Plant Supervisor

Overview

Salary: £38,365.00 per annum plus Veolia benefits

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location: Veolia Household Recycling Centre Castle Bromwich Birmingham B35 7AG

As a Plant Supervisor you'll be pushing for innovative solutions to create a more sustainable future for all. Veolia values include community, environment, and an inclusive culture.

What you'll be doing

• Ensure safety compliance by wearing PPE, conducting vehicle checks, reporting defects, and stopping unsafe operations while representing Veolia professionally.
• Manage and motivate ash plant and mobile plant operatives, ensuring correct PPE usage including dust masks and maintaining team communication via radio.
• Plan and deliver daily operations including plant availability, staffing levels, resource allocation, and coordination of deliveries/collections with weighbridge.
• Manage IBA stockpiles safely to maximise storage while maintaining appropriate heights, face gradients, and moisture content for optimal processing.
• Ensure all output specifications meet customer requirements and manage operations in compliance with Veolia Minimum Requirements and Environmental Permits.
• Monitor and manage environmental controls including lagoon levels, dust suppression systems, and dust management procedures to protect staff and the environment.
• Drive operational efficiencies and maximise profit through data utilisation, maintenance systems, and coordination with other Veolia business units.
• Conduct site inspections, monitor compliance, report contamination and safety concerns, and maximise non-ferrous metal recovery through careful plant management.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience working in an operational environment with plant operations.
• Team leadership and management experience with ability to motivate operational teams.
• Relevant yellow plant ticket/license (desirable).
• IOSH Managing Safely qualification or equivalent Health & Safety certification.
• Level 3 Leadership & Management qualification or equivalent work experience (desirable).
• Strong understanding of PPE requirements, safety compliance, and environmental controls.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come. We're proud to be named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for several years, reflecting our commitment to our people. We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme and meet minimum criteria. We're committed to ensuring fair treatment without discrimination, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Ready to see the world as we do? We see opportunity in waste, water, and energy, and we're giving every team member the chance to realise their potential with us. Our values are community spirit, responsibility, innovation, customer focus and respect, guiding our work across 14,000+ employees, customers and communities.