Envar
Feb 05, 2026
Full time
Job Title: Operations Manager Location: Highview Farm, Newyears green lane, Harefield, Middlesex, UB9 6LX Salary: Competitive Job Type: Permanent, Full time Hours: 50 hours per week, Monday to Friday About Us: Envar is a producer and supplier of high quality soil improver, woodland garden mulch, wood chip and biomass. We operate green waste composting sites across England with sites in Surrey, Northamptonshire, West London, Essex, Kent and Suffolk as well as our flagship site in Cambridgeshire where we also process food waste. In addition to composting Envar also recycle coffee grounds. About the role: Envar are looking for an Operations Manager to manage day to day site operations of the West London Composting Facility including the transfer station and commercial units. Responsibilities: Uphold Health and Safety and Environmental compliance across the site and third party suppliers. Arranging site operations to ensure that optimum throughput is achieved at the desired level Ensuring that KPIs are reported, delivered and targets met Ensuring that there is sufficient labour resource to satisfy input and output requirements Ability to ensure that sufficient space is available to receive incoming waste according to predictions Ensure that plant and machinery is fit for purpose, serviced and compliant with all legislation. Produce CAPEX plans to ensure that plant and machinery is replaced in a timely manner. Review reports to determine profitability and areas of improvement Maintain a positive outlook and attitude about the organisation and its goals, this will directly translate to how the staff takes on challenges and processes changes Aid in marketing and public relations for the company Reporting of key financial indicators on a timely manner when requested Create a competent team on site. About you: Essentials: Withold experience of managing a team and have sound understanding of the machinery which it operates Excellent written and verbal communication skills in order to work with, provide advice to, train, and promote excellence operational efficiencies. The ability to organise and prioritise workload A flexible approach to working hours, ability to travel to other sites within the Envar Group (infrequent) Knowledge of machinery operations Knowledge of business process and functions (finance, HR, procurement, operations etc.) Strong ability to assess time it takes to perform a task IOSH COTC for all relevant activities on site under direct responsibility Develop a positive health and safety culture Provide guidance and advice to management Desirable: Working towards IOSH Working towards COTC for all relevant activities on site under direct responsibility Benefits: Life Insurance with access to GP24 Commitment to wellbeing through Employee Assistance Programme Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme for eligible employees Cycle to work scheme Company Events GymFlex salary sacrifice Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV for this role. Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa's at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK. Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Operations Manager, Production Manager, General Manager, Logistics Operations Manager, Operations Lead may also be considered for this role.