Supervisor
| Posting date: | 15 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £36,189 to £39,390 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 February 2026 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, Essex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Chelmsford City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
If you have experience working within a waste collection environment and would like to make a positive contribution to the collection of both waste and recycling in the Borough, this could be the job for you.
We are looking for a supervisor to join our operations team based at Freighter House, Boreham.
Working within a small team of supervisors the successful applicant will be accountable for the day to day organisation and control of resources to ensure that staff and vehicles are efficiently and effectively deployed to deliver both the statutory and operational duties of the service.
The post holder will plan and organise the work of the collection teams, including staff appraisals, identification of training and development needs, sickness management, ensuring adherence to safe working practices, and evaluating the effectiveness of work undertaken and devising appropriate work and improvement plans.
Commitment to providing quality customer care and holding a HGV/LGV Category C licence and a Driver CPC Card are essential to the role.
The successful applicant will be required to work 37 hours per week over 5 days Monday – Friday.
Please note should sufficient applications be received prior to the closing date, we may close the role for applications early.
Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment checks which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.
We are looking for a supervisor to join our operations team based at Freighter House, Boreham.
Working within a small team of supervisors the successful applicant will be accountable for the day to day organisation and control of resources to ensure that staff and vehicles are efficiently and effectively deployed to deliver both the statutory and operational duties of the service.
The post holder will plan and organise the work of the collection teams, including staff appraisals, identification of training and development needs, sickness management, ensuring adherence to safe working practices, and evaluating the effectiveness of work undertaken and devising appropriate work and improvement plans.
Commitment to providing quality customer care and holding a HGV/LGV Category C licence and a Driver CPC Card are essential to the role.
The successful applicant will be required to work 37 hours per week over 5 days Monday – Friday.
Please note should sufficient applications be received prior to the closing date, we may close the role for applications early.
Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment checks which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.
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