Contract Supervisor

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