North East Plant Operations Area Manager

Clean Earth is a leading provider of environmental services in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, contaminated soil, and dredged material. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.

Every day our teams across the country take a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. We value our employees as our most important asset, and this is reflected in many areas across our company including recently being named a 2024 Most Loved Workplace ®. We are committed to creating a positive work culture that fosters growth and development while ensuring the health and safety of our employees

Job Description

This individual reports to the East Regional Plant Director and will lead a team of people to drive operational strategies that align with the company’s culture and long-term goals to exceed our customers’ expectations. Provide oversight of the overall operating efficiency of all plant services, waste processing and other waste management processes at plants with-in the Clean Earth Northeast region. Ensures all locations meet or exceed environmental health, safety, and regulatory compliance, production, financial, and continuous improvement waste management goals. Builds solid cross-functional working relationships with departments including sales, customer service, transportation, field service, HR, and finance teams.

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions): The main duties and responsibilities.

Leadership & Strategy

· Directs, Coaches and develops managers and/or supervisors, particularly in the management techniques of planning, organizing, and leading through continuous coaching and feedback on performance, and conduct performance appraisals, ensuring alignment with company goals and regulatory requirements.

· Approves all activities related to salary adjustments, promotions, transfers, and dismissals.

· Conducts periodic meetings to keep team informed of current issues and events, procedural/operational changes, and new developments in the department and Company.

· Accountable to oversee selection, training, and development of an effective, efficient, diverse workforce.

· Stay updated on changes in people leadership and development regulations and industry standards.

Safety, Security, and Compliance

· Promotes Safety and Security initiatives across the entire team.

· Implement, Communicate, and Train safety protocols and compliance measures to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory adherence.

· Train on and Implement safety protocols and compliance measures to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory adherence.

· Initiate actions to assure timely resolution of identified hazards or unsafe conditions and practices.

Operational Excellence

· Implements and communicates continual improvement of productivity standards and team member safety in all phases of the operation in accordance with financial goals.

· Implements and monitors KPI goals for operations

Receiving

· Stay updated on changes and keep informed on updates to inbound 10-day management, waste receiving, lab testing, and waste acceptance regulations and industry standards.

Waste Processing

· Stay updated on changes and keep informed about updates to waste processing and treatment regulations and industry standards.

Shipping

· Stay updated on changes and keep informed about updates in outbound shipping regulations and industry standards.

Plant Management

· Oversee management processes governing costs, facilities, supplies, and people leadership and development while ensuring alignment with company goals and regulatory requirements.

· Maintain facilities and manage facility budgets to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with safety standards and company goals.

· Oversee the Plant General Manager in generating and submitting Capital Expense requests.

· Keep informed about updates in asset management regulations and industry standards.

Performs other related duties and/or project work as required or requested.

Work Environment:

· Required to wear company-provided personal protective equipment including eye protection, foot protection, hard hat, Tyvek coveralls, and respirator.

· Willingness and ability to travel via automobile, commercial airline and other public transportation up to 60% of the time.

· Visits each Plant in the region on a monthly or quarterly basis to provide direct management oversight for each location.

· Willingness and ability to work in a hands-on manner to execute key initiatives and activities.

Education, Experience and Skills:

Education: (BA or BS degree required or preferred)

· B.S. in an environmental-related field required or can demonstrate related equivalent work experience.

Experience: (Required minimum of years of relevant experience.)

· Minimum of 7 years of progressive environmental/hazardous waste management experience in an operations leadership capacity, demonstrating the ability to manage people in a waste management or processing environment.

· Demonstrated ability to provide safe and regulatory compliant work conditions for all employees.

· Demonstrates knowledge and the ability to stay abreast of applicable regulations and codes, as they apply to the waste industry and those specific to area of responsibility.

· Demonstrates the ability to manage within an established budget as well as strong knowledge of budgetary processes, P&L statements, asset management, and project management.

Skills: (The skills listed are the abilities and knowledge required to perform the job effectively.)

· Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including the ability to prepare and deliver presentations to large groups

· Ability to lead and work through others, effective delegation skills

· Highly proficient computer skills and familiarity with software applications

· Ability to analyze, draw conclusions and develop actionable improvements from complex data

· Ability to plan and organize, experience in formal project management ideal

Clean Earth offers competitive benefits including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans starting on the first day of employment; paid time off, wellness benefits, employee discount program, tuition assistance, and a 401k with company matching.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on Harsco Clean Earth’s website because a disability prevents you from using the online system, Clean Earth offers the following alternate application procedure: Call toll free (833) 209-2659 and leave your name, phone number, city and state of residence.  Clean Earth will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job.  This line is dedicated to disability applications only.  No other inquiries will receive a response.