kevin Watson

Niramax are one of the region’s longest established tyre recycling companies. Operating from our depot in the North East of England we work in collaboration with clients to help minimise the financial and environmental impacts of their waste tyres.

Duties as an operations manager: Leading and managing the day-to-day operations of the Redcar and Washington sites. Achieving excellence, in health and safety, product quality, asset performance; utilisation and sustainability, operational excellence and efficiencies, management, and development of human resource to maximise performance. Taking full responsibility for all aspects of the operational processing team and maintenance team, ensuring individual and department performance targets and KPIs were met. Managing the production, operations and shifts in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures. Maintaining and instructing the teams in the maintenance and operation of S&S,Tomra and Pellenc sorting technology. Liaising with the maintenance teams to minimise downtime and identify process improvements. Reviewing the development of staff and implementing training using SOP’s and training records. Developing and reviewing of risk assessments Ensuring the health and safety of all was maintained. Dealing with any quality issues with product, breakdowns, sickness/absence, and safety issues. Developing and motivating improvements to production process Achieving and exceeding EBITDA target, set out in the monthly P&L, by ensuring revenue targets are achieved and costs are controlled in line with business. Leading improvement plans and ensuring the achievement of budgets and overall performance targets.