Christopher May

Regular contact with existing service contract customers and managing all existing needs, organically growing the account via increased work needs/projects. Develop new business with nominated potential customer groups (Distilleries/NHS/Breweries/Pharma) with project works and service contracts. Undertake site visits to determine customer need and generate associated quote.

Business Development Manager - Lubron Water Technologies UK

(2024-07)

• Regular contact with existing service contract customers and managing all existing needs, organically growing the account via increased work needs/projects.
• Develop new business with nominated potential customer groups (Distilleries/NHS/Breweries/Pharma) with project works and service contracts.
• Undertake site visits to determine customer need and generate associated quote.
• Work with customer to determine a PPM programme for equipment to ensure continuous generation of product.

Operations/Sales Manager - Newtown Waste Solutions

(2023-12 - 2024-05)

• Day to day safe and efficient running of all yard operations.
• Sourcing routes for commodities generated from site process, getting best value for the company.
• Management of a team of 15 operatives and yard men.
• Working with SEPA representatives on licence compliance and new legislative requirement implementation and associated information updates to customers.
• Initial set up of hazardous waste disposal service in the company.

Business Manager - Avondale Environmental

(2022-10 - 2023-12)

• Ensuring customer compliance with site licence requirements and managing all customer account needs including paperwork, waste classification and testing regimes for three different waste cells, Asbestos/Hazardous/Non-Hazardous.
• Liaising with third party labs for analysis needs.
• Working with SEPA/Revenue Scotland to ensure appropriate tax values attributed.

Business Development Manager - Adler and Allan

(2017-02 - 2022-10)

Managing all existing accounts including Gleaner Oils, SSE, Scottish Power Renewables and an assortment of construction companies and aiding them in ensuring compliance with environmental legislation and their own environmental management systems. This also included organising Pre planned maintenance of site assets and infrastructure.

Business Development Manager - Environmental Waste Solutions

(2016-02 - 2017-02)

Growing customer numbers through targeted total waste management contracting with particular attention to futureproofing in accordance with legislative compliance. Clients include MacPhie, Gretna Green Group.

Business Development Manager - Biffa Waste Services

(2013-12 - 2016-02)

Managing and maintaining customer accounts and helping customers achieve and maintain compliance with relative legislative requirements.

Operations Manager (Maternity Cover) - Veolia Environmental Services

(2012-12 - 2014-12)

Responsible for ensuring the day-to-day compliance of a hazardous waste transfer station, as directed by the site management licence and by working closely with SEPA and other VES sites to get a best practise mindset within the transfer station. This included ensuring third party disposal sites were compliant with the regulations, waste on site retention times, managing a team of chemists/operatives/drivers to get best value for VES.

Group Waste Manager - Scottish and Southern Energy

(2008-08 - 2011-08)

One of the "big six" Power companies in the UK. Responsible for all waste and associated environmental issues for the Group. Servicing all divisions.

• Ensuring legal compliance with EU regulations on all sites by auditing internal and external contractors.
• Driving schemes and initiatives to reduce waste and sustainability across the group (Take back battery schemes, Food waste segregation, WEEE recycling schemes, Driving ROHS campaigns).
• Report waste related information to company board on a monthly basis.
• Drive increased use of recycled content materials to reduce environmental impact and increase value.
• Creation of monthly content for internal magazine.
• Instigating new and novel processes to deal with waste generated from all aspects of company activities.
• Report and maintain NWPD (National Waste Packaging Database) to ensure compliance with packaging regulations and the purchase of relevant PRNs from brokers.
• Liaison with all departments within the company including Logistics, Operations and Finance.
• Represent the company in waste/environmental/sustainability forums to set SSE as an industry leader.
• Training new staff and contractors to ensure compliance with company ethos.
• Act as a consultant companywide.
• Liaise with third party waste contractors to ensure best practise and best price.
• Undertake contaminated land surveys of relevant sites and formulate decontamination/remediation plans.
• Creation of an EWC register of all materials used within the company and trialled new, less hazardous alternatives.

Account Manager - Intelligent Waste Solutions

(2007-10 - 2008-08)

A waste management company offering a comprehensive range of waste management consultancy and services. Growing and maintaining all hazardous waste accounts for Scotland and the North East of England. This involved conducting site audits and carrying out projects to completion, whilst ensuring that all environmental legislation was complied with.

Also aided clients' development of environmental strategies especially with regards to waste minimisation, resulting in financial savings and ensuring the client meets their goals.

Technical Consultant - Biffa Waste services

(2004-08 - 2007-09)

Managing waste minimisation strategies and disposal routes for blue chip accounts such as Diageo, Alfred Mc Alpine, Tarmac and Lloyds pharmacies. In addition to managing and growing these accounts, also gained new business in waste services within the Scottish region.

Account Manager - Shanks Chemical Services

(2002-05 - 2004-05)

Aiding companies to achieve external environmental management systems (ISO 14001) through making improvements in waste management, generation and disposal on site. Clients included Glaxo Smithkline, Vallourec & Mannesman, National Semi Conductor and the Defence Sales Agency.

Account Manager Scotland - Onyx

(2000-05 - 2002-05)

Prospecting for new clients as well as maintaining existing blue chip contracts e.g. Motorola, Transco, Asda. This involved routine liaison with environmental managers to ensure complete traceability of waste and compliance with internal EMS and relevant legislative requirements.

BSc - Environmental Sciences - Strathclyde University, Glasgow (1994 - 1997-08)