Environmental Operations Manager

WM; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 2,700,000 - 3,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Stock Purchase Plan

401K with company match

Paid Vacation/Holidays

Job summary

Waste Management is hiring to manage landfill post-closure and remedial projects at closed facilities in PA, NJ, DE, and MD. The role focuses on coordinating work and cash flow to meet regulatory and financial goals, with emphasis on environmental compliance and safety.

Ideal candidates have strong planning, leadership, and data-analytics skills, plus experience with MS Office, Power BI, and App-based tech for digital inspections and reporting.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree (accredited) and 7 years relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s in engineering, geology, environmental science, STEM or equivalent preferred.
• Experience includes supervising contractors and regulatory coordination.

Responsibilities

• Supervise site contractors and consultants to ensure quality and timeliness.
• Monitor operations, permitting, and environmental compliance.
• Manage budgets and control costs while maintaining safety.
• Maintain site systems knowledge: landfill gas, leachate, water treatment, cover systems.

Skills

Supervision

MS Office

Power BI

Contract mgmt

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree (accredited)

Tools

MS Office

Power BI

App-based tech

Job description

Job Summary

Manage landfill post closure and remedial projects in $3m/yr. range at closed facilities located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. The successful candidate must be able to coordinate work and cashflow to achieve the desired outcomes. This role has heavy focus on environmental compliance and regulatory affairs.

Strongly Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of environmental regulations, health, safety, and contract management; supervisory experience; computer-based word processing, data management and information presentation skills.
• Possess written and verbal communication skills, computer skills (e.g. MS Office and Power BI familiarity) and ability to learn other job-related technical software. Including, but not limited to “App” based technologies to facilitate digital inspections, reporting and data/analytics.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Supervise site contractors and/or consultants performing operations and maintenance work at assigned sites to ensure the quality and timeliness of the work.
• Conducts, provides oversite, and ensures smooth operations including performance of routine operation, monitoring and maintenance, and construction activities. Monitors permitting and compliance issues.
• Minimize operational costs while maximizing productivity and maintaining safety and environmental compliance.
• Possess or efficiently gain a solid working knowledge of all site-specific system operation and maintenance requirements, including landfill gas management systems and controls, leachate management systems and controls, water treatment systems and controls, landfill cover systems, surface water management systems and controls, and environmental monitoring networks, as well as other ancillary equipment and site maintenance requirements.
• Acts as a liaison, where necessary, in regulatory and community relationships.
• Complies with and ensures adherence to Waste Management’s Mission to Zero standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient operations.
• Meets all financial review dates and corporate directed programs in a timely fashion.
• Oversee certain personnel needs of the department including selecting, coaching, and training employees and evaluating employee performance. Provides input into termination, compensation, and promotion decisions.
• Assists in the budget process, as required, and adhere to those budgets at assigned sites.
• Ensures the cleanliness and maintenance of the physical property of the landfill through inspections and preventive maintenance programs with supervisors/employees.
• Conducts and/or attends and contributes to periodic safety meetings to maintain favorable working relationships among employees and promote maximum morale, productivity, and efficiency.
• Provides training and job-related presentations as needed in a positive and professional manner.
• Prepare or update and submit required reports in a timely manner.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The highest level of supervisory skills required in this job is the management of supervisory employees. This includes:

Direct supervision of 15-20 contractors and/or technical consultants

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

• Education and Experience

Education: Bachelor's Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 7 years of relevant work experience. A bachelor’s degree in engineering, geology, environmental science, STEM or equivalent is preferred.

Experience: 7 years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement).

• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

None required.

• Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

None 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.) part of the workday.
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds occasionally.
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) part of the workday.
• Required to be exposed to a physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements part of the workday.
• Normal setting for this job will be 40% field (primarily closed landfills) and 60% office based (Pittsburgh/Moon Township office).
• Travel for site inspections, routing and non-routine monitoring, meetings, training, or program administration purposes will be necessary and that travel may require an overnight stay.

Benefits

At Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.