Job vacancy: Waste Manager, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth

Job summary

Main area: Waste
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 216-YM-A7398880

Employer: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Derriford Hospital
Town: Plymouth
Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/08/2025 23:59

Waste Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role is central to shaping and delivering the Trust’s waste management and sustainability strategy, with responsibility for policy development, implementation, and ensuring full legislative compliance across a wide range of regulations including HTM 07-01, COSHH, PUWER, and the Environmental Protection Act. The post-holder will lead on improving performance against the waste hierarchy, driving innovation, embedding circular economy principles, and managing risk through robust KPI monitoring and reporting. They will also develop contingency plans, lead on sustainability campaigns, and oversee the investigation and resolution of complaints and incidents.

A key part of the role involves generating monthly performance reports, overseeing the use of national waste tools, supporting statutory data returns (such as ERIC and NEAT), and helping the Trust meet NHS Net Zero Carbon targets. The post-holder will identify and lead on initiatives that improve recycling, waste segregation, and waste reduction – including new technologies, reuse schemes, and supplier engagement – while also raising awareness and supporting staff education across clinical and non-clinical teams.

Operationally, they are responsible for the Trust’s incinerator, DWMS service delivery, budget management, and contract performance. This includes managing the waste and DWMS cost centres, authorising payments, and ensuring financial sustainability. The role requires working across departments to build effective relationships, contribute to capital development schemes, support procurement processes, and promote sustainable product choices.

With a strong emphasis on communication and collaboration, the role involves liaising with internal and external stakeholders – from front-line staff to regulatory bodies – ensuring statutory waste recordkeeping, developing training (including e-learning), and championing equality, diversity, and inclusion. The post-holder will also represent the Trust in environmental and health and safety forums, providing high-level strategic insight through data analysis and reporting, and ensuring the Trust remains compliant, sustainable, and forward-looking in all waste-related operations.

Please see the JD for more detail.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Detailed proven knowledge of health and safety legislation with regards to waste management.
Proven knowledge of all aspects of running a permitted waste processing facility (as evidenced through WAMITAB L04 qualification)
Highly developed specialist proven knowledge relevant to the role underpinned by theory and practice.
Detailed proven knowledge of waste legislation
Track record of developing and delivering waste and resources initiatives and delivering tangible outcomes and improved performance.
Demonstrable experience of site wide, multi-department waste auditing against policies and procedures.

Desirable criteria

Proven Knowledge of clinical waste strategy in a large clinical setting/organisation
Demonstrable experience of waste management within a large organisation.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject area (waste and/or environmental management, science, or engineering) or proven knowledge and demonstrable experience equivalent to a master’s degree.
Membership of a relevant professional body such as the Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM)
IOSH qualified or equivalent

Desirable criteria

Chartered Member of a relevant professional body such as CIWM or IEMA.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.

If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included.

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.

Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.

For Doctors Roles:

Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/Details
University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.

In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

Any candidate details (whether written or spoken) or CVs that are referred directly will not constitute an introduction. The Trust will under no circumstances be responsible for any recruitment fees in relation to these contacts.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.

In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.

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Documents to download

Waste Manager JD (PDF, 472.4KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Martin Armstrong
Job title: Head of Facilities
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01752 439073

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Waste Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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