Site Manager

Reporting to: Regional Manager

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Site Manager - Barkston to take full responsibility for our Barkston processing facility.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives in a fast-moving operational environment and enjoys being visible on site, leading from the front. You'll have end-to-end ownership of safety, compliance, operational performance, plant reliability and people leadership across a busy 24/6 operation.

As Site Manager - Barkston, you'll play a key role in delivering our recycling strategy, maintaining regulatory compliance and ensuring the site performs safely, efficiently and commercially.

This is not an office-based role. We're looking for an active, decisive manager who understands waste processing, plant operations and people management in a live operational environment.

What You'll Be Doing Health, Safety, Environment and Compliance

You'll act as the visible safety leader on site, setting the standard and embedding a strong zero-harm culture across all shifts.

You'll be responsible for:

• Ensuring full compliance with health and safety legislation, environmental permits, EA requirements and internal standards
• Maintaining robust Safe Systems of Work, risk assessments, method statements and permits
• Leading accident investigations, near-miss reporting and corrective actions
• Delivering toolbox talks, safety briefings and supporting wider SHEQ initiatives
• Managing contractor and visitor safety at all times
• Ensuring the site is audit-ready and operating in line with all regulatory expectations

Operations, Plant and Asset Management

You'll take full accountability for day-to-day site operations, ensuring materials are processed safely, efficiently and in line with permit, quality and commercial requirements.

You'll be responsible for:

• Managing material processing, recovery, storage, transport and offtake activity
• Maximising plant availability, throughput, quality and uptime
• Overseeing the safe and effective use of static and mobile plant
• Working closely with engineering teams to plan preventative and reactive maintenance
• Applying strong mechanical understanding to support fault finding, repairs and downtime reduction
• Driving operational discipline through daily planning, shift coordination and KPI reviews
• Supporting the effective production of SRF and RDF where applicable

This Site Manager - Barkston role requires a visible leader who can build a capable, engaged and accountable team across a multi-shift operation.

You'll be responsible for:

• Leading, managing and developing all site personnel
• Ensuring the