About this role
Salary: £52,000 - 58,000 per year
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience developing and deploying Apex classes and triggers in a live production environment.
- Experience building Lightning Web Components and maintaining Visualforce.
- Strong Salesforce administration skills, including users, permissions, sharing, record types, Flow and validation rules.
- Experience integrating Salesforce with finance, operational or other business-critical systems.
- Experience managing Salesforce releases through testing, user acceptance testing and production deployment.
- Good judgement in choosing between declarative configuration and custom development.
- Ability to understand complex business processes and translate them into practical technical solutions.
- Strong communication skills, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical colleagues.
- An organised, collaborative approach and ability to take ownership of a business-critical platform.
- Salesforce Administrator, Platform App Builder or Platform Developer I certifications are advantageous.
- Experience with Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Agentforce, Einstein, Tableau, Salesforce Shield or Event Monitoring is advantageous.
- Experience in waste, logistics, manufacturing or another operational or regulated environment is beneficial.
Responsibilities
- Own the day-to-day administration, support and development of Salesforce across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud.
- Manage the Salesforce support queue, resolve issues and provide users with a responsive service.
- Build and maintain solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, Flow and other declarative tools.
- Design and maintain integrations between Salesforce and systems including ReSort-IQ, Sage and supplier platforms, with appropriate monitoring and error handling.
- Manage releases from sandbox and user acceptance testing through to production, including testing and rollback planning.
- Maintain platform security, permissions and access controls, including Salesforce Shield and Event Monitoring.
- Work with the Data Analyst and operational teams to improve data quality, governance and business processes.
- Translate operational requirements into effective Salesforce solutions, choosing appropriately between configuration and custom development.
- Produce process documentation and guidance, and provide training and technical support to users and junior team members.
- Contribute to our digital roadmap, including Agentforce, Einstein, customer portals and increased automation.
- Maintain a reliable, secure and well-supported Salesforce platform while improving its support for the business.
- Deliver well-planned releases, improve data quality and user adoption, and turn our digital roadmap into practical improvements for colleagues and customers.
Technologies
- Apex
- Cloud
- Flow
- Support
- Lightning Web Components
- Marketing
- Sage
- Salesforce
- Security
- Tableau
- Visualforce
- Web
- DevOps
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Were looking for a Salesforce Lead to own our Salesforce platform and support our continued digital transformation. Working closely with our Digital Transformation Manager, Data Analyst and wider Value Creation team, youll help shape scalable technical solutions and our future technology roadmap. The role is based in Preston, with occasional travel to our operational sites in Cumbria and Birmingham, and requires at least three days per week in Preston.
Hours are Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, with a salary of £52,000–£58,000 depending on experience. We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a company pension (5% employee and 3% employer contributions), an Employee Assistance Programme, free financial wellbeing support, a Healthcare Cash Plan, a Cycle to Work Scheme and enhanced maternity and paternity pay; some benefits are available after 12 months service. Recycling Lives Services is a UK-wide provider of total waste management, WEEE recycling and specialist hazardous waste services.
Since 2008, we have worked to create positive social and environmental impact alongside commercial success. We are a certified B Corp and our PACE values are Passion, Accountability, Collaboration and Excellence. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified people.
last updated 43 week of 2026