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Sludge Logistics Optimiser
Sludge Logistics Optimiser – Join Yorkshire Water
About the Role
We’re thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity to join Yorkshire Water as a Sludge Logistics Optimiser! Below are the fantastic reasons to become part of our team and the key details for this role.
Salary & Benefits
- Base Salary: £42,881 – £50,710 per year (dependent on experience)
- Company Car or Cash Allowance: £3,000/year (subject to company criteria)
- Annual Bonus: £1,000 opportunity (performance-based)
- Pension Scheme: Up to 12% company contribution
- Development Opportunities: Progression plan aligned with your growth
- Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays, plus two extra wellness days
- Life Assurance: Cover of 4x your pensionable salary
- Benefits Package: Choose from:
- Health cash plan
- Critical illness insurance
- Dental insurance plan
- Life assurance flex & partner cover
- Retail savings scheme
- Online GP service
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Gym membership discounts
- And many more!
Location & Work Arrangement
The successful candidate will work in a flexible hybrid role, spending 2 days on-site at Knostrop WWTW in Leeds, while the remainder of the week is office-based or remote. This role operates 37 hours per week, Monday–Friday.
What We Do
As Yorkshire Water, we ensure over 5.4 million residents and visitors rely on clean drinking water and efficient wastewater services. Our role extends beyond infrastructure to:
- Protecting the environment
- Supporting local communities
- Delivering sustainable solutions across 24/7, 365 days a year
New regulations and investor backing position the water sector as an incredible field of opportunity. Bioresources plays a pivotal role in meeting customer and regulatory expectations by optimising our sludge logistics—effectively managing waste for resource recovery and cost efficiency.
The Role of the Sludge Logistics Optimiser
You will join a multi-skilled team dedicated to:
- Continuously improving sludge logistics solutions
- Delivering commercial, legal, and operational value for Yorkshire Water
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Key Responsibilities
- Integrate logistics spend into a commercially-driven solution across the company.
- Ensure Waste Carriers Licence compliance aligns with EA and company regulations for audits and site spot checks.
- Develop root-cause analysis skills to address performance issues, driving cost savings and improving KPIs across contracts.
- Lead cost-effective solutions, influencing stakeholders and SLudge Operations Manager (SOM) or Bioresources department decision-making.
- Serve as the primary liaison between Yorkshire Water, onsite contractors, and third-party haulers for sludge demand coordination (across 650+ sites).
- Contribute to tactical and strategic forecasts to align business plans with sludge management strategy.
- Flex across technical disciplines including operations, finance, legal compliance, commercial planning, and project delivery.
- Oversee income-water-volume demand-reporting-recording systems to fulfill:
- Energy production targets
- Regulatory compliance
- Audit compliance areas such as:
- Waste law
- Health & Safety
- Duty of Care obligations
- Ensure financial & commercial awareness is embedded in business decisions, working with the SOM to implement cost-savings insights.
- Culture Manager: Drive operational excellence and cultural change through improvement projects and stakeholder management.
- External Liaison: Engage positively with public inquiries and escalations, ensuring customer satisfaction (C-MEX).
Detailed IT Systems: You will USE SAP, SCADA, JRP, Fleet Telematics, and Tacho systems – all critical for operational tools at your disposal.
Skills & Qualifications Required
Essentials
- Industry expertise in:
- Logistics or waste management
- Demand modeling and optimization
- Ideally, water or environmental industry knowledge
- Proven cost-savings record and operational performance.
- Strong problem-solving, data analysis, and performance optimization skills.
- Hands-on experience in:
- Third-party contractor management and service delivery.
- Long/short-term forecasting and medium-term planning.
- Financial acumen with total-cost-of-environment focus.
- Pressure-tested results-driven buyer and negotiator.
- Ability to analyze complex datasets and propose/implement solutions.
- Stakeholder influence: Convince and uplift agreement for changes across teams.
- Customer-facing communication, enhancing public interactions.
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Nice-to-Have (but not mandatory)
- Understanding of end-to-end wastewater processes.
- Experience implementing process improvements.
- Experience in third-party commercial negotiation (e.g., working within utilities).
- Audit processes alongside waste industry regulations (e.g., bias-free EA licenses).
Work-Life Intuitive Flex
While our operation spans 24/7, 365 days a year, we actively support:
- Work-life harmony
- Flexible working arrangements
- Job-sharing options (where applicable)
Balancing work and life responsibilities is a priority, and we want everyone to thrive in our process.
Applications & Next Steps
Calling experienced professionals in sludge logistics! This is your chance to help set Yorkshire’s water infrastructure’s success through resource sustainability.
Closing Date: 19th July
If you’re successful, you’ll need to undergo:
- A basic disclosure checklist.
- Possible security checks.
- A full medical assessment.
Registered Applicants: We’re Inclusive!
Yorkshire Water values diversity and accessibility.
To receive accommodations for your application (e.g., technology or communication aids), contact recruitment details or highlight in your application whichever adjustments would benefit your submission.
Don’t wait! Apply today and join our future at Yorkshire Water—where water is our creative solution to the changing world. 🌊
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