Site Supervisor

Dubizzle Limited; Walpole; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A waste management company in Walpole seeks a Supervisor for Green Waste Composting and Wood Processing. The role involves overseeing daily operations, leading a team, and ensuring safety compliance. Ideal candidates will have 2–5 years of supervisory experience in relevant environments and a strong focus on continuous improvement. Benefits include competitive salary and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Ongoing career development

Generous pension scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Bike to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Process Supervisor in green waste or similar environments (2–5 years).
• Strong track record of meeting KPIs and driving continuous improvement.
• Experience with weighbridge operations and data capture.

Responsibilities

• Organise and supervise daily operations of Green Waste Composting and Wood Processing.
• Lead a team to maintain safety and efficiency on site.
• Monitor workflow and resolve bottlenecks to minimise downtime.

Skills

Process supervision

Continuous improvement

KPI management

Outdoor working

Data capture system maintenance

Job description

Turn Organic Waste into Opportunity: Lead as a Supervisor for Biffa Organics!

Location: Walpole

Hours of work: 45 hours per week

Monday to Friday, with approximately 1 in 3 Saturdays paid at time and a half

Start and finish time: 0645, 1615 hrs

A quick look at the role.

The role holder will organise and supervise the daily operation of the Green Waste Composting, Wood Processing and Street Sweeping Treatment areas, ensuring full health, safety and environmental compliance. They will lead a small team, drive continuous improvement in productivity and plant availability, and maintain the quality of all sub-products in line with site permits and established protocols.

Your core responsibilities.

• Lead a team to ensure safe, efficient day-to-day site operations, maintaining high housekeeping and compliance standards.
• Monitor workflow, allocate tasks and resources, and ensure production targets and quality standards are consistently achieved.
• Oversee all material movements on site, resolving bottlenecks and minimising downtime through effective coordination.
• Maintain accurate operational records, including downtime logs, reports and daily checks, ensuring information is clear and up to date.
• Drive a strong safety culture by implementing all site policies, delivering toolbox talks and ensuring all team members work to required standards.
• Support management with planned maintenance scheduling, contractor supervision, and general office duties such as documentation, reporting and KPI updates.

Our essential requirements.

• Proven experience as a Process Supervisor (ideally 2–5 years) within green waste, wood waste or a similar operational environment.
• Strong track record of meeting clearly defined KPIs and driving continuous improvement across site operations.
• Experience implementing new processes, developments and efficient ways of working.
• Familiarity with weighbridge-controlled operations, including the operation and oversight of weighbridge activities.
• Confident working outdoors, with experience developing and maintaining accurate data capture and recording systems.

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.
• 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.