Waste Collection Manager

Doe Park Water Activities Centre; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford Council is seeking a Waste Collections Manager to lead daily operations across the district, covering domestic and commercial services, with responsibility for up to 240 staff and around 80 vehicles.

You will ensure staffing, performance data analysis, training, and ongoing improvements while coordinating with Fleet, Street Cleansing, and Finance teams to maintain high service levels.

Qualifications

• Waste management, collection and disposal legislation.
• Operational management of frontline staff.
• Vehicle operations and/or route optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations, ensuring routes are fully staffed, able to complete programmed work and minimise disruption, including recruitment/onboarding of staff.
• Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure best-practice is followed and new processes trialled and introduced as required.
• Manage data from In-Cab devices and Body Cameras for performance management.
• Attend accidents on public highways and ensure forms are completed.
• Prepare and assist in presenting reports to the Head of Service and Assistant Director.
• Provide induction for staff and keep SOPs up to date and communicated regularly.
• Carry out annual appraisals linked to supervision and assess training needs.
• Arrange all relevant training to ensure key legal requirements for waste collections are managed.
• Organise and chair regular staff meetings with up to 240 staff and communicate key information.
• Identify actions from concerns/complaints regarding service delivery.
• Carry out risk assessments and review all areas of waste collections and depot safety.
• Directly responsible to Waste Collection Service Manager and exercise initiative within policies.
• Lead to deliver a service to over 225,000 domestic properties and over 3,000 commercial customers.
• Liaise with stakeholders across the Council to ensure continuity of service.
• Attend monthly management reviews to adapt to new challenges.

Skills

Staff management

Vehicle operations

Route optimisation

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Operational management level 3

Waste management level 3

Fleet management level 3

Job description

Job Introduction

Waste Services are looking to recruit 2 x Waste Collections Managers to join the existing team of managers. They will be responsible for delivering daily operations across the district, in relation to all waste collection functions provided for domestic and commercial services.

This is a demanding and busy role, covering the shared management of c240 employees, c80 vehicles and involves a high level of staff and customer interaction and resolution of operational challenges.

Main Responsibilities Of Role

• Manage daily operations, ensuring that all routes are fully staffed, able to complete programmed work and minimising risk of service disruption, complaints and downtime. Inclusive or recruitment and onboarding of staff.
• Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure industry best-practice is followed and achieved and that new processes are trialled and introduced as required.
• Manage the collection, analysis and reporting of data received from the In-Cab devices and Body Cameras for the provision of managing poor and good performance.
• Ensure all accidents and emergencies on the public highway involving waste collection vehicles are attended to and vehicle accident forms are completed.
• To prepare and assist the Waste Collections Service Manager in presenting reports and statistics to the Head of Service and Assistant Director.
• Provide a thorough induction for all staff and ensure that the standard operating procedures are kept up to date and are communicated to staff on a regular basis.
• Carry out annual appraisals and ensure these are linked to regular supervisions. Use this process to continually assess the training needs of staff.
• Undertake and arrange all relevant training to ensure key legal requirements for waste collections are managed and up to date. This will include ICT, waste, driver and specialist training as required.
• Organise and chair regular staff meetings with up to 240 staff and communicate key information, issues and operational requirements with all staff.
• Identify and undertake appropriate action arising from concerns/complaints regarding service delivery.
• Carry out risk assessments and review all areas of waste collections, vehicle operations, legislation and depot safety.
• Directly responsible to the Waste Collection Service Manager, the post holder is essentially self-supervising and will be expected to exercise considerable initiative and professional judgement in carrying out the duties within the Authority’s policies and procedures.
• Management, development and motivation of staff to deliver a quality waste collection service to over 225,000 domestic properties and over 3,000 commercial customers.
• To liaise with relevant stakeholders across the Council to ensure continuity of service delivery. This will include Fleet Workshops, Street Cleansing, Highways and Finance.
• To attend monthly management reviews to demonstrate ways in which the collection service can incorporate new challenges in the way it delivers the service.

Experience In

Applicants must have:

• Waste management, collection and disposal legislation.
• Operational management of frontline staff.
• Vehicle operations and/or route optimisation

Minimum Level 3 Qualification In

• Operational management and/or
• Waste management and/or
• Fleet management

Car Licence Is Essential For The Role.

HGV licence is preferred but training may be provided.

The Role Will Be

• Based at Harris Street Depot, Bradford but may be required to travel to depots around the district as required.
• Tuesday to Friday 37 hours (9.25 hours per day plus 30-minute unpaid break)
• Required to cover either shift pattern.
• Early shift 5:30am to 3:15pm
• Late shift 8:15am to 6:00pm
• Casual overtime may be required outside of normal operating hours and at weekends.

Employee Offer

Why work for Bradford Council? Find out why by taking a look at Our Employee Offer.pdf .

Equal Opportunities

We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re‑assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants.

The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate. Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

CONTACT DETAILS

For further information regarding this post please contact [e-mail]

Attached documents

• Waste Collection Manager 2026 v2.doc