Waste Operations Manager

Pertemps Bond; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Pertemps Bond is seeking an experienced Waste Operations Manager in Nottingham for a temporary assignment. You will lead day-to-day waste operations, oversee frontline teams, and ensure services are delivered safely and efficiently.

You will work with senior management, supervisors and external partners to drive performance improvements, manage budgets and reporting, and help enhance customer satisfaction in a busy local authority environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading waste/environmental services teams.
• Experience with health and safety compliance.
• Ability to manage budgets and drive performance improvements.
• Strong stakeholder management and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of waste operations.
• Develop supervisors and operational teams.
• Monitor service performance and drive improvements.
• Support depot and technology developments.
• Manage staffing, training, health and safety.
• Coordinate with internal departments, councillors and external partners.
• Monitor budgets and resources to meet objectives.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and council policies.
• Investigate issues and incidents and take appropriate action.

Skills

Operational leadership

Team management

Stakeholder management

Health & safety

Performance management

Budgeting

Job description

Waste Operations Manager

Nottingham

Temporary

Up to £22.00 per hour

Full time hours

Are you an experienced Waste Operations Manager with a background in leading frontline environmental or waste services? Do you enjoy managing operational teams, improving performance, and making sure services run safely and efficiently? If so, this could be an excellent temporary opportunity.

We're recruiting for a Waste Operations Manager to join a busy local authority team. This is a varied and hands‑on management role where you'll oversee the day‑to‑day delivery of waste operations, support service improvements, and help drive operational performance. You'll work closely with senior management, supervisors and a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure services are delivered safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

This Waste Operations Manager role would suit someone with strong operational leadership experience who can motivate teams, manage resources effectively, and identify opportunities to improve processes and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities of the Waste Operations Manager role:

• Leading the day‑to‑day delivery of waste operations and ensuring services are delivered safely and efficiently
• Managing, supporting and developing supervisors and operational teams
• Monitoring service performance and implementing improvements where required
• Supporting service improvement projects, including depot and technology developments
• Managing staffing matters including performance, training, health and safety, and workforce planning
• Working closely with internal departments, councillors and external partners to maintain effective service delivery
• Monitoring budgets, resources and operational performance to achieve service objectives
• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, health and safety requirements, and Council policies
• Investigating operational issues, complaints and incidents, taking appropriate action where necessary

The ideal Waste Operations Manager will have:

• Previous experience in a Waste Operations Manager, Environmental Services Manager, Street Cleansing Manager or similar operational management role
• Experience managing large operational teams within waste, environmental or local authority services
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, develop and support teams
• A good understanding of health and safety legislation and operational compliance
• Experience managing performance, budgets and service improvement initiatives
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Confident IT skills and experience producing operational reports and performance data

If you're an experienced Waste Operations Manager looking for your next temporary assignment and want to make a real impact within a busy local authority environment, we'd love to hear from you.