Area Transfer Station Manager

Changing the way people think about waste.

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.

Help us make a difference as an Area Transfer Station Manager which will cover our Midlands and North West Operational locations.

A quick look at the role.

The Area Transfer Station Manager is responsible for developing and growing the strategy for the relevant facilities within their remit, including commodity sales, identifying and implementing new and best practices to provide first-class customer service.

Through actively managing and working in partnership with the Area Director, Regional General Managers, Depot Managers and Commodity Sales team, the role will explore new business opportunities by agreeing and developing new and existing strategies.

The roles require a medium to long (12-18 month) term plan in conjunction with the Area Director and Regional General Managers based upon the Divisions annual Business Plan as well as monitor and support the full P&L budget of the facilities in the area.

The job requires the ability to multi-task situations that are live – requiring immediate attention and the ability to deliver a first-class Customer Service.

Why it’s an opportunity not to be wasted.

• Be responsible for the overall management of key site processes relating to health and safety, security, employee relations and legislation.
• To be responsible for the overall growth strategy of the Transfer Stations and MRF’s within the Area including the sales growth strategy for commodity sales in collaboration with the commodity sales team.
• Manage the service delivery requirements with the defined key performance indicators whilst driving best practice and continuous improvement in cost control and productivity.
• Define, coach and support the development of the staff as a whole by identifying and sharing best practice.
• Oversee the management of all facilities within their remit to ensure compliance of Health & Safety, Environmental, Employment legislation and Company policy to ensure defined standards and best practice are adhered to.
• Support and monitor the full P&L budget for all facilities within their region alongside the Regional, General Managers, including profitability forecasting, delegating accountability where appropriate and supporting financial year on year growth of the depot.
• Work within cross-divisional teams to provide integrated waste solutions using best practice and through continuous improvement.

Here’s what we require:

• Experience as Operations Manager or position of similar responsibility in Services or Logistics Industry.
• Strong Stakeholder Management.
• Good transport and logistics knowledge.
• A strong knowledge of people management and H&S management in a unionised environment.
• Experience of delivering continuous improvement within an operational/service environment.
• An understanding of the requirements of working within a time critical service would be a benefit.
• Knowledge of existing and impending environmental and health & safety legislation.

The Area MRF Manager must be:

• Strong commercial focus and numbers driven.
• Flexible to travel within the UK when required.
• Well organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Able to manage their own workload effectively while keeping to strict deadlines.
• Robust and resilient while being able to absorb pressure and respond positively.
• Comfortable with communicating at all levels by all methods such as face to face, over the phone and via email.
• Able to communicate with conviction, plan with precision and most importantly, play well with others.

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

• Competitive salary.
• Car Allowance
• Company bonus
• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Medical and dental scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Plus much more......

Dedicated to diversity.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.