Senior Supervisor

SUMMARY:
An exciting opportunity for a Senior Supervisor has opened with us at WastePlan! The ideal candidate must have good knowledge of waste and possess good supervisory skills and experience.

POSITION INFO:
Job Summary
Act as a link between management and the staff members on site. Ensure a productive workflow by establishing work planning and monitoring staff performance.

Responsibilities

Staff supervision

• Advise Senior Site Manager on staffing needs and replacements
• Set out daily tasks for staff
• Recommend shifts and revise schedules if needed
• Conduct weekly meetings with staff to get weekly feedback

• Responsible for maintaining good housekeeping standards inside and outside the waste area
• Report all incidents, spills and near misses
• Ensure that spills are cleaned up
• Ensure that the staff wear the correct PPE

• Daily attendance register report
• Daily shift report
• Provide a report on all baled material within the different waste streams daily
• Monthly production (bale count) report
• Monthly production report for Sorters
  

• Ensure that all staff work as productively as possible
• Book daily collections on the collections app
• Implement and supervise the workflow, reporting procedures and systems
• Identify cost reductions to increase productivity
• Coordinating and enforcing systems, policies and procedures
• Ensure a safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment and resources
• Ensure that no load is loaded without the PO number provided by the Senior Site Manager
• Monitor and supervise all processes regarding the collection or delivering of material, such as number of bales and value of load
• Monitor the average weight of all baled material
• Monitor the weights of the cages collected from sites on a daily basis
• Report any challenges with collections to the Senior Site Manager

• Report breakdowns to the Senior Site Manager
• Follow up on repairs to be done on the equipment
• Ensure that everyone halts using the baler if a technical issue arises
• No tools or foreign objects must be placed close to the conveyer
• Ensure that the shift does not start bailing until the baler and conveyer are cleaned according to the checklist

• Minimum matric / grade 12
• Minimum of 1-year supervisory experience is required
• Valid driver’s license
• Excellent knowledge of different waste material streams
• Clear criminal record