Household Waste Recycling Centre Team Leader

Lead the Way in Sustainability – Join Our Recycling Revolution!

Are you passionate about making a real difference to the environment and your community? As part of Staffordshire’s Sustainability and Waste Management Service, you’ll play a vital role in shaping a greener future. Our service is at the heart of responsible waste disposal and recycling, operating 14 household waste recycling centres and driving innovative solutions for waste treatment and recovery.

We’re looking for a dynamic Team Leader to inspire and guide our dedicated team, ensuring smooth operations and exceptional customer service. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment and want to contribute to sustainability, efficiency, and community leadership, this is your chance to make an impact where it truly matters.

• Run the Household Waste Recycling Centre safely, efficiently, and in line with environmental permits.
• Provide clear, hands‑on leadership on site, setting high standards for customer service, safety and cleanliness.
• Supervise site staff, including completing inductions, managing recruiter absences and allocating daily tasks.
• Encourage and enforce high recycling rates.
• Open and close the HWRC in line with agreed opening hours, completing all required safety and site checks.
• Monitor waste and recycling container levels and site stock, working with haulage contractorsлекс ensure the site always has enough capacity.
• Complete and maintain accurate records and paperwork, including Duty of Care documentation, waste transfer notes and consignment records.
• Safely operate and oversee mobile plant salário carrying out daily checks and reporting any faults or defects.
• Enforce site rules, traffic management arrangements, and charging or permit policies to keep the site safe and well‑organised.
• Supervise site users, contractors and visitors to ensure health, safety and environmental rules are followed at all times.
• Record and report accidents, near misses, unsafe behaviour or rule breaches in line with Council procedures.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping, keeping the site, buildings and surrounding areas clean, tidy and free from litter.
• Keep eventually site logs and visitor records as required for legal and operational purposes.
• Work weekends and bank holidays and travel to other HWRC sites across Staffordshire when needed.

• Ability to safely operate site equipment and carry out basic daily checks.
• Confident team leader, able to supervise and motivate staff.
• Good communication skills and a helpful, customer‑focused approach.
• Ability to apply site rules and health & safety procedures fairly and professionally.
• Well‑organised, able to manage a busy workload and adapt to change.
• Able to complete simple paperwork and use electronic systems accurately.
• Positive, reliable, and professional with a strong focus on safety and the environment.
• Able to work weekends and bank holidays.
• Willing to travel between HWRC sites across Staffordshire.
tornam Physical ability to work outdoors dh operational environment.

Interview dates will be week commencing 2nd February.

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences and qualifications so for an informal chat about the role please contact Danny Wraxton – HWRC Operations Manager at:
Danny.

We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the Anti‑supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy.

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our fuels together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are tall and our sights are set firmly on a better future.