Site Manager (Metal Recycling)

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Site Manager (Metal Recycling)

Site Manager (Metal Recycling)

As Site Manager, you’ll oversee all aspects of the site’s daily operations—from managing staff and equipment to coordinating material movements and maintaining compliance. You’ll play a key role in driving performance and delivering excellent service to both internal and external customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage daily operations and site personnel
• Ensure efficient processing and movement of ferrous and non-ferrous metals
• Maintain high standards of material quality and compliance with off-taker specifications
• Oversee scrap purchasing, payments, and banking processes
• Manage site records, reporting systems, and operational data (including FRED)
• Ensure all plant and equipment are maintained and compliant
• Support site improvement projects and budget planning
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure HSEQ compliance
• Liaise with the Environment Agency and planning authorities
• Recruit, train, and motivate site staff to meet operational goal
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in site or operations management, ideally in metal recycling or heavy industry
• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills
• Commercial awareness and budget management experience
• Knowledge of HSEQ regulations and safe systems of work
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities
• Competence in operational systems and reporting tools
  
  

PLEASE NOTE: We require candidates to provide proof they have the right to work in the UK and are unable to proceed with applications for candidates who do not have the right to work in the UK.

What’s On Offer

• A competitive salary depending upon experience
• Pension Scheme
• Life assurance
• Health Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Training & development opportunities
• (Interim relocation accommodation will be considered for the right candidate with quarrying experience)
• Supportive team operating as part a family run business with free company social events
  
  

some flexibility with the hours for the right candidate!

About Collard Group

The Collard Group is one of the largest privately-owned waste management companies in the South of England and a leading demolition specialist nationwide.

Our 400-strong team operate from nine recycling facilities across five counties and contracts across the UK. With over 150 lorries our recycling operations cover Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey and we have the capacity to process over 1m tonnes of waste and recycled aggregates every year.

We have grown year-on-year into a multi-disciplined provider of demolition, remediation, earthworks, waste management, recycling, virgin and recycled aggregates and ready-mix concrete.

We continually invest for the future and typically spend over £5m each year on infrastructure, plant and equipment. We’re committed to training and developing and a great place to work for our people along with providing great products, services and solutions for our customers.

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