# Contract Supervisor

**Company**: Biffa
**Location**: Taunton, Somerset
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Waste Management
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4904749

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## Description

Lead the Charge in Recycling: Join Us as a Contract Supervisor

Location: Somerset, based at Priorswood Depot, Taunton Hours: 37.5 hours per week Working Pattern: 5 days out of 7, including weekends. Two consecutive rest days where possible (not both weekend days) Vehicle: Company van and fuel card, with personal use available.

As Contract Supervisor, you’ll play a key role in the day-to-day running of the Somerset Recycling Centres, ensuring the contract operates safely, efficiently and in line with Biffa and client requirements.

Your core responsibilities:

- Supervise the day-to-day operations across the Somerset Recycling Centres, ensuring sites run safely, efficiently and to the required standards.

- Lead, support and motivate Site Managers, Site Operatives and agency staff, ensuring appropriate staffing, training and performance levels are maintained.

- Ensure the contract remains fully compliant with health & safety, environmental legislation, permits, site working plans and Biffa procedures.

- Plan and organise staff, agency resource, equipment and other operational requirements while keeping within agreed budgets.

- Drive recycling performance and operational efficiency, ensuring materials are processed and dispatched safely, efficiently and in line with legislation.

- Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance with the Facilities Management team, ensuring plant and equipment remain safe, compliant and operational.

- Maintain strong relationships with the client, customers, contractors, regulators and members of the public, ensuring excellent service levels across the contract.

- Monitor performance through audits, reporting and corrective actions, including health & safety inspections, incident investigations, compliance checks and continuous improvement activity.

Requirements:

- Experience managing local authority contracts, ideally within recycling, waste management or similar operational environments.

- Strong knowledge of Health & Safety, environmental and transport legislation relevant to recycling centres and operational sites.

- Proven experience managing large teams, with the ability to lead, motivate and develop people effectively.

- Strong financial and budget management skills, with the ability to manage resources and deliver against operational targets.

- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to build effective relationships at all levels.

- Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment, managing changing priorities while maintaining high standards of service and performance.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary

- Ongoing career development, training and coaching

- Generous pension scheme

- Retail and leisure discounts

- Holiday and travel discounts

- Bike to work scheme

## Skills

### Required
- Health & Safety
- Environmental Legislation
- Team Management
- Budget Management
- Communication

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