Role Definition
Closed Site Manager
Company Background
FCC Environment (FCC Environment is the trading name for FCC Environment
(UK) Limited and FCC Environment Services (UK) Limited) is a leading UK waste
and resource management company, which is part of a global group with a
strong heritage in providing services for communities and businesses. Our vision
is to be the environmental company of choice, delivering change for a
sustainable future.
FCC Environment’s core business centers on collection, resource recovery and
renewable energy providing services for local authorities and commercial
customers. To make our skills and expertise easily accessible to our customers,
our business is grouped into five core services:

Municipal services – household waste collection, street cleansing, parks
and gardens maintenance.
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Business waste solutions –waste collection and recycling services for
small and large companies.
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Recycling – material recycling facilities, household waste recycling
centers.
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Green energy –recovery of energy from waste.

Waste Processing –industrial waste treatment, hazardous wastes and
landfill disposal.
We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ
around 2,500 employees. We recycle 1.2 million tonnes of waste each year.
FCC Environment is part of the FCC Group which is a leading international
infrastructure, environmental services and green energy company present in
more than 50 countries with 90,000 employees.
Role Purpose
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To ensure that landfill sites in the Northwest & Cumbria region are closed
down in accordance with permitting, planning and environmental best
practice. Liaison with operational site management to ensure smooth
handover to closed site department leading up to site closure
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To ensure that closed landfill sites in the region are operated in an efficient
and safe manner with proper regard to environmental compliance,
customer service levels and the needs of the local community.
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To ensure the site manages and organises the efficient and safe handling
of soil and other restoration material imports, with the adoption of best
practice principles and the control of operational costs within/below
budget.
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To ensure that closed sites are fully decommissioned and restored in
accordance with planning and permitting requirements.
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Explore and develop opportunities to optimise closed landfill sites to
greatest commercial benefit.
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Enable landfill gas and leachate to be extracted efficiently to maximise
environmental compliance. This role includes overall responsibility for the
safe and efficient running of Leachate Treatment Plants (LTP) on various
closed sites, working closely with the LTP Manager.

Ensure safe and efficient operation of other activities on sites, such as
wind
turbines and landfill gas microturbine electricity generation, in
liaison with 3rd party contractors. Optimise profitability and carbon
reduction where possible.
Key Responsibilities

To implement the Group’s Health and Safety Policy, SHE Manual and
statutory regulations on-Site.
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Monitor and control landfill restoration operations to ensure the
achievement of budgeted revenue, operating profit and cash targets.
Manage Purchasing.
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To manage and control all capital and provisions expenditure on the site in
order to deliver the required budget, including raising CAPEX as required.
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Work with Estates, Development, Restoration and SMS teams to
maximize revenue opportunities.
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To carry out regular inspections of the security and management systems
of sites and take remedial action where necessary.
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To agree and monitor cell capping completion in conjunction with the
Regional Engineer.
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To agree the process and placement of soil and other restoration material
with the Regional Engineer and restoration team, and ensure correct
profile.
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To manage the Engineering and Restoration teams in the completion of
the Site by reviewing tender documents, attending pre-contract meetings
and controlling contractors on-site.
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Chair Virtual team (VT) meetings raising actions through minutes and
ensuring they are closed out.
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To liaise with the environment team so as to deliver a fully functional and
CQA approved leachate extraction system in accordance with the site
permit as cost effectively as possible.
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To ensure the environment team deliver all the monitoring requirements in
accordance with the site permit as cost effectively as possible.
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Liaise with Infinis on all landfill gas issues raising NCRs and escalations
as required.
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To ensure provision and maintenance of all necessary internal roads.
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Work with the regional surveyor to maintain as-built drawings on-site of all
developments, design criteria/performance criteria/CQA documents for
current cell and previous cell.
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To ensure that activities and maintenance are carried out within budgeted
levels of expenditure whilst achieving minimum downtime of plant
vehicles.
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To control the repair and maintenance procedures of equipment on-site
including the sourcing of spares, maintenance programming and
expenditure consistent with cost effective and efficient operations.
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To carry out operational cost reporting.
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To participate in the preparation of forecasts and budgets
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To ensure the accuracy of inputted information from the Weighbridge for
invoicing purposes.
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To manage closed site supervisors, weighbridge operatives, plant
operatives and 3rd party staff to ensure the safe achievement of Site
objectives.
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To provide training to ensure that staff possess the necessary range of
skills to produce the required results.
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To ensure that staff are well and regularly briefed about the Company’s
objectives.
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To ensure that disciplinary matters are dealt with firmly and fairly and that
grievances are resolved as close as possible to their point of origin.
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To discuss with employees matters affecting efficiency and productivity as
and when required.
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To be fully aware of planning consents and environmental permits relating
to the Sites and ensure they are not breached.
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Attend closed site monthly operations meeting as required.
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To ensure that the Sites are operated in compliance with all relevant
Company and statutory environmental requirements, e.g. abstraction
licences, discharge consents, duty of care for disposal of waste, etc.
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To maintain day-to-day contact with the Environment Agency and other
regulators, undertaking regular liaison meetings on matters such as site
permits, waste types and compliance issues. Sign off Notifications as
required.
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To recommend any necessary modifications to the Site permit and site
management system (SMS). Maintain Site Filing system and close out
audit non-conformances (NCRs) in line with Company procedures.

To protect the reputation of the Company in the community in which it
operates by adopting demanding standards of tidiness and care.
Communicate the company's philosophy and examples of it in action
locally to community representative bodies and actively participate in
public liaison meetings.
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To liaise with customers to ensure their needs are met on site. This
includes building strong working relationships with local councils on ‘cost
pass through’ closed sites.
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Any other requirements of the Group Closed Site Manager.
Qualifications and Experience (preferred)
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Educated to a sufficient standard; ideally a graduate in business or
environmental disciplines or equivalent experience.
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Relevant CoTC, or ability to obtain this within 12 months.
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Strong reputation for consistent delivery of projects on time and to budget
within a demanding environment.
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Successful in managing a similar sized team whilst also demonstrating an
ability to deliver value through influence at a local level.
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Operational management within a sector where compliance with
regulatory controls is an important factor.
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Well developed management skills and a track record of delivering to
targets.
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Accustomed to preparing and working to budgets.
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Proven ability as a line manager; able to recruit, develop, motivate and
control operations and technical staff working in a processing, extractive
industry or utility environment.
Personal Qualities
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First class communication skills, written and oral. Confident spokesperson,
credible as a representative of the company with external contacts, such
as Environment Agency, other regulatory bodies and community groups.
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Commercially astute and results orientated.
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Decisive and comfortable with responsibility, but recognises the value and
contribution of regional and central specialists.

Numerate and IT literate, with the ability to use management information
effectively.
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Adept at leading a team, with the drive and enthusiasm to inspire
operations personnel to achieve leading-edge standards.

Embraces change, committed to finding better ways of doing things.

Intellect, business skills and ambition to progress beyond the initial job in
time.
Other Information
Location – TBC. Covering NW & Cumbria closed sites – Rigby, Deerplay,
Kirkless, Amberswood, Ince Moss, Standish, Wardle, Witton, Kendal Fell,
Ormsgill, Rossett & Ruabon (further sites are closing during 2014).
Direct Reports – closed site supervisor, LTP Manager (plus weighbridge and
plant operatives as other sites close).
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