Plant Manager

Dubizzle Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A waste management company in Birmingham seeks a Plant Manager to oversee site operations, focusing on safety, compliance, and efficiency. You'll lead a team, drive innovation, and maintain high performance through effective management and development. Key qualifications include a safety certification and experience in operational management within a regulated environment. This role offers significant career development opportunities and a supportive work culture focused on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Ongoing career development

Generous pension scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Life cover

Qualifications

• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent certification required.
• Experience in a fast-paced, regulated environment preferred.
• Knowledge of site permitting and ISO standards required.

Responsibilities

• Lead health, safety, and environmental performance at the site.
• Ensure compliance with permits and legal requirements.
• Manage operations efficiently to meet service KPIs.
• Control site finances and manage costs effectively.
• Oversee staffing and performance management.
• Champion continuous improvement and staff development.

Skills

Operational team management

Health, safety, and environmental compliance

Strong organizational skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or related science

Job description

Make a difference as a Plant Manager – lead safe, efficient, and compliant site operations.

A quick look at the role

Reporting to the Regional General Manager, you’ll take full ownership of day-to-day operations at our site in West Midlands.

With safety, health and environmental standards front and centre, you'll drive operational efficiency, boost financial performance, and deliver outstanding service to both internal and external customers. You’ll lead from the front, developing your team, pushing innovation, and unlocking the site’s full potential, all measured through clear KPIs.

Success in this role means strong collaboration with the Regional General Manager and the Project and Maintenance Manager, while fostering a proactive, high-performance culture across your sites.

Your core responsibilities.

• Lead on health, safety, and environmental performance by reducing incidents, enforcing site rules, and carrying out investigations or disciplinaries where needed.
• Ensure compliance with permits, licences, and legal requirements by achieving zero EA CAR scores, no discharge breaches, and no reportable emissions or long-term waste stock.
• Manage site operations efficiently by planning treatments, quoting customers, reviewing bookings, and eliminating non-value-adding activities to meet service KPIs.
• Control site finances by managing treatment, disposal, labour, and maintenance costs to meet and exceed budget targets and monthly P&L performance.
• Oversee staffing, work schedules, and performance management, ensuring clear goals, effective resourcing, and collaboration with the Site Manager and wider team.
• Champion continuous improvement by engaging the workforce, providing feedback, maintaining standards, and developing staff through training and hands‑on experience.

Our essential requirements.

• IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent) is essential; COTC Level 4 in hazardous waste treatment and transfer is highly desirable.
• Experience managing operational teams in a fast‑paced, regulated environment; hazardous waste or treatment/transfer station experience is desirable.
• Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or a related science is preferred but not essential.
• Good working knowledge of site permitting, risk assessments, and ISO standards (9001, 14001, 45001), with confidence in leading investigations and disciplinaries.
• Proficient in MS Office, with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a mixed‑skills team effectively.

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – Because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Life cover.

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.

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.