Your new company

Your new role

• Lead, develop and motivate a multi‑disciplinary waste operations team, fostering a strong safety and performance culture.
• Oversee recruitment, induction, training and performance management across the unit.
• Manage day‑to‑day delivery of waste and cleaning services, ensuring compliance with service levels, legislation and industry standards.
• Identify and mitigate operational risks, and maintain up‑to‑date procedures, work method statements and risk assessments.
• Drive continuous improvement through data analysis, industry insights and process optimisation.
• Support strategic waste initiatives, including delivery of actions from waste and resource recovery strategies and litter/illegal dumping programs.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring high‑quality customer service and timely issue resolution.
• Prepare clear reports, advice and documentation to support operational planning, performance monitoring and decision‑making.
• Manage budgets, procurement activities, contracts and financial reporting for the Waste Operations unit.

What you'll need to succeed

• Tertiary qualifications in engineering, environmental science, management or a related discipline, with relevant field experience.
• Proven leadership experience managing diverse operational teams, ideally within waste, resource recovery or local government environments.
• Strong understanding of Occupational Health and Safety requirements in operational settings.
• Knowledge of contemporary waste management and resource recovery practices, including environmental compliance.
• Strong analytical and decision‑making skills, with experience developing strategies, policies, plans and operational systems.

What you'll get in return

• A supportive and established government environment that values work‑life balance.
• Flexible work arrangements aligned to business needs.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful operational impact within a high‑performing team.

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