Waste Team Leader

Essential Employment; Leeds; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment seeks a Team Leader Waste in Leeds for a temporary role. You will manage frontline crews, ensure safe, on-time waste collection services, and coordinate staff and resources.

The successful candidate will investigate complaints, monitor performance, promote a strong health and safety culture, and work with fleet services to keep vehicles compliant and available. Strong IT skills and a customer-focused approach are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising teams in a fast-paced operation.
• Strong IT and system knowledge with a customer-focused approach.
• Good understanding of waste and recycling operations.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of frontline crews, ensuring safe, on-time deliveries.
• Coordinate staff and resources; respond to service and route issues.
• Support workforce planning and liaise with fleet services for vehicle readiness.
• Investigate and resolve customer complaints; monitor performance.
• Promote a strong health and safety culture; undertake investigations when required.

Skills

Team leadership

Health and safety

IT systems

Customer service

Waste management

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Team Leader Waste needed in Leeds

This is a temporary role and the rate is £19.32ph PAYE

The reference number is: 000B 7EAC / 1

The successful candidate will have experience supervising teams within a fast-paced operational environment and will play a key role in leading the delivery of an efficient, customer-focused domestic waste collection service.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of frontline crews, ensuring services are delivered safely, on schedule and to agreed standards. The role will involve coordinating staff and resources, responding to service and route issues, supporting workforce planning, and working closely with fleet services to ensure vehicles are safe, compliant and available for operation. You will investigate and resolve customer complaints, monitor performance, promote a strong health and safety culture, and undertake accident and incident investigations where required. The successful candidate will possess excellent communication and organisational skills, be confident managing challenging conversations, have strong IT and system knowledge, and demonstrate a customer-focused approach with a good understanding of waste and recycling operations.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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