SW Tanker Operations Co-Ordinator

MTS Cleansing Services Ltd; Worthing; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in waste management is seeking an SW Tanker Operations Co-Ordinator to oversee operations during night shifts. The role involves optimizing tanker operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and maintaining communication with team members to ensure effective resource utilization. Ideal candidates will have experience in waste management and possess strong communication and negotiation skills.

Benefits

Company events

Company pension

Free parking / On-site parking

Health & wellbeing programme

Death in service cover

Referral programme

20 Days holiday / Holiday enhancements with service worked

Qualifications

• Experience in waste management, Tankering, and/or wastewater operations required.
• Strong communication skills across all levels.
• Ability to provide accurate reports from multiple information sources.

Responsibilities

• Provide updates on response positions regarding tanker availability.
• Secure additional resources from subcontractors if necessary.
• Liaise with contractors to ensure collaborative operational approaches.

Skills

Waste management

Communication

Report writing

Negotiation

IT skills

Job description

Position: SW Tanker Operations Co-Ordinator

Location: Durrington, West Sussex

Line Reporting Manager: Senior Tankering Operations Manager

Working hours: 4on 4off Night Shift, 18:00pm - 06:00am

Principle Duties and Accountabilities:

• The role will provide front line communications with SW on all matters associated with our ongoing emergency work. You will be required to provide regular updates as to the status of our response to Tanker demands. The role will involve optimising Tanker operations, seeking to ensure resources are fully utilised and mitigating the risks of pollution events across the SW region. The role will involve working with the wider SW contract team during office hours and the Out of Hours team thereafter.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide updates on response position with regards to work requests (tanker availability and anticipated arrival times on site) highlighting any resource issues that may need further discussions.
• Provide details of alternative resources that could be deployed to assist MTS in response to business demands.
• Secure additional resources from sub-contractors if MTS resources are exhausted.
• Confirm current whereabouts of resources and provide input into discussions on how best to utilise resources in the field.
• Make an informed judgement as to the efficiency of Tanker operations from driver’s feedback and highlight options available to the client.
• Feedback any communications from on-site operations regarding issues with collection points / disposal / customer sensitivities / increased pollution risks from site operations and identify options to address.
• Liaise with other SW network services contractors to ensure a collaborative approach to operational issues.
• Identify appropriate levels of Tanker operations from historic activity for previous site / operational issues – be they from driver or OOH team experience / notes input on Weighsoft or from SW site OCPs.
• Escalate major performance / resource availability issues to contract leads.
• Attending incident meetings, address any actions and provide feedback to the OOH and operational teams with status updates.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience in waste management, Tankering, and/or wastewater operations is required.
• Strong communications skills with the ability to communicate at all levels across the organisation.
• Able to provide concise and accurate reports based on the information provided from multiple sources.
• Experience of challenging conventional thinking and exploring alternative solutions to problems.
• Proven track record of developing strong relationships with suppliers and clients.
• Good IT skills with experience of MS Office suite especially Word and Excel.
• Good influencing and negotiation skills
• Work consistently to high standards of quality, health, and safety.
• Ability to set own tasks and enable completion of responsibilities.
• Good communication skills - verbal and written.
• Trustworthy & Reliable

Qualifications / Competency:

• Able to work shift pattern including nights/weekends.
• Able to work remotely and build relationships with immediate team members.
• Hold a current Driving Licence.
• Work consistently to high standards of quality, health, and safety.

Health & Safety:

Section 7 of the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) states the general duties of employees at work.

It shall be the duty of every employee while at work to:

(a) To take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work; and

(b) as regards any duty or requirement imposed on their employer or any other person by or under any of the relevant statutory provisions, to co-operate with them so far as is necessary to enable that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with

SW Tanker Operations Co-Ordinator Health and Safety Responsibilities are:

• To understand and comply with the company health and safety policy.
• To influence and promote a positive health, safety culture within the organisation and lead by example.
• To ensure all works activities are carried out in a safe manner and in accordance with legislative, company requirements and the risk assessments.
• To ensure housekeeping of the works and welfare areas are fully maintained.
• To carry out comprehensively and complete in full, all company required documentation.
• To report all health, safety, and environmental incidents to the Line Manager within 2 hours of it happening
• To ensure awareness of the company fire and first aid arrangements, and emergency evacuation procedure

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking / On-site parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Death in service cover
• Referral programme
• 20 Days holiday / Holiday enhancements with service worked