Join Biffa and play a vital role in keeping our communities clean, safe, and sustainable. We're looking for a proactive Operations Supervisor - Streets to lead the daily delivery of street cleansing and waste services, ensuring operational excellence, safety, and compliance across all activities. About the Role Reporting to the Operations Manager, you'll be responsible for managing teams, resources, and schedules to deliver efficient street cleansing and waste collection services. You'll ensure that all operations run smoothly, meet contractual standards, and uphold Biffa's high standards of safety and performance.,
- Plan & Organise: Coordinate daily operations, crew deployment, and allocate vehicles, equipment, and materials to meet service requirements.
- Resource Scheduling: Maintain effective staffing, vehicle, and equipment schedules to ensure operational efficiency.
- Team Leadership: Manage inductions, attendance, and performance, providing coaching and support in line with company policies.
- Compliance & Reporting: Ensure accurate completion of reports, timesheets, and schedules, maintaining full compliance with contract and company standards.
- Health & Safety: Promote a strong safety culture, enforce procedures, and take prompt action on unsafe practices or incidents.
- Client Engagement: Build and maintain positive working relationships with Local Authorities and partners, representing Biffa professionally at meetings.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance service delivery, support business objectives, and complete all required training.
- Full, valid UK driving licence (able to drive vehicles up to 3.5T).
- Proven experience supervising teams within operations, waste management, logistics, or a similar environment.
At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we're turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It's a view that's shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.
Dedicated to diversity. Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you'll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.
And here's why you’ll love it at Biffa.
- Ongoing career development, training and coaching - because if you don't grow, we don't grow.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Medical and dental scheme.
- Retail and leisure discounts.
- Holiday and travel discounts.
- Bike to work scheme.
Operations Supervisor in Middleton employer: Biffa Ltd
Biffa is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where you can make a tangible impact on waste management in Cumbria. With a strong focus on employee development and operational excellence, we provide comprehensive training and growth opportunities, ensuring that our team members are well-equipped to meet the high standards expected by our customers. Our collaborative culture fosters strong relationships with colleagues and partners, making Biffa a rewarding place to build your career while contributing to sustainable practices in the community.
