About the Role
Our Sustainable Environment Service team delivers a high quality operation, with a strong leadership ethos and a positive team culture that promotes service, sustainability and corporate priorities.
Key elements of the role include ensuring a fit-for-purpose fleet, compliant vehicles, training, robust health & safety culture and standards, and adapting to changing legislation.
This role supports our in-house Recycling and Waste Service, Fleet, and Streetscene services ensuring they are legally compliant, and are able to adapt to changing legislation and best practice within the industry. You will assist in the development and management of a workforce strategy, focusing on training and development around compliant best practice, focusing on our fleet and operations.
This role includes responsibility for the Transport Manager and Depot and Transfer Station Manager posts. You will be a key decision maker and significant budget holder in the management team as well as a range of corporate elements alongside the main role. We’re looking for a team player who wants to lead and deliver transformation and innovation. Contributions to policy and partnerships which improve the welfare of borough residents and businesses are something you’ll be keen to make.
We’re committed to operating at net zero across our operation by 2030. You’ll demonstrate an understanding of likely future developments and technologies. To achieve our goals exploration and delivery of viable fleet and plant options will be required.
We know that expectations about collection services for residents, and environmental operations are changing. ‘Green skills’ for staff are an investment in the future, and training to provide continually upgraded skills and career development will be supported. We expect to make a positive impact every day, show good teamwork, and focus on being accountable, respectful, and inclusive, and achieving our goals.
Requirements
Ideally you will be experienced in front line operations, such as transport, waste management, streetscene, or facilities management
Ideally you will have a strong background in Health & Safety Compliance
A qualification in managing Health & Safety and/or the holder of the Operator’s License would be advantageous.
Why work for us?
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a borough with big ambitions. We’ve already started our transformation, however, we still need to find better ways of doing things because we are determined to do the very best we can for our communities.
If our vision is to be the best, then we need the best people working for us. Our people are at the heart of what we do and have the freedom to innovate, grow and develop. We recruit people who share our vision and values; people who have the drive to deliver our ambitious Council plan.
Our historic Borough is a place of marked contrasts. We are the home of a world class University at Keele, a leading light known internationally for its research and sustainability record, which stands side by side with former mining communities including some which register amongst the most deprived areas in the country. Our Borough is also a mixture of urban centres, affected by some of the same social issues facing our neighbouring city, Stoke-on-Trent, but also outstanding rural landscapes in our less populated villages. Our plans and priorities aim to address the needs of all our communities.
Our People offer
We reward our people with a competitive range of benefits including; access to the local government pension scheme, minimum 24 days annual leave plus 5 extra days after 5 years' service, flexible working options and family friendly policies, local and national high street discounts, free car parking, green travel scheme including cycle to work and electric car salary sacrifice, free employee 24 hour employee assistance and counselling services, flu vaccination service and health checks plus development and training opportunities.
Contact
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Andrew Bird – Service Director sustainable Environment on 01782 742510, or email Andrew.bird@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
Closing date
5pm on Friday 19 January 2024.
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the interview or assessment process please contact our People team (humanresources@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk)
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