EMR Metal Recycling
Assistant Area Operational Manager
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What we offer:
Everything must recycle. It’s what we stand for. Together we turn today’s materials into tomorrow’s possibilities. Today’s old into tomorrow’s new. Used to useful. Waste into something worthwhile. You could be at the centre of change that will be felt for generations to come, keeping valuable resources in circulation and helping to make circular materials the standard for global industry. Work this important deserves proper pay and proper benefits.
- Competitive pay rates and a bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus option to buy or sell
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Employee support - including life assurance and critical illness pay
- Wellbeing scheme - giving colleagues and dependents unlimited access to GPs and counselling, and cash back on health and wellbeing
- 24/7 anonymous health and wellbeing advice
- Financial support - including affordable loans, savings plans, advanced earned pay and education
- Money off shopping, utilities, entertainment and more
- Cycle 2 work scheme
- Get stuck in but never get stuck – ongoing training and development plans tailored to how you want to progress
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About Our Opportunity
We're looking for a commercially minded and operationally focused Regional Non-Ferrous Operations Manager to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience in the recycling, metals or heavy industrial sector who enjoys building relationships, improving performance and making a real impact across multiple sites. Working closely with the Non-Ferrous Area Manager, you'll support the commercial and operational success of our regional Non-Ferrous depots. From purchasing and production through to quality, compliance and customer service, you'll play a key role in driving consistency, improving efficiency and supporting profitable growth. If you're passionate about continuous improvement, thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of a business that values safety, teamwork and innovation, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
As part of our regional non-ferrous team, you'll:
- Support the commercial performance of our depots by monitoring purchasing activity, margins, operational costs and market trends.
- Work closely with depot teams to ensure materials are purchased, graded, and processed to the highest standards while meeting customer specifications.
- Help coordinate regional stock management, forward sales, and export activity to maximise value and improve stock turnover.
- Analyse operational and commercial data, producing reports that identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
- Support the efficient operation of processing plants, ensuring equipment is utilised effectively and production targets are achieved.
- Promote a strong culture of health, safety, environmental compliance, and operational excellence across all sites.
- Assist with monthly and quarterly stocktakes, quality control processes and operational audits.
- Build strong relationships with Depot General Managers, commercial teams, logistics, customers, and other key stakeholders.
- Support the development of non-ferrous knowledge across the region by coaching colleagues, sharing best practice and identifying training opportunities.
- Contribute to regional business reviews, commercial planning and continuous improvement initiatives that support the long-term success of the business.
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About You
We're looking for someone who is commercially aware, operationally driven, and passionate about delivering results. You'll ideally have:
- Experience within the metal recycling, waste, manufacturing, or another heavy industrial environment.
- A good understanding of non-ferrous metals or transferable experience within a similar operational or commercial role.
- Knowledge of mobile plant and fixed processing equipment.
- Commercial awareness with an understanding of purchasing, margins, and export markets.
- The ability to analyse operational and financial data to support decision-making.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with the confidence to influence colleagues at all levels.
- Strong organisational, planning, and problem-solving abilities.
- A proactive and self-motivated approach with a keen eye for detail.
- A commitment to delivering outstanding customer service and maintaining the highest standards of safety and compliance.
- Flexibility to travel regularly between sites and support operational requirements across the region.
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Who we are:
The products we’ll all need tomorrow depend on us making the most of today’s end-of-life metals, plastics and other materials. Take a car at the end of its life - most people just see a…car at the end of its life. We see steel, aluminium, copper, plastics, rubber, glass, parts, fluids, costs, risks, markets and – most importantly - possibilities. Now, multiply that by thousands of cars – we recover, reuse and recycle all those valuable materials and put them back to work as low-carbon materials for manufacturing, infrastructure, energy and transport. And that’s just one thing we recycle. Add buildings, factories, ships, railways and industrial equipment. That’s all our hard work – the gritty, practical, commercial, difficult work our 4,000 global colleagues do every day. Anything from a can to an aircraft carrier can become anything from a bicycle to a building and, at the same time, we help to avoid 19 million tonnes of carbon and 10 million tonnes of waste to landfill, protecting nature, resources and the next generation’s future. Which is all well and good for us to say, but this is what the real people behind the really hard work think: “The people who work here are from varied backgrounds and have a variety of beliefs, all of which are accepted and respected.” “I’m encouraged to keep a healthy work-life balance so that I can be performing at my best.” “I’ve been supported every step of the way in my career progression.” ‘‘EMR offers a fantastic and inclusive environment; collaboration across the whole business, humility and hard work.” Four years as a certified Great Place To Work is no small feat. Oh, and don’t forget one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Manufacturing, Production and Transportation. That’s pretty good too. But we can do better. We’re aiming for a place in the top 60 companies in the UK – not for the accolade but for the improvement. A journey you should probably join us for. If you want to be part of something bigger than yourself, have a role that really makes a difference and work with likeminded people towards the same purpose, this is the role for you.
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