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Date Added: Fri 29/08/2025

Drainage Operations Manager

Waltham Abbey, UK
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Company: BENNETT & GAME RECRUITMENT

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum

Operations Manager / Depot Manager required for our client, a well-known and rapidly expanding drainage contractor who specialise in commercial and industrial highways drainage solutions across London, the South-East, and the South-West, and are looking to pay up to £55k, including a company vehicle with optional personal use.

This opportunity will be based out of our client's depot in Waltham Abbey and will involves managing the day-to-day activities of a team of drainage engineer's and drivers who carry out a range of works including gully emptying, reactive jetting, root cutting, and traffic management works across the London and Home Counties area, working largely on council highways contracts.

A background within operations and/or depot management, in particular within compliance and health & safety would be ideal for this role, with drainage industry experience desirable but not essential.

Operations Manager / Depot Manager Job Responsibilities

  • Providing support and oversight to teams of planned and reactive tanker crews, including toolbox talks, performance reviews, and compliance management
  • Regularly liaising with multiple clients at a time across a number of London-based contracts
  • Completing health & safety and compliance activities including incident reports and staff training
  • Planning and coordinating works, along with reacting to emergency works and call outs

Operations Manager / Depot Manager Job Requirements

  • Strong operational and compliance background within the commercial and/or industrial sector
  • Drainage and/or highways experience highly desirable
  • Based within a commutable distance of Waltham Abbey, Essex
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Any H&S and supervisory qualifications such as SMSTS and/or IOSH desirable

Operations Manager / Depot Manager Salary & Benefits

  • Basic salary between £45,000 and £55,000, negotiable depending on experience
  • Company vehicle with optional personal use, or a car allowance
  • Company pension scheme
  • Yearly bonus scheme
  • 29 days holiday (including bank holidays) - increasing to 33 days with tenure
  • Option to take a sabbatical after 5 year's service

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for.

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