Waste Management Lead

2 months ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Capstone Recruitment Full time

About The Role

Reporting to the Executive Manager Central Presentation and Preparedness, you will lead and manage the cleaning, resource recovery and city cleansing teams to ensure the needs of the community are being met effectively.

You will evaluate current and future organisational needs and develop innovative and best practice waste and cleansing policies and plans that enable Council to deliver an efficient and effective waste service that supports the circular economy and reduces waste to landfill and encourage reuse, recycling and recovery.

About You

We are seeking an empowered leader who is passionate about delivering quality outcomes for the community. Key responsibilities will include building strategic and collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support waste and cleansing service delivery that is responsive to industry and sector challenges and issues and leverages opportunities to deliver best practices.

You will possess significant experience across resource recovery, waste and/or cleansing industries and government policy on waste and resource recovery, as well as implementing FOGO collection in a domestic capacity. You will also have proven success providing leadership and strategic direction to a multi-disciplinary team.

What We Offer

A comprehensive candidate brochure is available upon request. If you are a dynamic and results-driven leader, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage the cleaning, resource recovery and city cleansing teams.
  • Evaluate current and future organisational needs and develop innovative and best practice waste and cleansing policies and plans.
  • Build strategic and collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Requirements:

  • Significant experience across resource recovery, waste and/or cleansing industries and government policy on waste and resource recovery.
  • Proven success providing leadership and strategic direction to a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Knowledge of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act, Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001, and the Local Government Act.


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