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Operations Manager
Salary: £48,000 plus bonus, company car/cash allowance and pension
Hours: Full Time - 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday (Must be able to work 1 in 6 weekends)
Location: Westminster
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.
We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What we can offer you;
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Eligible for an annual performance bonus
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Option to choose from a company car or car allowance
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25 days of annual leave
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Access to our company pension scheme
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One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
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Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
What you'll be doing;
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Assist the Service Delivery managers in managing the contract budgets through effective and regular reviews to monitor costs against the agreed budgetary targets.
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Manage and lead a workforce, encouraging good working relationships within an unionised environment.
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Manage on a day to day basis the Service Delivery Managers and Team Leaders, whilst liaising with Administrators and other departments within the contract and Veolia.
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Ensure all investigations and reporting of accidents/incidents are carried out thoroughly and promptly, in line with company procedures.
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Complete weekly and monthly reports on health and safety, operational performance, sickness and absence and contract KPI’s.
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Responsible for the day to day management of fleet vehicles, including route planning and ensuring all driver vehicle checks are completed, in line with “O” licence requirements.
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Maintaining professional relationships with clients and staff, communicating data and continuously following income and expenditure items maintaining effective cost control.
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Responsible for the environment, health and safety and all relevant risk assessments, along with all employee relation issues.
What we're looking for;
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Previous management experience within a similar role is required.
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Ability to build strong relationships and deal effectively with people at different levels.
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Strong people management skills to lead and support the team.
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Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
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Analytical and numerate with a good financial understanding.
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Report writing, communication and presentation skills.
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Experience in the waste management sector together with experience of managing within a unionised environment is desirable.
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NEBOSH and CPC in national road haulage would be advantageous.
What's next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.
We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.
We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.
We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.
What We Do
Veolia UK provides solutions for ecological transformation. We are a company of almost 14,000 employees, although we prefer to think of ourselves as “resourcers”. Every day across the country our “resourcers” design and deploy useful and concrete solutions, which help our customers fight against climate change, prevent pollution of our water and create a circular economy where nothing goes to waste.
Every year, we serve around 1.8 million people through our municipal wastewater contracts. We complete over 400 million waste collections across our Local Authority contracts, serving over 3 million residential properties; and we treat over 1.5 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste from our 85,000 private customers. We also produce over 560 MWe of renewable and low carbon electricity, to power over 1.3 million homes.
Veolia UK is an exciting and innovative place to work, but don't just take our word for it - we were named as one of the top 10 'Very Big Organisations' to work for in The Sunday Times' Best Places to Work 2024. We're resourcing the world through our purpose of ecological transformation, and we're doing this by working together to constantly progress. We are reinventing the way things work to reduce our environmental impact and increase efficiency, whether in the reuse of wastewater or the recovery of waste, such as plastics. At the same time, we anticipate the needs of tomorrow with innovative solutions that will decarbonise our energy and heating demands. We do this through the development of microgrids and energy management through our Hubgrade solution, which optimises the management of resources using digital and artificial intelligence.
We are driven by optimism and passion, not to see the world as it is, but how it should be; and we are tenacious in our efforts to achieve our goals.
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