Assistant Operations Manager / Yard Manager – Waste & Recycling Site

EXPERIENCED WASTE & RECYCLING OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR / YARD MANAGER REQUIRED TO OVERSEE A PRODUCTION TEAM AND SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AT A BUSY SITE

TITLE: Assistant Operations Manager / Yard Manager – Waste & Recycling Site

SALARY: £33-39,000 plus benefits, Mon-Fri days

LOCATION: West Birmingham

YOU MAY HAVE WORKED AS A: Waste Operations Team Leader, Hazardous Waste Transfer Station Supervisor, Metal Recycling Yard Manager, MRF Shift Manager, Quarry Supervisor, Aggregates Recycling, Anaerobic Digestion Plant Supervisor, Landfill Site Manager, Skip Hire Deputy Operations Manager, HWRC Site Manager, Plant Team Leader, Composting Site Manager, Yard Supervisor

ROLE: Assistant Operations Manager / Yard Manager – Waste & Recycling Site

Oversee day-to-day site operations, managing staff, allocating tasks, and ensuring all work and documentation is completed safely, compliantly, and on time.

Support the Site Manager with planning, toolbox talks, reporting, and daily briefings, while proactively managing Health & Safety, PPE compliance, and environmental standards.

Ensure equipment maintenance and LOLER requirements are met, oversee compliant loading, offloading, waste segregation, and weighing processes, and manage visitors and contractors through inductions and safety checks.

Monitor on-site issues, liaise with operatives and transport teams, identify process improvements, and ensure all bulk transfer and TFS shipments meet regulatory and documentation standards.

EXPERIENCE: Assistant Operations Manager / Yard Manager – Waste & Recycling Site

You MUST have experience managing or supervising a team in an Industrial, Chemicals, Foundry, Waste, Recycling, Quarrying or similar type environment

You will be a hands on individual willing to chip in where required

Useful qualifications: COTC / WAMITAB, NEBOSH or IOSH, Chemistry

You will have a UK Driving Licence

YOU MAY HAVE WORKED AS A: Waste Operations Team Leader, Hazardous Waste Transfer Station Supervisor, Metal Recycling Yard Manager, MRF Shift Manager, Quarry Supervisor, Aggregates Recycling, Anaerobic Digestion Plant Supervisor, Landfill Site Manager, Skip Hire Deputy Operations Manager, HWRC Site Manager, Plant Team Leader, Composting Site Manager, Yard Supervisor