Fresh Start - Testimonial for the successful recruitment of a Depot Manager

Fresh Start Waste provides waste management solutions for trade, industrial, and commercial businesses in the North-West. As part of their continued development, they partnered with WasteRecruit to recruit a Depot Manager to lead the safe, efficient, and compliant operation of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) and Transfer Station in North-West Manchester. This was a key leadership position and crucial in ensuring the success of the business moving forward. As such, strong leadership, the ability to build accountability within teams, a commitment to health and safety, and a focus on continuous improvement and operational efficiency were amongst the key behaviours to be assessed.

"Working with WasteRecruit gave us confidence that we were assessing candidates against the behaviours that would genuinely make a difference in the role. The process helped us look beyond experience alone and understand how individuals would approach leading teams, improving standards, managing change, and driving performance. The behavioural insights provided valuable structure to our decision-making and gave us a much clearer picture of how candidates would operate day-to-day. We have successfully recruited a candidate for the role with the help of WasteRecruit and they are performing well. We would certainly use the process again for future management hires."

Ben Entwistle - Head of Operations