Job description

Site Foreman

Location: West Midlands
Salary: £32,240

An ambitious, forward-thinking waste management company striving to become the UK's leading provider in the sector are seeking a Site Foreman. Every member of the team contributes to achieving operational excellence and environmental responsibility.

Role Overview
The Site Foreman will oversee all yard operations, ensuring full compliance with Health & Safety standards, environmental permits, and company procedures. This role requires strong leadership, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to maintaining a safe, compliant, and efficient work environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise daily site operations, ensuring compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Permit requirements.
• Conduct regular site inspections and enforce high housekeeping standards.
• Manage and motivate a team of operators, ensuring all activities are carried out safely and efficiently.
• Oversee correct waste segregation, storage, and labelling in line with legislation and company procedures.
• Operate and supervise the use of forklifts and mobile plant equipment, ensuring safe and compliant handling.
• Monitor waste documentation, stock levels, and dispatch schedules to maintain operational flow.
• Support Chemists/Waste Checkers with waste batching, repackaging, and compatibility checks.
• Ensure outgoing waste loads are safely prepared and compliant with ADR transport regulations.
• Promote a proactive safety culture by identifying and reporting near misses and potential risks.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven supervisory experience within the hazardous waste or warehousing sector.
• Valid Counterbalance FLT licence and experience in high-risk environments.
• Strong knowledge of waste legislation, Health & Safety, and environmental compliance.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and leadership skills with a hands-on approach.

About us: Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all. Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability. Let's help build a better world, together.