Process Shift Supervisor
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 16, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 14, 2026. Biffa scores A on the Alion truth index.
Help us make a difference as a Process Supervisor based from our Poplars Anaerobic Digestion plant in Cannock.
A quick look at the role.
The Process Supervisor will efficiently organise and supervise the operation of an anaerobic digestion plant, which will be a 24/7 operation (4 days on/off alternating 12 hour day and night 7:00 - 7:00), ensuring health & safety and environmental compliance, whilst showing continuous improvement in productivity, plant availability and the requirements of sub-products produced in accordance with the site licences.
Your core responsibilities.
- Monitoring and controlling all resource within the AD plant in terms of people and equipment, including stock control, maintaining a high level of housekeeping in all areas, to maximise operational productivity, plant availability and plant performance.
- Ensuring productivity and availability exceeds minimum defined standards in terms of biogas/electricity production and quality of the sub products generated during the process (inerts, digestate, and effluents), whilst driving best practice and continuous improvement in cost control and processing operations.
- Controlling the material which flows into and out of the process to ensure downtimes are minimised.
- Providing accurate and detailed records of all plant operations, settings and stoppages and to attribute causes to all unplanned downtime.
- Supporting the engineering functioning in developing a programme of planned preventative maintenance, inspection and cleaning to minimise downtime and provide records of recurrent faulting.
- Analysing and reviewing maintenance activities, cost-control, health & safety and service KPIs, implementing necessary corrective actions in the event of variance,
- Must have good man management skills and be able to stay focussed in a tough and demanding environment.
Our essential requirements:
- Experience as Process Supervisor or position of similar responsibility ideally in a green waste/water treatment process plant or similar
- Experience of people and health and safety management within a unionised and multi-shift environment.
- Understanding of the waste industry and relevant laws.
- Proven track record of working to clearly defined service delivery KPI’s
- The ability to communicate with conviction, plan with precision and, most importantly, play well with others.
And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.
- Competitive salary
- Ongoing career development, training and coaching - because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Medical and dental scheme.
- Retail and leisure discounts.
- Holiday and travel discounts.
- Bike to work scheme.
- Plus much more...
Changing the way the world thinks about waste.
At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.
Dedicated to diversity.
Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.