General Manager

About the role

This position is responsible for leading, developing and growing a safe, efficient, and profitable hazardous and radioactive waste facility. This is a salaried, exempt position.

Responsibilities

• Hire, Mentor, Challenge, and Retain facility staff
• Set Challenging Facility and Personnel Goals, hold staff accountable for results
• Direct operations activities of the facility to achieve budget and profitability goals.
• Ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations, and internal quality assurance procedures.
• Ensure compliance with Permit and licenses)
• Maintain effective relationships with regulatory agencies.
• Monitor and support all sales and customer relations.
• Ascertain employee training needs and development.
• Maintain an accident-free environment.
• Control expenses and budget to ensure profitability; approve all purchases and expenses internally up to $25,000; approve and sign monthly and quarterly financial reports.
• Support strategic planning.
• Manage up to 60 employees; approve timesheets for exempt employees.
• Travel as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Proven Leadership, Teamwork, and Communications Skills
• Needs broad knowledge and experience in RCRA and TSCA regulations, radiation protection, OSHA standards and regulations with a minimum of 5 years of practical experience in the radioactive waste industry.
• Radiological Safety Training: 24hr Hazardous Materials Training required.
• Need a high level of planning and organizational skills.
• Must be able to lead and motivate employees.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Special training required: Rad Worker and RCRA training.
• Certifications: OSHA Hazwoper TSD Worker.
• B.S. degree in Chemistry or Engineering, or B.A. degree in Business Administration or equivalent work experience.
• Will work in an office-type environment approximately 60% of the day, other 40% being in industrial-type facility where there is potential for exposure to radiation, noise, dust, and hot and cold temperatures.
• Sitting, walking, and walking on uneven surfaces, and occasionally lifting and/or climbing with or without reasonable accommodation is a daily requirement with this position.