The Role
Manages pharmaceutical-site waste services, including contractor performance, regulatory compliance, audits, reporting, hazardous and non-hazardous waste storage, segregation, packaging, labeling, and off-site shipment. Oversees waste compounds, coordinates collections, verifies data, maintains statutory documentation, and drives safe, cost-effective continuous improvement while engaging clients, providers, and stakeholders.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Contracts Manager is responsible for the effective management, procurement, and delivery of waste management services on pharmaceutical client sites. The role ensures that all waste collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal activities are conducted safely, compliantly, and cost-effectively in accordance with applicable environmental legislation and company standards.
The Contracts Manager develops and maintains strong relationships with client, waste service providers, and key stakeholders to ensure service excellence and customer satisfaction. The role is responsible for monitoring contractor performance, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and maintaining the highest standards of environmental compliance, operational efficiency, and regulatory governance across the facility.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure all applicable statutory requirements and site governance Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are implemented, maintained, updated, and approved by Site EHS where required.
- Conduct regular audits of all Waste Management to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
- Verify the accuracy of all monthly waste data, returns, and reports, ensuring they are reviewed and audited before month-end submission
- Ensure all waste management documentation and reporting are completed in accordance with statutory obligations and site SOP requirements.
- Produce and maintain all site and statutory waste reports accurately and on time, ensuring documentation is readily available for client, and regulatory inspections.
- Carry out continuous assessments of waste management activities, including performance, compliance, and cost-effectiveness evaluations.
- Manage the operation, organisation, and functionality of the Waste Compound for both hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams.
- Plan, coordinate, and oversee the collection of all waste streams from satellite waste locations across the site, ensuring transfer to the waste management compound for segregation and packaging.
- Manage and ensure the correct segregation, packaging, labelling, and storage of all hazardous waste within designated chemical waste storage areas.
- Manage and ensure the correct segregation, packaging, labelling, and storage of non-hazardous waste within approved storage areas of the Waste Compound.
- Coordinate and organise the off-site shipment of hazardous, biohazardous, and non-hazardous waste streams.
- Prepare all waste consignments for transportation, ensuring compliance with applicable waste and transport regulations.
- Adhere to all site procedures, risk assessments, and safety instructions to maintain a safe working environment for employees, contractors, and visitors.
- Promote continuous improvement in waste management operations, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and best practice standards are always maintained.
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- DGSA Certified (Preferred)
- Hazardous waste reporting experience.
- Experience working within Life Sciences and/or pharmaceutical environments.
- Strong IT skills, with a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proven stakeholder management and engagement experience, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across all levels of the organisation.
- Decisive, proactive, and solutions focused.
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Comfortable working in a fast paced, outdoor industrial environment.
- Commitment to sustainability and responsible resource management.
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Why Work for Enva?
Enva is committed to providing more than just jobs, we want to grow our business by offering career paths that match the aspirations of the talent that is increasingly aware of the need to protect the planet we all share. For the right candidates, the possibilities are truly endless and we will offer all the support, training and benefits you need to help you realise your true potential.
Examples of Company Benefits:
Examples of Company Benefits:
- A competitive salary in a growing company committed to our people.
- A competitive holiday allowance.
- Company pension scheme. (if applicable)
- Enhanced family friendly policies.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Life Insurance.
- Bike2Work scheme.
- Free on-site parking.
The successful candidate will be required to complete a pre employment medical assessment, including drug and alcohol testing as part of the recruitment process.
About
Enva is a leading provider of recycling and resource recovery solutions, with locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland. We operate across 4 core waste streams: Hazardous Materials, Non-Hazardous Materials, Hydrocarbons and General Waste Recycling.With sustainability at the forefront of our proposition, we recover a broad range of waste materials for re-use in manufacturing and energy conversion. At Enva, we are committed to recycling and resource recovery; it forms the basis of our business strategy and our values. We support the life cycle of waste products to provide either a second life, such as the production of energy or, in many cases, closed-loop recycling solutions. Our dedication to developing new and innovative products and solutions and extending the life cycle of the world’s resources is driving our business forward.
Skills Required
- DGSA certification
- Experience with hazardous waste reporting
- Experience working within life sciences and/or pharmaceutical environments
- Strong IT skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Stakeholder management and engagement experience
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across all organizational levels
- Decisive, proactive, and solutions-focused approach
- Ability to influence at all levels
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, outdoor industrial environment
- Commitment to sustainability and responsible resource management
- Successful completion of a pre-employment medical assessment, including drug and alcohol testing
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The Company
What We Do
Enva is a leading provider of recycling and resource recovery solutions operating across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company specializes in managing hazardous and non-hazardous waste, transforming complex materials into valuable, sustainable products for reuse in manufacturing and energy conversion. With a commitment to sustainability and the circular economy, Enva provides a comprehensive portfolio of industrial, water, and wastewater services, helping customers tackle environmental challenges while preserving finite natural resources.
