Location: Middlesbrough Depot
Monday - Friday (40hrs per week)
Shift: 08:00 - 16:30
Salary upto £35,000
A quick look at the role.
The Senior Traffic Dispatcher is responsible for managing the day to day organisation of operations in the depot through the allocation and basic routing of vehicles. You will ensure best in class service delivery to customers, ensuring health & safety standards are maintained, and ensuring environmental and O licence compliance.
Your core responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day staff operations to ensure top-tier service delivery.
- Optimize routes and disposal outlets for maximum vehicle and facility efficiency.
- Ensure driver availability and coverage in line with legal and company guidelines.
- Handle administrative duties, including inputting pay, bonuses, and disposal data.
- Oversee vehicle management, ensuring safe operations and compliance with weight regulations.
- Monitor daily vehicle availability and ensure drivers complete pre-shift checks.
- Support cost control by identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce expenses.
- Complete all dispatch office admin tasks, including timesheets, tachograph records, and payroll.
- Work with the Depot Manager to ensure mandatory training and inductions are completed.
Our essential requirements
- Experience of a position of similar responsibility in Services or Logistics industry.
- Experience of managing in a labour intensive, multi-shift environment is ideal.
- Local geographical knowledge.
- Experience of first line operational management
Biffa - Changing the way people think about waste.
At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.
Dedicated to diversity.
Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.
Benefits
- Salary sacrifice car scheme (Ecodrive)
- Dental cover (Denplan)
- Health cash plan (Medicash)
- Costco & Company Shop memberships
- Cycle2Work scheme
- Charity Giving (via payroll)
- Fuel card scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Discounted gym memberships
- Biffa Perks – discounts and vouchers via Reward Gateway
Skills Required
- Experience in a position with similar responsibility in the services or logistics industry
- Experience managing a labour-intensive, multi-shift environment
- Local geographical knowledge
- Experience in first-line operational management
What We Do
Founded in 1912, Biffa is a leading UK-based integrated waste management company providing collection, treatment, recycling, and energy generation services. Serving commercial, industrial, and public sector clients, Biffa promotes sustainable waste management solutions and a circular economy. The company employs over 10,000 people and is committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 through investment in green infrastructure and innovative waste-to-energy technologies.
