Chief Recycling & Sustainability Officer

Rumpke Waste & Recycling; Cincinnati, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Rumpke Waste & Recycling seeks a visionary Senior Vice President of Recycling & Sustainability to lead the organization’s recycling business end to end, including the MRF network, capital planning, and commodity value.

You will own safety, drive capital investments, and shape municipal and end-market recycling programs while collaborating with corporate leadership to advance environmental outcomes across Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and West Virginia.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive leadership in waste management, recycling operations or environmental services.
• Demonstrated multi-site operational leadership with full profit and loss ownership.
• Experience with material recovery facility operations, commodity markets, municipal contracts, and recycling program design.

Responsibilities

• Own the recycling P&L — processing cost, commodity revenue, tip and processing fees, and facility operating expense.
• Lead safety performance across the recycling organization and partner with Corporate Safety.
• Direct a multi-site operation with a common operating model to improve throughput, uptime and cost per ton.
• Identify automation and technology opportunities to lower costs and reduce labor dependence.
• Build and mentor a high-caliber recycling leadership team with successors for critical roles.
• Lead multi-year capital planning for recycling infrastructure and automation.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic vision

Multi-site operations

P&L ownership

Safety ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Business / Environmental science / Engineering / Sustainability / Operations Management)

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Rumpke Waste & Recycling seeks a visionary Senior Vice President of Recycling & Sustainability to lead the organization’s recycling business end to end, including the MRF network, capital planning, and commodity value.

You will own safety, drive capital investments, and shape municipal and end-market recycling programs while collaborating with corporate leadership to advance environmental outcomes across Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and West Virginia.