Claims Manager

USA Waste & Recycling and its affiliated family of companies are growing, investing, and innovating – and we’re looking for a Claims Manager who wants to grow with us. This is an opportunity to take on a role where your technical claims expertise is valued immediately, while having the opportunity to expand into broader risk management responsibility. We’re a multi‑generational, family‑led organization with a roll‑up‑your‑sleeves, first‑name‑basis culture where people know each other and wins are celebrated together.

In this role, you’ll partner with the Executive team to lead the insurance function across a unique mix of businesses: heavy trucking and waste/recycling operations, a private golf club (Greathorse), a family entertainment center (Sonny’s Place), and Lindy Farms’ horse racing and breeding operations. If you like variety, enjoy building relationships, and appreciate both structure and informality, this is a place where you can see the full picture and help shape the future.

• Oversee and manage claims across auto, general liability, workers’ compensation, and property, including TPA performance, litigation strategy, reserves, and settlements.
• Monitor key metrics (frequency, severity, lag time, incurred vs. paid, closure rates) and lead initiatives to reduce total cost of risk.
• Partner with Legal, Operations, HR, and Safety to investigate serious incidents, perform root‑cause analyses, and implement corrective actions in trucking, facilities, entertainment venues, and equine operations.
• Monitor litigated claims and work closely with insurer-provided counsel to evaluate litigation strategy, legal expense, settlement opportunities, and overall exposure.
• Review claim files and provide technical oversight to ensure claims are being handled appropriately and consistently.
• Identify recurring loss drivers and work with Operations, Safety, HR, and Legal to conduct root‑cause analysis and implement corrective actions.

• Assist with the administration and management of the company’s commercial insurance programs, including auto liability, general liability, workers’ compensation, property, excess/umbrella, environmental, and other specialty coverages.
• Develop a practical understanding of the company’s retentions, deductibles, limits, self‑insured exposures, and risk‑financing structure.
• Work with the CFO, brokers, carriers, TPAs, and other insurance partners on renewals, claims issues, coverage questions, loss information, and program administration.
• Develop and maintain basic risk management reporting, including claims trends, loss data, key exposures, and areas requiring management attention.
• Help identify opportunities to strengthen risk transfer through contracts, leases, vendor agreements, waivers, certificates of insurance, and other documentation.
• Support the company’s captive insurance and/or self‑insured programs and develop greater responsibility in these areas over time.
• Assist with insurance and risk‑related due diligence and integration of newly acquired businesses.

• Partner with Operations and Safety to identify and address risk across an 800+ truck fleet, facilities, and other operating environments.
• Leverage telematics, in‑cab cameras, driver safety technology, and claims data to identify trends and improve fleet performance.
• Participate in investigations of serious accidents and losses and help translate findings into practical corrective actions.
• Work comfortably in field‑based environments, including visiting yards, shops, facilities, golf operations, entertainment venues, and equine/agricultural operations.
• Help build and maintain a practical risk management framework appropriate for a privately held, multi‑entity organization.
• Maintain awareness of key organizational risks and help develop reporting around significant exposures and loss trends.
• Partner with leadership to identify emerging risks and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to the development and standardization of risk and claims policies, procedures, and processes while recognizing that different businesses…