Site Production Manager

Job Overview

Due to continued growth, 4R Group is recruiting a Sites Production Manager to support our biosolids operations across England. You will oversee the day‑to‑day running of our recycling sites, including the set‑up of new locations, ensuring full compliance with permit and biosolids assurance scheme requirements, maintaining high health and safety standards, and liaising with customers, site operators, land finders and regulatory bodies.

You will also support wider 4R activities when required, including gathering and preparing technical information for permit and deployment applications. This may involve land assessments, cropping and fertiliser histories, soil sampling, risk assessments, method statements and other site‑specific data.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of sites
• Ordering and planning of all products to keep site running efficiently
• Manage 4R and sub-contractor operators to include site inductions, training and site Rota
• Interact effectively with clients, Site owners, land finders, and environmental regulators
• Implement improvements to improve site efficiency
• Collection and submission of product samples for laboratory analyses in line with permit and biosolids assurance scheme requirements
• Work closely with 4R maintenance manager to reduce downtime
• Support maintenance manager with repairs
• Produce routine production reports for the National Operations Manager
• Occasionally Provide holiday or sick cover for site operators
• Manage HGV movements between client production sites and recycling outlets
• Responsible for cost control and operating within contract budgets
• Ensuring all activities comply with applicable regulations, defined Health & Safety standards, 4R Quality Management Systems and ISO accreditations
• To act as an ambassador for the Group at all times.
• Health and Safety: to work to and follow all safety regulations under prevailing legislation and any relevant policies and job risk assessment.
• Quality Management Systems: to be aware, understand and work to the requirements under the Group’s external accreditations including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001.
• Teamworking: the nature of our work and the size of our team at 4R Group requires
• everyone here to be flexible. Our job descriptions are not intended to be exhaustive, and you may be required to complete such reasonable additional or other responsibilities and tasks to help the team as the Group may need from time to time.

Qualifications / Experience/ Knowledge

• WAMITAB Level 4 Waste management required
• Knowledge about the biosolids assurance scheme
• Agricultural experience/knowledge required
• An understanding of the benefits of by-products as fertilisers and soil conditioners advantageous
• FACTS qualification would be an advantage
• Knowledge of environmental issues affecting soils, air & water
• Experience of contract management
• Basic understanding of the waste regulatory environment in the UK
• IT: user of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and used to mobile/flexible working environment

Skills/Competencies

• Excellent service and communication – verbal and written - skills
• Commitment to relationship management and client satisfaction
• Excellent attention to detail especially for record keeping
• Good planning, organising and time management skills
• Full clean driving licence
• Right to Work in UK

Locations

• National role with focus on Birmingham, Leicester, Northampton and Peterborough

Pay: £40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company car
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life insurance
• Sick pay

Experience:

• Waste processing and management: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• in date Wamitab level 4 (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 75% (required)

Work Location: On the road