Operations Supervisor

GFL Environmental Inc.; Northville (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15 days PTO

Medical insurance

Dental & vision plans

HSA with employer match

Parental leave

401(k) with employer match

Disability insurance

LifeInsurance

EAP mental health support

7 paid holidays

Job summary

GFL Environmental Inc. seeks a skilled supervisor to lead and develop workforce, ensuring safety and compliance at transfer stations and landfills. Role involves staffing, training and aligning personnel with service commitments.

The position requires reading safety rules and procedures, maintaining records, and managing equipment and inventory while adhering to regulations and company policies.

Qualifications

• Leadership, communication and management skills.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and manuals.
• Ability to perform duties safely and reliably.
• Regularly lift/move up to 35 pounds and occasionally 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Screen, select, hire, train and develop personnel to meet service commitments.
• Adhere to wage and hour laws and compensate accordingly.
• Ensure safe working conditions at each job site.
• Develop preventive maintenance programs to minimize downtime and costs.
• Schedule safety meetings and document attendees and topics.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Management

Reading documents

Safety compliance

Lift up to 50 lbs

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Pay: $71k - 89k annually, based on experience

Benefits

• 15 days of paid time off
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plan options
• Health Savings Account with employer match option
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) with an employer match up to 4%
• Supplemental health plans through Unum
• Employer paid basic life insurance
• Employee paid short-term disability option
• Employer-paid long-term disability
• Mental health support through Employee Assistance Program
• 7 paid holidays annually

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.
• Develop and implement an effective preventive maintenance program that reduces down time, reduces maintenance costs and results in lowest cost of service possible.
• Schedule and conduct safety meetings and document attendees and topics covered. Ensure employees follow safety guidelines and perform duties in a safe manner.
• Maintain necessary records.
• Manage inventory of supplies and materials.
• 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 job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Three (3) or more years experience in the waste industry desired (landfill or transfer operations preferred).
• One (1) year supervisory experience.
• Combination of education and/or experience.
• For Transfer Stations must possess (within 60 days of hire) a SWANA certified transfer station operator.
• For Landfills must have one (1) years of experience operating horizontal baler and bobcat/forklit. Also must successfully complete training for certification in the removal of Freon and handling of hazardous materials (i.e. motor oil, lead‑acid batteries, PCB’s, and CFC’s, etc.)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent leadership, communication and management skills.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, instruction and procedure manuals, routing reports and correspondence.
• Ability to satisfactorily perform all duties required.
• Ability to regularly lift/move up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds.

Physical/Mental Demands

• Ability to stand, sit, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, climb, balance, taste 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 35 pounds and occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds.

Working Conditions

• Work in outdoor environment 70% of the time.
• Frequently 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 loud.