site management to identify poor-quality materials entering the facility.
• Promote a positive health and safety culture across the team and site.

Our essential requirements.

• IOSH – working safely/managing safely would be beneficial.
• Previous team leading experience and analytical nature.
• Experience in the management and auditing of ISO standards.
• Computer literate in Microsoft office packages
• Able to coach, mentor and lead others.
• Able to be organised, plan and prioritise workload

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – Because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Life cover.

Changing the way people think about waste.

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.

Dedicated to diversity.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.