General Manager

General Manager Environmental & Materials Operations

Location: Valley View, OH

Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

A growing environmental services and materials-processing organization is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead a diverse, multi-operation campus in Valley View, Ohio. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role with full responsibility for safety, environmental compliance, operations, financial performance, people leadership, and continued site growth. The General Manager will lead several operational managers/supervisors and partner closely with Fleet, Finance, Safety, HR, and executive leadership.

Operations Include

• Landfill and clean-fill operations
• C&D recycling and material recovery
• MSW and C&D transfer operations
• Aggregate production and material handling
• Mulch production and processing
• Nonhazardous waste solidification
• Material baling and recovery

Key Responsibilities

• Lead safe, efficient, and profitable day-to-day operations across all business units.
• Direct and develop 34 managers/supervisors responsible for individual operating areas.
• Establish production goals, staffing plans, schedules, equipment assignments, and operating standards.
• Monitor KPIs including throughput, cost per ton, labor productivity, equipment uptime, maintenance cost, recovery rates, and operating income.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and implement improvements to productivity, reliability, and cost.
• Maintain compliance with OSHA, Ohio EPA, environmental permits, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Build a strong safety culture and ensure consistent accountability across management and frontline teams.
• Partner with the Fleet Manager on preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, repair/replacement decisions, purchasing, and long-term capital planning.
• Evaluate equipment condition, utilization, repair history, operating costs, and expected service life.
• Lead and support capital projects, equipment installations, facility improvements, and campus expansion.
• Develop managers and supervisors through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and clear accountability.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Safety, HR, Fleet, customers, vendors, contractors, municipalities, and regulators.
• Help shape the long-term growth and operational strategy of the campus.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressively responsible operations leadership within heavy civil construction, excavation/site development, demolition, landfill operations, aggregate/quarry operations, construction materials, recycling, solid waste, or other heavy-equipment-intensive environments.
• Strong field-operations background managing crews, supervisors, heavy equipment, production schedules, material movement, and day-to-day site execution.
• 3+ years leading managers, supervisors, or multiple operating departments.
• Experience managing operating budgets, labor, equipment costs, productivity, and financial performance; prior full P&L responsibility is preferred but not required.
• Strong understanding of heavy equipment, maintenance programs, equipment reliability, and material-processing operations.
• Experience leading safety, regulatory compliance, production, and operational performance.
• Strong understanding of heavy equipment, preventive maintenance, equipment utilization, production planning, and repair-versus-replace decisions.
• Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on, entrepreneurial environment where the organization and scope are continuing to grow.
• Experience in waste, recycling, landfill, transfer, aggregate, or material-processing operations is preferred.

The Opportunity

This position offers the opportunity to take ownership of a unique and growing operation with significant influence over its people, equipment, financial performance, operating systems, and future expansion. The organization is looking for a leader who can improve what exists today while helping build the structure and management team needed for where the business is going next.

Inova Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer