Landfill Operations Manager

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Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

Manages the day-to-day operations of a single site or multiple sites, and establishes and maintains performance and productivity metrics and cost management processes.

Manages the day-to-day operations of the District, and provides daily support to managers in ensuring quality and budget performance.

Monitors budget and operating metrics while diagnosing and improving processes, procedures, and performance.

Executes the Market's strategic capital budget, ensuring effective use of the budget through asset allocation; ensures appropriate spare ratios and asset disposal.

Executes necessary precautions to ensure safety and compliance with Company, OSHA, and other standards and regulations.

Ensures thorough root cause investigations for all injuries and incidents, following-up with consistent discipline and retraining.

Oversees personnel needs of the department including selecting, coaching, disciplining, and training employees and evaluating employee performance. Provides input into termination, compensation, and promotion decisions.

Formulates both short-term and long-term goals and action plans in conjunction with the Market Area General Manager and/or Director of Operations.

Participates in regular P&L reviews to ensure that budgets are met; develops and implements programs for optimal equipment utilization, equipment maintenance, and labor and material costs.

Interacts with local city, municipal, and county agencies to ensure customer satisfaction, improve efficiency, renew contracts and negotiate new contracts; establishes WM as a good corporate citizen and valued resource.

Engages suppliers in problem solving and participates in suppliers improvement processes by providing performance feedback on supplier surveys.

Minimizes the total number of suppliers used by working with Supplier Partners to eliminate/reduce the number of one-time suppliers.

Works with functional groups to resolve employee relations and labor relations issues.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 4 years of relevant work experience.

5+ years of relevant work experience in a role with supervisory and PNL responsibility (in addition to education requirement).

Able to perform supervisory responsibilities which includes Direct supervision of 10 full-time employees.

Experience in a position involving at least 2 of the following: operations, customer service, community relations, health and safety, financial, and human resources function, experience as a supervisor or manager; experience implementing safety (OSHA) programs and equipment specifications, experience preparing and managing budgets, and experience resolving labor relations issues required.

Work Environment Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job; reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc) most of the work day.

Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely.

Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc) rarely.

Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements most of the work day.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements:

NEW EMPLOYEE TRAINING: RCRA, HAZWOPER (24 Hours).

RCRA/HAZWOPER Training:

Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) Clean Air Act (CAA). Clean Water Act (CWA). Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). Superfund Amendment & Reauthorization Act (SARA). Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA). Hazardous Waste Transportation Act (HWTA). Code of Federal Regulation (CFR 40, 29, & 49). Contingency Plan. Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure Plan (SPCC). Security Plan. Hazwoper.

Standard Division Practices (per department) (SDP's):

Refresher Training As Required By Law. RCRA. Hazwoper. DOT. Forklift.

Medical Exam:

Pre Employment Physical and Drug Test. Complete Physical Biennially. Pulmonary Function Test (PFT), Audiogram and Respirator Fit Test annual. Physical at Termination.

PPE:

Respirator Full face OV/AG or half face with face shield. Full face supplied air in some areas. Suit Appropriate Barrier Suite: Liquid yellow Tyvek with sleeves, apron, booties Solid white tyvek. Gloves appropriate to hazards present PVC over Nitrile or Butyl (Liquid Waste) Leather Work (Solid Waste), Leather/Cloth work (when handling equipment or containers). Overshoes Vinyl Booties Waterproof Boots Chemical Resistant Boots. Safety glasses. Hard Hats. Shoes Steel Toe.