Lead the Charge in Plastics Recycling – Become an Operations Manager at Biffa Polymers.
Join one of the UK’s most advanced plastics reprocessing facilities and drive real change in sustainable waste management. This is your chance to lead, innovate, and make an impact at the forefront of recycling technology.
A quick look at the role.
As Operations Manager, you’ll take full ownership of the day-to-day operations at our Redcar facility. From leading diverse teams to overseeing safety, efficiency, and sustainability, you’ll ensure the site achieves excellence in every aspect. You’ll manage operational strategy, financial performance, and human resources to maximise results and drive innovation.
Your core responsibilities.
* Shape manufacturing strategy with a commercially and financially astute approach to achieve operational goals.
* Lead and manage production teams to deliver strong results and meet company objectives.
* Plan and coordinate manufacturing processes to meet customer and quality specifications efficiently.
* Drive cost reduction, standardisation, and effective budget management within the manufacturing environment.
* Direct operational strategies, workflow, and processes to optimise production efficiency.
* Maintain a safe manufacturing environment and motivate employees to achieve high morale and performance.
* Collaborate with sales teams to forecast customer orders and ensure timely deliveries within manufacturing constraints.
* Recruit, train, and develop personnel while fostering employee involvement and clear objectives in the manufacturing process.
Requirements
Our essential requirements.
* Proven leadership experience in waste management, recycling, or a similar industry.
* Expertise in managing operations, achieving KPIs, and delivering against multi-million-pound budgets.
* A qualification in Operations, Leadership, or Performance Management is essential, with a degree in Business Administration or Engineering being desirable.
* In-depth knowledge of plastics recycling processes and a track record of managing senior-level projects or facility start-ups.
Benefits
And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.
* Competitive salary
* 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
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 11,500 + 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.
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.