Hazardous Waste Plant General Manager

Overview

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.

Plant General Manager – Under the general guidance of the Regional Plant Director, will lead a team to drive operational strategies that align with the company’s culture and long-term goals to exceed our customers’ expectations. This individual provides direct oversight to an assigned plant and ensures the location meets or exceeds environmental health and safety, regulatory compliance, production, and waste management goals within their region.

They will ensure the operations team and support staff properly handle and treat all waste streams in compliance with Clean Earth’s policy and applicable local, state, and federal regulations.

• Leadership & Strategy: Provide support by coaching and developing managers and/or supervisors within their plant, particularly in planning, organizing, and leading through continuous coaching and feedback on performance, conducting performance appraisals, ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
• Leadership & Strategy: Make recommendations and/or approvals on salary adjustments, promotions, transfers, and dismissals within their plant.
• Leadership & Strategy: Provide support and participate in the recruitment and hiring of plant employees as needed.
• Leadership & Strategy: Conduct regular meetings to keep teams informed of current issues, procedural/operational changes, and new developments in the department and Company.
• Leadership & Strategy: Oversee selection, training, and development of an effective, diverse workforce within their plant.
• Leadership & Strategy: Provide technical support to managers and other staff, and assist in the content development and deployment of training related to plant operations.

• Safety, Security, and Compliance: Promote safety and security initiatives across the entire team within their plant.
• Safety, Security, and Compliance: Manage daily operations regulatory requirements and compliance at state, federal, and local levels.
• Safety, Security, and Compliance: Implement, communicate, and train safety protocols and compliance measures to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory adherence within their plant.
• Safety, Security, and Compliance: Initiate actions to assure timely resolution of identified hazards or unsafe conditions and practices within their plant.

• Customer Experience Management: Act with urgency to resolve customer issues to maintain high service levels and grow the business within their plant.

• Operational Excellence: Implement and communicate continual improvement of productivity standards and team member safety in all phases of the operation in accordance with budgetary goals within their plant.

• Inbound: Stay informed and take necessary actions on changes based on updates to inbound 10-day management, waste receiving, lab testing, waste acceptance regulations, and industry standards.

• Waste Processing: Oversee waste processing processes, ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
• Waste Processing: Stay updated on changes and keep informed about updates to waste processing and treatment regulations and industry standards.
• Waste Processing: Responsible for keeping the overall waste inventory in compliance and up to date controls.

• Shipping: Oversee…