Remote Contracts & Materials Coordinator

SALARY: £35,000 - £40,000 D.O.E

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday

LOCATION: Albert road/Avonmouth, Hybrid working

Contracts & Materials Coordinator

About Bristol Waste Company:

What we do is important – we’re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe.

We do this for our city’s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol’s sustainability targets in partnership with the council.

Bristol Waste’s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing.

Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year.

We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.

Purpose of the role:

To assist with the delivery of the waste operations and treatment services through the management, supervision and administration of various contracts. To assist with key data management and data reporting, budget monitoring and forecasting, along with management of the weighbridge systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting Material Sales Manager in all aspects of material offtake contract management arranging for the safe and cost-effective transfer and treatment of wastes
• Assisting with contractor monitoring and management, processing of contract and other payments, recording and manipulation of data.
• Continuous updates and records maintained across all site weighbridges on internal system (Weightron)
• Assist in the management and control of the weighbridge system, including monitoring of waste flows, data interrogation and manipulation, reporting, database administration, financial reconciliation, customer and user management.
• Assist with key data management to include the collation and interrogation of data from internal and external sources, forecasting, data manipulation and presentation of data.
• Assist in the preparation and production of waste contract documents and specifications, selection of tenderers, tender invitation and evaluation.
• Assist in the sale and supply of materials, including market analysis and monitoring, engaging the market for prices, arranging collections, administering payments, general record keeping and administration.
• Assist with budget monitoring, control and forecasting.
• Keep abreast of waste management legislation
• Deputise for Materials Sales Manager as required.
• Regular Duty of Care visits to our material processors are completed in accordance with our BMS (Business Management System)

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• Minimum of 3 years contract management and contract administration experience
• A degree or equivalent experience
• A full UK driving license
• Knowledge and experience in weighbridge applications to include data base management, user access control, billing functions, reporting and analysis
• Experience of contract management in a waste environment
• Knowledge of relevant waste legislation
• Ability to analyse complex information and present it logically
• Excellent data interrogation skills
• Excellent and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Organised and self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Able to liaise and work with multi-disciplinary teams, colleagues and stakeholders
• Numerate, computer literate and excellent attention to detail, with practical experience of Microsoft Office products, in particular Word and Excel
• Able to pick up on systems management is critical in this role

Full Job Description can be provided upon request.

Our Benefits:

• Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays.
• Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business.
• Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme.
• Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser.
• Employee recognition ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent.
• We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests, you please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation.

Everyone belongs:

At Bristol Waste everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation.

We give fair and equal consideration to all applications.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.

Important note on applying:

• Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications.
• Due to the high volume of interest, we won’t be able to receive late applications and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply.
• If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won’t be invited to interview on this occasion.

Contact us:

Please contact our People Services team to discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position:

• recruitment@bristolwastecompany.co.uk
• 0117 440 6676

Thank you for your interest in joining Bristol Waste Company.