Are you ready to lead a team that operates highly specialised incineration and cremation equipment safely, efficiently and to the highest regulatory standards?
Could you see yourself driving process improvements and ensuring compliant waste management across a complex, high‑throughput facility?
Do you have the confidence and technical competence to supervise operations, troubleshoot plant issues and keep equipment running at optimal performance?
If so, this could be the perfect job for you.
Supervision of the Incineration Operatives and the safe, compliant operation of the incineration and cremation units. The role will ensure that the incineration process is run efficiently, minimising operational costs, maximising throughput and liaising with maintenance service providers to ensure planned schedules of maintenance are adhered to in a timely manner in order to deliver optimum equipment availability.
The role will ensure all activities are performed within safe operating systems of work, provide data to support key performance indicators relating to waste reception, off‑site despatch of waste streams, waste processing, compliant storage and inventory management.
The role supervises all activities from waste collection from Weybridge campus buildings, waste delivery reception, updating and maintaining documentation systems and data records of all reception & despatch activities.
Environmental Permit compliance is key and the Team Lead ensures that operations are within all stipulated requirements and communicates any issues immediately to line management.
The role is responsible for the supervision of safe and compliant operation of the high temperature incineration and animal cremation facilities, working within a structured management system and under the prescriptive requirements of an Environmental Permit. The role requires a focus on maximising efficient process throughput within the operational parameters of the equipment and prompt response and subsequent reporting of any equipment failures or indications of plant or process issues.
Also responsible for the safe collection of waste containers from around the main site campus and off‑loading of wastes arriving from associated facilities.
Key Responsibilities
* Supervise the safe and compliant operation of the high temperature incineration and animal cremation facilities, working within a structured management system and under the prescriptive requirements of an Environmental Permit. Standing in to operate plant and equipment when required.
* The role involves supervision and stand in when required for waste selection, checking and loading, control room monitoring, plant checks, Air Pollution Control (APC) reagent and APC residue sampling and bag change, bottom ash sampling and bin change.
* Maximising efficient process throughput within the operational parameters of the equipment and prompt response and subsequent reporting of any equipment failures or indications of plant or process issues.
* Ensure safe and compliant waste reception, despatch of waste streams to third party facilities, waste processing, compliant storage and inventory management of wastes and incinerator reagents.
* Manage gate to process waste feed activity.
* Manage documentation systems and data records of all reception & despatch activities.
* Hands on operation of Fork-Lift Trucks and other mobile plant.
* Supervise and work within the requirements of an Environmental Permit.
* Track daily waste throughput, recording identity of materials destroyed against time charged, amending inventory stock. Generate certificates of destruction on the completion of loads.
* Supervise, and where necessary, conduct basic plant and associated equipment maintenance and support maintenance colleagues.
* Immediately reporting plant maintenance issues, Environmental Permit issues and waste discrepancies from description.
* Handling and consigning off‑site solid wastes.
* Receiving of engineering spares and other equipment, unloading of vehicles delivering raw materials and waste materials, checking and completing associated documentation.
* Monitor raw material inventory levels and notify supervision when re-order levels are reached.
* Download and disseminate process and emissions data for reporting and investigation purposes.
* Contribute to investigations into Environmental Permit near misses, issues and non‑compliance events.
* Contribute to the writing of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH), manual handling, task-based risk assessments and operational procedures.
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