Operations Specialist

About the position

Our client is an environmental consultancy services provider based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, who is committed to achieving sustainable development and environmental protection across the Emirates, is currently looking for a highly experienced Operations Specialist from the Waste and Recycling industry.
Job Title: Operations Specialist

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Job Base: Plant

Preferred Industries: Waste Management and Recycling

Division/Department: Material Management

Reporting Line: General Manager

 
Minimum Qualifying Criteria:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Waste Management or Environmental Management
• Minimum 5-7 Years of Experience in Waste Management and Logistics
• Recycling and working within a Waste Plant Environment would be highly advantageous

 
Skills and Competency Requirements

• Waste technical knowledge
• Mechanical /Equipment knowledge (RDF)
• Recycling knowledge
• Fleet management skills
• Operation & Maintenance skills of medium RDF/TDF plants
• Alternative fuel quality checks (RDF/TDF)
• Negotiation skills
• Decision-making, root cause analysis, and problem-solving
• Quality management
• HSE Management
• Communication skills
• Planning and organizing skills

QHSE Compliance

• Follow the Quality, Safety, and Environmental policies and regulations to contribute to matching and improving levels of quality, environment, and safety.
• Oversee the quality of waste being sorted prior to being shredded, reduce moisture.
• Ensure all PPE is strictly adhered to whilst ALL Plants and parts are being operated or maintained.
• Manage Toolbox talks with both internal staff and subcontractors.
• Identify Hazardous materials and ensure safety data sheets are available.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage the waste feedstock supply into the respective plants.
• Oversee and Plan for Maintenance and major repairs to the RDF/TDF Plants with service providers.
• Planning and coordinating the supply and quality of waste materials to the RDF/TDF plants from the source or landfills and other facilities.
• Waste types involved are municipal solid waste and tyres
• Manage with the supervisor, the Quality of waste selected for RDF/TDF production, minimize contamination and foreign materials.
• Oversee the supervision of the sorting and separation process with outsourced contractors.
• Manage the daily inspection of the respective plants before start-up.
• Understand material recycling facilities and mechanical challenges within these plants, aiming to improve efficiency and operations
• Staff supervision - overseeing an outsourced labour team
• Managing the feedstock supply in line with plant capacity
• Developing KPIs for sub-contractors
• Overseeing the logistics (fleet control/management) (in-house/outsourced)
• Optimization of fleet utilization for cost and volumes of waste streams transported.
• Be able to travel between sites to review productivity and quality of RDF/TDF processed and prepared.
• The individual will oversee our clients' overall production of Refuse-derived fuel requirements.
• Client liaison daily
• Managing the cost per ton in production and the cost per ton in transport

Desired Skills:

• Waste Management
• Operations
• recycling
• logistics