District Operations Manager

Job Summary

Preferred: 2 years Transportation Operations experience
Manages the day-to-day operations at a medium to large site.
Route Managers and/or Senior Route Managers can report into this job.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operations of the District and provides daily support to Route Managers in ensuring quality performance.
• Maintains performance and productivity metrics and cost management processes.
• Monitors operating metrics while diagnosing and improving processes, procedures, and performance.
• Executes necessary precautions to ensure safety and compliance with Company, OSHA, and other standards and regulations.
• Ensures thorough root cause investigations for all injuries and incidents, following-up with consistent discipline and retraining.
• Oversees personnel needs of the department including selecting, coaching, disciplining, and training employees and evaluating employee performance.
• Provides input into termination, compensation, and promotion decisions.
• Formulates both short-term and long-term goals and action plans in conjunction with the District Manager or Senior District Manager.
• Participates in regular P&L reviews to ensure that budgets are met; develops and implements programs for optimal equipment utilization, equipment maintenance, and labor and material costs.
• Interacts with local city, municipal, and county agencies to ensure customer satisfaction, improve efficiency, renew contracts and negotiate new contracts; establishes WM as a good corporate citizen and valued resource.
• Safeguards District compliance with WM Way processes and continues to work toward and/or maintain Gold Standards.
• Works with functional groups to resolve employee relations and labor relations issues.

Qualifications

• Required: Associate's Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited)
• Preferred: 2 years of relevant work experience.

Physical Requirements

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Company match on 401K