Shift Leader (Composting & Recycling)
Location | Kumasi, Ghana |
Date Posted | August 8, 2020 |
Category |
Operations
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | GHS |
Description
REPORTS TO: Production Supervisor
JOB PURPOSE
- Coordinate and supervise activities of workers engaged in recycling, i.e. pulling, boxing, palletizing, loading and assist in transporting bale goods.
- Provide support, organize workflow and ensure that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks to ensure effective operations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Creating a shift schedule, assigning duties and ensuring a shift tasks are completed as scheduled.
- Direct and monitor the composting process and activities, as well as those for plastics, metals, textiles, paper, glass and other fractions.
- Ensure that all plastics are resorted, shredded, washed, pelletized and recorded.
- Ensure that papers, metals etc are resorted, bailed, weighed, bagged and recorded.
- Liaising with quality control team, to ensure recycling activities are carried out to achieve effective results.
- Liaise with maintenance team to control downtime during maintenance activities.
- Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
- Ensure effective usage of personnel protective equipment (PPEs).
- Submit daily operational report for recycling activities on time.
- Keep daily operational records of all recycling activities.
Required Skills or Experience
Education:
HND from an accredited University or institution in a related field.
Experience:
- Four (4) years working experience with at least 2 years in recycling leading hand position.
- Experience in running a recycling program and training in waste management processes, recycling, and one year experience in public contact work and/or experience in program coordination; or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience.
- Knowledge of large-scale recycling, waste segregation techniques and biological processes.
- Experience in public contact work and/or experience in program coordination.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Considerable knowledge/understanding of recycling materials.
- Considerable knowledge and understanding of legislative requirements relating to occupational health, safety and environment.
- Excellent knowledge/understanding of Health and Safety issues and codes of practice relevant to environmental sanitation/waste management.
- Ability to work in a fast paced and often stressful environment.
- Excellent attendance record and trust worthy.
- Good knowledge/understanding of waste management practices and its environmental impact.
- Good planning, documentation and organizing skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines and execute projects.
- Good knowledge in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet and other software and tools relating to transport management and operations.
- Good decision making based on thorough analysis.
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