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Supervisor Site

Stericycle
Greater London
2 days ago
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Title: Supervisor Site

Requisition Id: 39201 Job Function: Plant/Processing Operations Career Area: Operations Work Location: Sidcup

About Us:


Stericycle is a U.S. based business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions that protects people and brands, promotes health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have grown from a small start-up in medical waste management into a leader across a range of increasingly complex and highly regulated arenas, serving healthcare organizations and commercial businesses of every size. Every day, we help our customers solve complex challenges by safely managing materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise one’s identity.


Join us on our mission to protect health and well-being in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.


Scheduled workdays: 5 days out of 7


4x10 or 5x8: 5x8


Scheduled work hours: 07:00-15:00 (flexible)


OT Available: Yes


Start time each day: 07:00


Facility Address: Incinerator Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup Kent DA14 6LT


Pay Rate: £44,000-46,500 per annum

Position Purpose:


Oversee, manage, and be responsible for the site operation during a 12-hour shift. The site operates 24/7. The operation is spread across three distinctive areas of the site operating two incinerators as well as the biosystems processing line. This role will ensure the site’s compliance, health & safety and operational requirements are met across all three areas as well as distributing operational resources as and when & where required.

Key Job Activities:


Review handover from previous shift for all areas. Ensure resource distribution plan for shift in place/amend as necessary. Complete the shifts hand over report and KPI reporting.

Ensure that emissions monitoring and reporting & investigating breeches is carried out continuously/immediately.

Sickness/return to works/staff admin issues/requirements are all completed in shift. Deliver any toolbox talks/ team meetings/ training that is outstanding.

Shift site inspections carried out, including work safe observations and reporting of good catches as well as resolving good catches, updating reporting systems.

When on the day shift, busy period will be predominately based in goods in/out ensuring all procedures are carried out, secure destruction, site inductions, queries, resource levelling.

When on night/quieter shifts will be ensuring the planned preventative maintenance carried out, such as boiler cleans.

Stock control management and accountability for the shift.

Education:


Experience (North America & LATAM):


High School or equivalent

Experience (EMEAA):


Good knowledge and understanding of site operations.

COSHH, IOSH, forklift, confined space, environmental permitting & awareness, emissions monitoring, Accident & investigation, permit to work, hazard identification & risk assessment, asbestos awareness, legionella awareness, Fire awareness, working at height, hand arm vibration, electrical safety, fire marshall, MEWP, tower scaffold, slinging & lifting.

Successful people management.

Health & safety champion.

Excellent record keeping.

Task management and team working.

Problem identification and solving.

IT software packages competent.

Certifications and/or Licenses:


Benefits:


Stericycle offers you:

Contributory Pension Scheme


Life Insurance
Cycle to Work Scheme
Access to SteriCares, our employee support fund
Stericycle University – Our online library of self-development & learning
Annual performance related pay review.
Referral Scheme (Earn by introducing people in your network to the Stericycle family)
Flu voucher
Eye Test voucher
And more…

Our Promise:


Stericycle is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

The above description is meant to provide a summary of the nature and level of work being performed; it should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and requirements of the job. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and it does not constitute any right or guarantee of employment condition. This position is open to people with disabilities. Stericycle will consider requests for workplace accommodations for protected physical or mental limitations in accordance with its human resources and risks prevention policies and local laws. To the extent permissible under local law, and consistent with business necessity, Stericycle reserves the right to modify the content formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, at any time with or without advance notice.

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