Night Shift Supervisor

Enva Group; Colwick; On-site; GBP 17,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recycling company in Colwick is seeking a Night Shift Supervisor to join their Operations team. This role involves overseeing site operations during the night shift, ensuring safety, productivity, and quality standards are met. Candidates should have proven supervisory experience in a recycling or similar environment, with strong leadership and communication skills. The ideal candidate will work night shifts, promote health and safety standards, and manage operational issues. A competitive salary and various company benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Competitive holiday allowance

Company pension scheme

Enhanced family friendly policies

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Lifestyle & leisure discounts

Employee life insurance

Bike2Work scheme

Free on-site parking

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience supervising teams in a processing, recycling, manufacturing, or similar environment.
• Strong leadership and communication skills with a hands-on approach.
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems independently.
• A strong commitment to health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Willingness and ability to work night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead a night shift team of operatives and equipment operators.
• Conduct shift briefings and manage site hazards.
• Promote health and safety culture, ensuring compliance with PPE.
• Oversee operation of sorting lines and other MRF equipment.
• Troubleshoot minor operational issues and coordinate maintenance.
• Monitor material quality and maintain site cleanliness.
• Complete accurate shift reports on production and incidents.
• Communicate with day shift management during handovers.

Skills

Supervisory experience in processing or recycling

Strong leadership and communication skills

Decision-making and problem-solving

Commitment to health and safety standards

Tools

Knowledge of conveyors and balers

IOSH or safety qualification

Job description

Night Shift Supervisor

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Colwick

Compensation: £17 / year

Description

We’re looking for a Night Shift Supervisor to join our Operations team at our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). This is a key role responsible for overseeing site operations during the night shift, ensuring safety, productivity, and quality standards are consistently met.

Working in a fast-paced recycling environment, you’ll lead and motivate a large operational team while maintaining efficient material processing and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements. With reduced on-site management presence overnight, this role requires strong leadership, decision‑making, and the ability to resolve issues independently.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead a night shift team of operatives and equipment operators.
• Conduct shift briefings and proactively identify and manage site hazards.
• Promote a strong health and safety culture, ensuring PPE compliance and safe working practices at all times.
• Oversee the operation of sorting lines, conveyors, balers, and other MRF equipment.
• Troubleshoot minor operational issues and coordinate with maintenance teams where required.
• Monitor material quality, minimising contamination and ensuring output meets market specifications.
• Maintain site cleanliness and organisation.
• Complete accurate shift reports covering production, incidents, equipment issues, and staffing.
• Communicate effectively with day shift management during handovers.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

• Proven experience supervising teams in a processing, recycling, manufacturing, or similar environment.
• Strong leadership and communication skills with a hands‑on approach.
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems independently.
• A strong commitment to health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Willingness and ability to work night shifts.

Desirable:

• Experience working in a Materials Recovery Facility or waste/recycling environment.
• Knowledge of conveyors, balers, and material sorting operations.
• IOSH or other health and safety qualifications.

Why Work For Enva?

Enva is committed to providing more than just jobs, we want to grow our business by offering career paths that match the aspirations of the talent that is increasingly aware of the need to protect the planet we all share. For the right candidates, the possibilities are truly endless and we will offer all the support, training and benefits you need to help you realise your true potential.

Examples of Company Benefits:

• A competitive salary in a growing company committed to our people.
• Competitive holiday allowance.
• Company pension scheme.
• Enhanced family friendly policies.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Lifestyle & leisure discounts (gym, cinema, shopping, and more).
• Employee life insurance.
• Bike2Work scheme.
• Free on-site parking.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.