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Operations Manager
Salary: £44,000 per annum plus performance bonus, car allowance & pension
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Location: Newhaven
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.
We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What we can offer you;
25 days of annual leave
Choice of company car or car cash allowance
Eligible for performance bonus
Access to our company pension scheme
One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
Ongoing training and development opportunities, allow you to reach your full potential
What you’ll be doing;
Deliver strong operational and financial performance whilst maintaining high levels of customer service and team mental and physical wellbeing.
Responsible for day-to-day management of operatives, staff and site based support to ensure site capability/capacity is maximised.
Delivery of a first time collection culture.
Managing people & assets to deliver / exceed service expectations.
Managing operations against Veolia Minimum Requirements.
Be the nominated Transport Manager with overall responsibility for Fleet management and compliance.
Drive efficiencies within the job role to maximise profit.
Utilise data to improve operational performance.
What we’re looking for;
Transport CPC
Level 3 Leadership & Management or equivalent work experience
Previous experience within the waste industry
Previous fleet management experience
What’s next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.
We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Skills Required
- Transport CPC
- Level 3 Leadership & Management or equivalent work experience
- Previous experience within the waste industry
- Previous fleet management experience
What We Do
Veolia UK provides solutions for ecological transformation. We are a company of almost 14,000 employees, although we prefer to think of ourselves as “resourcers”. Every day across the country our “resourcers” design and deploy useful and concrete solutions, which help our customers fight against climate change, prevent pollution of our water and create a circular economy where nothing goes to waste. Every year, we serve around 1.8 million people through our municipal wastewater contracts. We complete over 400 million waste collections across our Local Authority contracts, serving over 3 million residential properties; and we treat over 1.5 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste from our 85,000 private customers. We also produce over 560 MWe of renewable and low carbon electricity, to power over 1.3 million homes. Veolia UK is an exciting and innovative place to work, but don't just take our word for it - we were named as one of the top 10 'Very Big Organisations' to work for in The Sunday Times' Best Places to Work 2024. We're resourcing the world through our purpose of ecological transformation, and we're doing this by working together to constantly progress. We are reinventing the way things work to reduce our environmental impact and increase efficiency, whether in the reuse of wastewater or the recovery of waste, such as plastics. At the same time, we anticipate the needs of tomorrow with innovative solutions that will decarbonise our energy and heating demands. We do this through the development of microgrids and energy management through our Hubgrade solution, which optimises the management of resources using digital and artificial intelligence. We are driven by optimism and passion, not to see the world as it is, but how it should be; and we are tenacious in our efforts to achieve our goals. These aren't just empty words
