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Waste Officer

Employer
Jarvis Johnson
Location
Derbyshire
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
7 Mar 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Environmental, Health & Safety, Hygiene
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Our Client, a leading international manufacturer of chilled convenience foods for the major retailers, is looking for a Waste Officer, based at their site in Derbyshire. Reporting to the Head of Sustainability you will deploy waste management practices according to the waste hierarchy across the business to deliver cost efficiencies, support bio recovery and food redistribution and ensure legal compliance.

Key Accountabilities for the Waste Officer are:

  • Identifying waste management improvement opportunities and working with manufacturing unit teams to deliver targets
  • Reviewing internal and external best practice, recommending improved solutions to drive waste reduction initiatives
  • Reviewing and piloting bio-recovery opportunities for unavoidable waste streams to minimise environmental impact
  • Collating, analysing and modelling waste data to provide insight which will aid the prioritisation of action and investment in critical waste projects
  • Assisting in the management of approved waste service providers

Essential skills and experience for the Waste Officer include:

  • National/professional qualification in Environment / Waste Management (or degree calibre with relevant work experience)
  • Up to date knowledge of waste/environmental legislation
  • A working understanding of the Food Manufacturing Industry
  • Demonstrable experience of building support and embedding improved waste management practices
  • Strong analysis skills
  • Expertise in creating and managing trend/KPI reports

The Company:

  • Established over 15 years ago, a leading international manufacturer of convenience foods supplying a wide range of chilled, frozen and ambient foods across the group
  • Group-wide customers include major retailers and food service businesses in the UK and US
  • Passionate about food with people at the core of their business
  • Committed to driving continuous improvement and cost efficiency

If you are passionate about Waste / Environmental Management and are looking for a challenging and interesting role, then this Waste Officer role could be the job for you.  The role attracts a competitive salary and is based at our client’s Derbyshire site.

If you are interested in applying for this role please email AS SOON AS POSSIBLE quoting reference number JJ-P4324 with an updated CV, an indication of your current salary and your availability.

 

Company

Jarvis Johnson is a Specialist Recruitment and Interim Management Agency, set up by Technical Managers and “Placing Technical First” for the Food Manufacturing Industry.

We have a total database of over 6,500 candidates within our specialist areas of Technical, Quality and NPD, built up over the last 20 years.  

We identify candidates with specialist experience, seeking referrals from influential candidates within the market, combined with advertising on Food Industry specific and generalist job boards as well as searching external databases and our very wide LinkedIn Network.

We truly believe in building strong relationships with both our candidates and clients and we go the extra mile to find candidates who really fit in terms of experience, skills and personality/ culture fit.

If you’re an Interim Manager who wants to be notified on upcoming assignments or you are looking for a new permanent role and want to be kept updated on new vacancies then please email an updated CV together with location and remuneration details to enquiries@jarvisjohnson.co.uk 

If you are representing a Food Company and want to find out more about our Recruitment / Interim Management  services then please email enquiries@jarvisjohnson.co.uk  for a copy of our Terms of Business or call 01302 366967 to speak to our ex-Technical Manager Managing Director, Lisa Johnson

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01302 366967
Location
70-72 Nottingham Road
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 1BN
United Kingdom

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