Landfill General Manager

Key Responsibilities:
• Sustain a productive and motivated workforce by screening, selecting, hiring, training and developing and evaluating personnel required to meet service commitments.
• Adhere to all wage and hour laws and compensate personnel for services rendered in accordance with established guidelines.
• Ensure safe working conditions at each job.
• Receive and maintain site inspection files and take corrective action as needed.
• Plan and operate landfill operations to best utilize personnel and equipment.
• Develop, implement and maintain on-going cost control program that monitors buying and renting practices of all supplies and services.
• Arrange and complete annual airspace surveys at each location.
• Maintain and keep up-to-date all permits needed to be in compliance at each site.
• Develop and implement an effective preventive maintenance program that reduces down time, reduces maintenance costs and results in lowest cost of service possible.
• Ensure that a purchase order system is used for all purchases and that clear guidelines are established for purchasing practices.
• Assist in the development of annual budgets and acquisitions.
• Order and approve all capital expenditures, including equipment repairs.
• Schedule and conduct safety meetings and document attendees and topics covered. Ensure employees follow safety guidelines and perform duties in a safe manner.
• Monitor and maintain DOT and drug testing files.
• Operate weighing scale.
• Operate equipment as necessary.
• Conform in all respects with applicable federal, state/provincial and local laws, regulations, ordinances and other orders and to all company policies, procedures and directives from supervisors.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required or requested by management.


Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree from four (4) year college or university and/or have a demonstrated record of serving in an operational environment requiring analytical and general management skills.
• Three (3) or more years experience in the waste or landfill industry,
• Or, equivalent combination of required education and experience.
• Operate standard office equipment (i.e., personal computer, facsimile, copy machine, etc.).
• Be familiar with operation of dump truck, bull dozer, compactor, track hoe, loader and backhoe.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Working knowledge of the equipment required to operate a landfill.
• Familiarity with non-hazardous waste regulations at every operation.
• Possess excellent leadership, communication and management skills.
• Possess ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, instruction and procedure manuals, construction & permit drawings, and general correspondence.
• Ability to regularly lift/move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift/move up to 20 pounds.

Physical/Mental Demands:
• Ability to stand, sit, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, climb, balance, and smell.
• Visual Requirements: include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to regularly lift/move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift/move up to 20 pounds.

Working Conditions:
• Work in indoor office environment 50% - 70% of the time.
• Occasionally exposed to loud noise, humidity, hot and cold weather conditions, moving mechanical parts, vibration, toxic and caustic chemicals, fumes and airborne particles.
• Occasionally work in high precarious places.
• Noise level is usually moderate.