Interim Waste Operations Consultant
Inside IR35
Initial 6-Month Contract
Hybrid working - depending on business needs
Southwest of England
Panoramic Associates is currently working with a Local Authority client to appoint an experienced Interim Waste Operations Consultant to lead on bringing the externally sourced waste and fleet service back in-house.
This role is critical to stabilising operations during transition, embedding new structures, and ensuring service continuity while building a sustainable in-house model.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the in-sourcing of waste and recycling services, managing transition from external provider to local authority control.
* Oversee and stabilise frontline waste and recycling collection operations, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery throughout transition.
* Take full responsibility for fleet operations, compliance, and operational readiness.
* Line manage senior operational staff, including Collections Managers and Processing Facilities Managers.
* Design and implement new operating structures, processes, and performance frameworks suitable for in-house delivery.
* Lead waste transformation and service improvement projects, embedding consistency, accountability, and control.
* Ensure full compliance with health & safety, operational, and statutory requirements.
* Overseeing a Material Recovery Facility (MRF).
Essential Experience & Qualifications
* Demonstrable experience leading or supporting in-sourcing, contract exit, or major service transition within Waste Services
* Strong local authority waste services experience.
* Extensive experience managing fleet operations within waste services.
* Experience delivering waste transformation or major service change.
* NEBOSH Certificate
* Relevant fleet management qualification (e.g. CPC).
Next Steps
Apply via the advert if you have the relevant experience and would like to know more.
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