Site Supervisor

South Gloucestershire Council; Yate; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Wellbeing support

Staff discounts

Job summary

South Gloucestershire Council is seeking a Site Supervisor to manage day-to-day operations at Little Stoke and Thornbury household waste recycling centres, ensuring staff and resources are deployed efficiently and that all processes and compliance are met while providing a high level of service to customers.

You will lead a team, monitor health and safety, drive continuous improvement, and oversee rota planning and payroll-related tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience in daily site operations and ensuring site cleanliness, signage, and traffic flow.
• Ability to lead a team, manage rotas, performance, and staff training.

Responsibilities

• Supervise site operations and ensure full compliance.
• Allocate resources and staff to deliver a high-quality service.
• Oversee quality monitoring and drive continuous improvement.
• Manage staff absence, leave processes and payroll-related hours.
• Lead and motivate team with advisory guidance.

Skills

Staff management

Health & safety

Communication

Problem solving

Resource planning

Education

COTC or equivalent waste transfer qualification

Tools

Rotas planning

Payroll liaison

Job description

How you'll make a difference

As Site Supervisor, you will manage the day-day operations of Little Stoke and Thornbury household waste recycling centres, making sure that staff and resources are efficiently deployed, processes and compliance are met and that a high level of service is provided to customers.

What you will be doing

• It will be your responsibility to supervise the running of site operations, ensuring full compliance.
• Working closely with your team to ensure a high-quality service for customers, you will allocate resources and staff effectively.
• Supervising and managing personnel and mobile plant, you will oversee quality monitoring and embed process to ensure continual improvement and delivery.
• Managing staff absence, leave process and staff development within the team, you will also collate and manage staff working hours for payroll purposes.

What we need from you

• You must hold a relevant waste transfer qualification such as COTC.
• It is essential that you have a thorough knowledge of health and safety legislation relevant to waste management, COSHH and RIDDOR and environmental permits and have experience of incident reporting and investigations.
• We require you to have experience in daily site operations, including site cleanliness, signage, and traffic flow with a proven ability to identify operational issues and implement effective solutions as per best practice.
• It is essential that you have relevant experience of managing a team within waste operations with experience of managing rotas, performance, and staff training and have the ability to lead and motivate a team, giving advice and guidance on the correct course of action.
• We require you to be able to communicate confidently to people of at all levels, showing excellent and interpersonal skills, and be able to resolve conflict and manage difficult situations calmly.

What you need to know

• You will be working 5 days per week Wednesday to Sunday.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

• What's special here is the strength of theteam ethos, the support and the training.
• As part of ourbenefits package you will receive generous annual leave ,employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
• We recognise that ourdiverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We're making a difference, be part of it!