Site Manager - Southampton

S. Norton & Company Limited

Location: Southampton

Hours: Core hours are 7.45 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday. However, flexibility is required, and occasional extended hours may be necessary to meet deadlines or support business needs.

Salary: Negotiable dependent upon experience

Key Duties/responsibilities

Summary of Duties:

The role involves the day-to-day management of the site, undertaking a range of duties, meeting all relevant targets pertaining to the sites core operations. The post holder will work collaboratively with other senior managers to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner ensuring the relevant business objectives are fulfilled on time and in full; this will involve working beyond normal contracted hours and being available, as required, to fulfil the needs of the role. The role supports the ‘line is responsible’ business model, ensuring the Site Team is empowered, accountable and motivated to achieve the best results.

Key Responsibilities

To assist the Company in its development of the site, its business and its people as follows:

• Be responsible for compliance with Quality, Environmental and Health and Safety standards in force at any given time; ensuring workers always follow safe working practices. Implement relevant Integrated Management System (IMS) processes and procedures
• Ensuring there are sufficient resources and competent workers available to fulfill short, medium and long term objectives, liaising with your Site Management Team, Line Manager and/or the Group Management Team (GMT,) as appropriate
• Ensure information pertaining to site operations is communicated effectively, overseeing the cascade of information at all levels, as required
• Management of the workforce, including their performance and competency, both directly and indirectly through your Team; using all available resources; including performance reviews, training needs identification and people development opportunities. Ensure a good working relationship with colleagues, senior management and directors
• Becoming familiar with all aspects of operating the site, its equipment and its people to enable efficient utilisation of resources; providing cover for increased workloads and/or absence as appropriate
• Management of the site maintenance team, liaising regularly with the relevant Group Maintenance lead to ensure all equipment and materials are kept in good repair; materials and supplies are ordered in a timely manner and the throughput of work is not interrupted
• Working within the budgets set by the Company at any given time, ensuring the site complies with Group procedures for purchasing and procurement
• Liaison with the relevant member(s) of the Commercial Team ; to ensure development of good working relationships with suppliers and customers (current and new). Support the Commercial Team to run material trials and adjust site operations to meet current/ future needs
• Management of the site weighbridge(s) and staff, ensuring compliance with any applicable legal and internal requirements
• Management of site logistics, including any site-based HGVs/ vehicles, export/ import operations (if relevant) and activities pertaining to dispatch of finished goods. Regularly liaising with the Company’s Transport Manager to ensure sufficient resources and capacity are always available to support current workloads and new or expanding business
• Ensure stock/ stock inventory is managed appropriately to meet the needs of the business and its customers (internal and external), utilising relevant systems in place at any given time
• Responsibility for the profitability of the site, agreeing and implementing cost saving measures, where possible. Where available, review site management accounts/ financial data at agreed intervals
• Liaising with external agencies/ partners to support export/ import activities; stevedores, draft surveyors, quality surveyors, inspectors and statutory bodies, as required
• Develop business cases/ justification for site related projects, working with the Projects & Engineering Team as required, during all project phases
• Ensure process modifications and significant changes are managed and documented, following the correct Group IMS procedures
• Achieve/ exceed production KPIs, ensuring that finished materials/ product meet the relevant specifications for onward sale/ treatment
• Where the facilities exist, responsible for the management of site laboratories, to meet operational/ business needs
• Attending and contributing to team meetings, producing and communicating progress reports in a clear and concise manner; preparing reports and plans for the Integrated Management System (IMS); utilising all Group administrative systems
• Liaising with your line manager to arrange cover for your own holidays
• To carry out any additional duties that may be reasonably requested from time to time
• To comply with Group policies and procedures as defined in the Group Employee Handbook and the post holder’s terms and particulars of employment
• Ensure you and your team uphold the Group values and behaviours, at all times, fostering a safe and healthy culture on site.
  
  

• Safe: Must put safety first and never walk past an unsafe act. Poses the ability to develop innovative and pragmatic solutions to operational challenges, whilst always ensuring the safety of themselves and S. Norton personnel is not compromised.
• Experience: Ideally from a Metals/ Plastics recycling background but not a pre-requisite. Experienced and accomplished Site Managers from the wider Waste and Recycling industry will be considered.
• Drive Results: The individual is achievement orientated and has proven experience in achieving results even under tough circumstances, with a proven track record in safely leading operational sites.
• Action Orientated: Taking on tasks, new opportunities, and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, enthusiasm and in a planned and safe manner.
• Be Resilient: Rebound from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.
• Collaborate: Build partnerships across the Group and work collaboratively with others to meet shared business goals.
• Mentor / Coach: Well developed people management skills and motivated to support the development and performance of others through empowerment and accountability, with a proven ability to lead the professional development of teams and direct reports.
• Persistence: Be energised by new, tough assignments and overcome obstacles to achieve stretching work objectives.
• Focus: Detect patterns and trends in performance and implement corrective actions when required to achieve desired outcomes.
• Balanced: Is able to balance time proportionately between simultaneously maintaining visibility of site operations and managing office-based activities.
• Composed: The ability to remain calm when managing abnormal or emergency situations.
  
  

• Excellent people skills with the ability to manage and develop others
• The ability to develop good working relationships with colleagues, customers and other business contacts
• Professional in all aspects of work including but not limited to relationships with customers and other professionals
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• The ability to work under pressure using your own initiative; managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines
• Clear effective communicator; in person, in writing and using video calling or telephone
  
  

• Proven track record of working in a comparable role
• Health & Safety qualification (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely)
• The ability to identify new business opportunities and capitalise on them
• Proactive and responsive to changing environments
• Analytical mindset, wherever possible, use data to make informed decisions
• The ability to deliver verbal and written reports to senior managers
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• IT literate with the ability to use a range of packages applicable to the role
• A commitment to upskill as required to meet the changing needs of the business
• Full, clean driving license
  
  

• A working understanding of environmental requirements and their application within the recycling industry, preferable metals and/ or plastics recycling
• Knowledge of plant and equipment pertaining to S. Nortons core operations
• Knowledge of key processes pertaining to logistics, export/ import of material and product
• WAMITAB certification in a range of relevant modular elements
• Evidence of further education (degree) in a relatable subject or other equivalent time served qualification/ experience
• Evidence of higher-level Health & Safety qualification (e.g. ISOH or NEBOSH)
  
  

• Negotiable dependent on experience
• Company Car
• Private Medical
• Company Pension Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit