Supervisor
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 August 2025 |
| Location: | Barnstaple, Devon, ex31 1rh |
| Company: | Acorn Recruitment |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | a1WNz0000030yVWMAY_1752579445 |
Summary
Role: Supervisor
Location: Barnstaple
Contract: Temporary ongoing for a minimum of 6 weeks
Pay rate: £14.40
Acorn by Synergie are recruiting a Supervisor based in Barnstaple to join team who deliver the overall managerial support and leadership across operational service delivery.
The successful candidate will have day to day responsibility for the organisation of staff/ plant and equipment and the deployment of the resources to provide customer focused service delivery.
Job Duties:
- To provide a supporting role to the Operations Manager in the function of customer focused front-line service delivery.
- To supervise, maintain communication with and monitor the workforce in order to maximise the performance of the service.
- To issue vehicles to crews and ensure that paperwork in compliance with the vehicle operating licence such as defect reports and log books are completed.
- Responsible to carry out inspections of site operations to ensure compliance of operations to safe working practices, to minimise relevant hazards.
- To issue daily work packs to crews ensuring that all information in the pack is up to date and correct
- To work with the Supervisor Support officer to identify and resolve root cause complaints relating to service delivery.
- To provide detailed local knowledge on operational problems using this knowledge in the correct deployment of vehicles and staff resource.
- To continuously monitor and identify staffing deficiencies, reacting immediately to select and deploy agency / cover staff as required
- Full range of supervisory duties in respect of post supervised e.g. Recruitment, shortlisting, interviews, appointments
Person Specification:
- Excellent supervisory and interpersonal skills including excellent verbal communication skills.
- Good general/technical level of education, including team leader training and/or experience of managing a large team across a range of functions.
- Excellent understanding of the requirements of a multi-functional direct labour unit, including service standards and personnel and equipment requirements.
- Experience of managing and leading
- Experience of solving logistical problems.
- Computer literacy, competent use of MS Office programs and bespoke software packages
- Good geographical knowledge of local area.
- Driving licence for van
- Working knowledge of waste/recycling collection vehicles and equipment.
Please apply online today, or call the team on 01271 343222 for more information!
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