Recycling Controller in Manchester

About us

As part of dynamic high-performing team, the Agriculture Services Controller (ASC) plays a key role in Bioresource recycling and disposal. ASC’s are the “gate keepers” of the haulage permitting process and are “custodians” of recycling data and records. ASC’s are also responsible for administrating payments and effective liaison with contractors. A key responsibility of the role is to liaise with wider stakeholders including public, customers, regulators (Environmental Health, Environment Agency etc.) and other UU colleagues.

The role

Agriculture Services Controllers are responsible for effective local decisions to ensure efficient operational practice within available landbanks. They will decide which fields can be utilised and calculate the volume for recycling. They will agree with contractors the schedules for collection of products.

Collate and report data required for Regulatory Reporting purposes.

Agriculture Services Controllers must actively manage regulatory relationships, e.g. Environment Agency, and other outside agencies such as councils (EHO’s and Highways officers) the general public where complaints or queries may have arisen; effective liaison with contractors and of course with the farming community.

They will be responsible for managing the payments to the contracts associated with agricultural recycling and the collation and invoicing of sludge sales.

Key accountabilities

1. To ensure that products are recycled at the correct application rate in line with changing limits.
2. To ensure compliance with the UU Sludge to Land Code of Practice and all Legislative and regulatory standards.
3. Collation and invoicing of biosolid sales.
4. Liaison with Environmental Health and Environment Agency on product recycling. Ensure all stockpile locations are clearly identified and the EA are notified of location and tonnage.
5. Co-ordinate recycling operations carried out by in house staff or contractors, ensuring operation within agreed quality standards and procedures.
6. Monitor costs and ensure timely payment of contractor invoices is made.
7. Ensure correct quantities of sludge monitoring samples are taken. Ensure sludge is compliant by reference to HACCP. Lead HACCP failure incidents.
8. Actively contribute to Asset Operations HACCP contingency and action plans.
9. Maintain the corporate sludge register.
10. Co ordinate with contractors, farmers and Recycling Advisors to schedule cost effective deliveries of products.
11. To support the Agriculture Advisor role when required
12. Actively contribute and Input into new working methods.
13. Actively contribute and Input into the content and extent of contracts.
14. The role involves effective communication with an immediate and a broader team.
15. Liaison with other field based and centralised functions (customer services, treatment staff, laboratory services, transport services, health and safety)
16. Manage the Transfer Stations.

Skills & experience

1. Well-developed IT literacy in Microsoft Excel, Word and other UU systems (eg: SAP, OMS, ArcGIS etc.)
2. Numerical skills with experience in data administration & processing.
3. Knowledge of the regulations and Codes of Practices that surround the recycling of products to agriculture.
4. Excellent planning, controlling and organisational skills.
5. Excellent team player.
6. Excellent communication skills - The successful candidate will have proven communication skills and will be comfortable dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
7. Effective decision making and problem solving skills.
8. A full driving license is required.

Other

1. Ability to achieve the Certificate in Land-spreading deployment of non-farmed wastes to agriculture.
2. Appropriate degree

Field 7

Role holder should be able handle below challenges and issues:

• Ability to manage and re-schedule operations for changes in the process. Planning, forecasting and day to day management of Biosolids recycling contracts.
• Manage breakdowns of key Biosolids production plants, effective liaison with either transport services or contractors.
• Resilience is required when dealing with the ever changing environmental pressures across the farming population, and when dealing with customer complaints.
• Adaptability to changing working practices; leading and motivating team to ensure change.
• Compliance to the changing legislation; leading and motivating team to ensure change. Effective management of activities in order to comply with: ESA's, SSSI's, RAMSAR, NVZ's, special Areas of Conservation and Interest, and many more new and changing environmental legislative and regulatory standards.
• Effective daily communication with customers, contractors and other UU colleagues.