Overview
Salary: £49,000-£53,000 per annum plus Car Allowance
Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week
The Area Operations Manager is a key, hands-on managerial role, offering a broad scope of responsibilities and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the performance of an important PPP contract. Based in the Argyll & Bute region, the successful candidate will take ownership of the day-to-day operations across three sites, ensuring the delivery of contractual diversion targets in line with council requirements and within agreed budget parameters.
Your responsibilities
- Ownership of site budgets, including plant and maintenance costs, overtime etc
- Overseeing the compliant operation of three sites based in the Lorn, Mid-Argyll and Kintyre area of Argyll & Bute
- Achieve contract targets by driving daily and visual management ethos through performance management metrics and dashboards across the sites
- Develop process orientation and problem-solving skills across the sites
- Deliver and exceed on objective and development plans assigned ensuring dashboard metrics are updated daily / weekly / monthly
- Daily management of team members on the three sites ensuring tasks are appropriately apportioned to maximise efficiency, reduce OT and reduce downtime
Essential criteria
- Budget experience, including plant and maintenance costs, overtime etc
- COTC Qualified (Managing Transfer Hazardous Level 4, Managing Treatment Non-Hazardous Level 4, Managing Landfill Non-Hazardous Level 4 qualified - Training will be given if not qualified
- People engagement skills with an assertive and fair management style
- Strong execution skills on deliverables with high levels of emotional intelligence, compliance and integrity
- Previous exposure to the waste industry is desirable for this role
- Lean sigma experience including 5S is desirable
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