General Manager Hauling LC

About the role

The General Manager leads one of the Company’s Business Units, holding full profit-and-loss responsibility for all operational facets. In a matrix-management setting, the role oversees division-level managers in Operations, Fleet Management, Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Safety and Environmental Compliance, and Environmental Engineering. The General Manager executes a local-market strategy aligned with the Area’s strategic plans, implements tactical initiatives to drive functional excellence and budget achievement, and manages collection and/or post-collections operations (transfer stations, landfills, recycling centers). The position represents the Company to customers, vendors, municipal clients, and external stakeholders, ensures compliance with safety and regulatory standards, and drives change-management initiatives for Business Unit growth and durability.

Responsibilities

• Implement and execute plans complementing the Area’s strategic operating plan; champion execution of the strategic plan and tactical initiatives within the Business Unit, including operating safely, enhancing customer experience, improving efficiency, and maximizing profitability.
• Collaborate with Area and Region sales management to drive commercial, industrial, residential, and municipal sales efforts to achieve targeted growth objectives, exceed customer experience expectations, and optimize profitability.
• Oversee effective safety and accident prevention programs to ensure all reasonable actions are taken to prevent accidents and injuries; maintain a safe and productive work environment.
• Lead operations to ensure compliance with all standards, including environmental, operating, regulatory, safety, accounting, and ethics.
• Manage performance and talent development.
• Build and maintain strong relations with relevant government, community, and environmental groups.
• Travel up to 30% of the time by air, car, or other modes of transportation.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Minimum of 3 years of progressive leadership and management responsibility.
• Minimum of 3 years of profit-and-loss (P&L) experience.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated business acumen, strategic thinking, and ability to execute against formulated strategy.
• Ability to lead large-scale change initiatives.
• Experience directing large teams of functional experts to execute corporate strategy.
• Ability to build strong sales teams, select top candidates, and coach and develop talent.
• Process- and results-oriented, with a commitment to organizational success and marshaling resources to accomplish goals.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to optimize near-term results contributing to long-term sustainable success.
• Collaborative team-builder with creative thinking to challenge conventional solutions.
• Demonstrates and promotes ethical behavior.
• Experience managing an extended span of control, including multiple sites and business lines (e.g., hauling, landfills, recycling, new business).
• Previous experience in the environmental services industry.
• Previous employment by a Fortune 500 company.
• Experience in labor relations.

Benefits

Eligible employees can elect to participate in:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• Retirement plan with a generous company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Paid Time Off (PTO).

More details: Republic Services Benefits.

About the Company

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry, providing customers with a complete set of products and services, including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste, and field services. The Company is committed to advancing circularity and supporting decarbonization, partnering with customers to create a more sustainable world. In 2025, Republic’s total revenue was $16.6 billion, with adjusted EBITDA of $5.3 billion. The Company serves 13 million customers across North America through more than 1,000 locations, including collection and transfer stations, recycling and polymer centers, treatment facilities, and landfills.

Republic’s strategy focuses on three growth areas: recycling and waste, environmental solutions, and sustainability innovation. The Company’s integrated approach strengthens its position across these areas, driving profitable growth. Key initiatives include expanding recycling and waste operations, enhancing environmental solutions (e.g., PFAS remediation), and advancing sustainability through innovations like the Republic Services Polymer Center and Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) plants at landfills.

Recent recognition includes:

• Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies
• CDP Discloser
• Dow Jones Best-In-Class Indices
• Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies
• Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies
• Great Place to Work
• Sustainability Yearbook S&P Global

The Company’s values—Safe, Committed to Serve, Environmentally Responsible, Driven, and Human-Centered—guide its daily actions, fostering an inclusive and diverse culture with high employee engagement (86%). In 2024, Republic positively impacted 5.1 million people through the Republic Services Charitable Foundation and local community grants.