Technical Support Manager

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This hands-on role involves overseeing operational performance and incident management for Recycleye systems, ensuring reliability and customer satisfaction.

Technical Support Manager  

Location: London, E15 2HU 
Reporting to:  CEO
Line management: 2 Technical Support Engineer 

About Recycleye 

Recycleye uses AI-powered robotics to improve recycling performance and help build a circular economy. Our systems run on live industrial sites, where operational reliability, clear processes, and strong customer relationships are essential. 

The Role 

This role owns the operational performance of deployed Recycleye systems and the technical support function. You will ensure customers’ sites run reliably day-to-day, issues are resolved quickly, and support activities are well-planned, tracked, and continuously improved. 

The role is highly hands-on and customer-facing, with responsibility for supporting operations, incident management, site coordination, and process ownership, alongside line management of a small support team. 

Key Responsibilities 

Operational System Oversight 

  • Own daily operational health checks across customer sites using video, dashboards, and reports. 
  • Proactively identify risks, degradation, and recurring faults before they impact performance. 
  • Coordinate corrective actions with customers and on-site engineers. 

Incident & Issue Management 

  • Lead resolution of live operational issues, from short interventions to complex, multi-day investigations. 
  • Track recurring issues and drive permanent fixes in collaboration with engineering and suppliers. 
  • Ensure root causes and corrective actions are clearly documented and followed through. 

Support Operations & Planning 

  • Own Jira ticket lifecycle: prioritisation, tracking, closure, and reporting. 
  • Plan and coordinate site visits, including preparation, remote support, and post-visit follow-up. 
  • Plan and execute rolling software and hardware updates across customer sites. 

Team Leadership 

  • Line manage and develop 2 Technical Support Engineers. 
  • Balance workload, remove blockers, and ensure consistent support quality. 
  • Train the team on updated processes, tools, and ways of working. 

Suppliers, Spares & Documentation 

  • Manage spare parts usage, logistics, and re-ordering. 
  • Maintain operational and technical documentation and training materials. 
  • Coordinate Fanuc post-sales activities, including PPM planning, emergency support, and invoice validation. 

Requirements

Skills & Experience 

  • 5-7 years experience in operations, technical support, field service, or industrial environments. 
  • Strong operational mindset with the ability to prioritise, plan, and execute under pressure. 
  • Comfortable working with customers in live production settings. 
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Tools especially Excel
  • Comfort with software systems and ability to learn basic networking and linux
  • People management experience

Benefits

Salary & Benefits . 

  • Pension contribution in line with UK auto-enrolment. 
  • Unlimited holiday, yes really   
  • Hybrid working, 3 days in office, 2 remote.  
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact technology driving environmental change. 

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Hybrid working: Hybrid working, 3 days in office, 2 remote.
  • Pension contribution: Pension contribution in line with UK auto-enrolment.

A little bit about us  At Recycleye, we’re using ground-breaking AI combined with automation extraction technology such as robots and air jets to support the profitable sorting of materials for recycling. We were founded in 2019, and have been growing rapidly ever since, with installations of our technology at leading waste management companies across Europe and the US.   We partner with our clients to help them produce higher quality outputs, transforming the economics of waste sorting and recycling – it's all about our vision to turn the world’s waste into resource. And our work has never been needed more. According to the OECD, only 9% of plastic waste has ever been recycled, so we’re proud that our work helps to make the recycling of waste materials more attractive.  Be part of it – come and join us! Why choose to work at Recycleye? Our team works together to grow and succeed, driven by our shared values of empowerment, inclusivity, and perseverance. We offer great benefits (which we think punch above our weight), built-in upskilling and unlimited holiday (yes, really).  We know that our mission will be achieved by having the most passionate, driven, talented, and all-around best people on our team. So come and shape the future and help turn trash into treasure!

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