Senior Site Supervisor

SUMMARY:
We’re looking for a hands-on leader to bridge management and on-site teams. You’ll oversee daily operations, allocate resources, monitor staff performance, and ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards. By driving teamwork and continuous improvement, you’ll help deliver efficient workflows and sustainable service excellence.

POSITION INFO:
JOB SUMMARY

Serve as the key link between management and on-site staff, translating strategic objectives into clear operational tasks. Take responsibility for developing structured work plans, allocating resources effectively, and monitoring staff performance to ensure productivity and compliance with safety and environmental standards. By fostering teamwork and accountability, you will drive efficient workflows, resolve operational challenges, and champion continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen service delivery and advance sustainability goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Staff supervision

• Advise Senior Contract Manager on staffing needs and replacements
• Set out daily tasks for staff
• Recommend shifts and revise schedules if needed
• Conduct weekly meetings with staff to get weekly feedback

• Responsible for maintaining good housekeeping standards inside and outside the waste area
• Report all incidents, spills, and near misses
• Ensure that spills are cleaned up
• Ensure that the staff wear the correct PPE

• Daily attendance register report
• Daily shift report
• Provide a report on all baled material within the different waste streams daily
• Monthly production (bale count) report
• Monthly production report for Sorters

• Ensure that all staff work as productively as possible
• Book daily collections on the collections app
• Implement and supervise the workflow, reporting procedures, and systems
• Identify cost reductions to increase productivity
• Coordinating and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures
• Ensure a safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources
• Ensure that no load is loaded without the PO number provided by the Senior Contract Manager
• Monitor and supervise all processes regarding the collection or delivery of material, such as the number of bales and the value of the load
• Monitor the average weight of all baled material
• Monitor the weights of the cages collected from sites daily
• Report any challenges with collections to the Senior Contract Manager
• Oversight over ZTL Supervisor and functions performed by the team member
• Support in completing food tenant monthly report
• Work with ZTL Supervisor on improving diversion target, food waste segregation
• Ensure daily inspection on vehicles are completed
• Daily vehicle utilisation is monitored and deviations rectified
• Ensure collection point schedule is adhered to
• Ensure waste room cleaning schedule is adhered to

• Report breakdowns to the Senior Contract Manager
• Follow up on repairs to be done on the equipment
• Ensure that everyone halts using the baler if a technical issue arises
• No tools or foreign objects must be placed close to the conveyer
• Ensure that the shift does not start baling until the baler and conveyor are cleaned according to the checklist

• Minimum matric / grade 12
• A minimum of 1-year supervisory experience is required
• Valid driving license
• Excellent knowledge of different waste material streams