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Operations Supervisor

Republic Services

The Role

Overview

Lead waste hauling ops, ensuring safety, efficiency, customer service and team engagement.

Key Responsibilities

  • safety management
  • customer service
  • route optimization
  • equipment maintenance
  • productivity management
  • team leadership

Tasks

-Understand, support and execute service delivery while actively supporting maintenance and the operational role in fleet quality and maintenance. -Work with the sales team to identify and eliminate any unsafe conditions on new route or for new customers. -Engage assigned employees in active participation to instill a culture of safety by demonstration of a personal commitment to safe operations and active personal outreach to operational employees. -Interact with customers to solve and rectify any issues and improve the overall customer experience. -Partner with the maintenance department to ensure all equipment remains in working order and in compliance with safety standards. -Execute other operational plans to help achieve or exceed the division’s budgeted goals. -Oversee effective safety and accident prevention programs to ensure all reasonable actions are taken to prevent accidents and injuries; ensure a safe and productive work environment for all employees; implement and maintain and effective loss control and safety program. -Create a collaborative, communicative team environment and drive employee engagement with the Company. -Understand and provide leadership to achieve and communicate about safety goals and objectives. -Establish productivity goals where needed; ensure adherence to operating standards; and manage labor hours and disposal expenses per established and agreed plans. -Work to remove unsafe conditions or situations from drivers’ routes. -Serve as a positive representative of the Company to drive customer satisfaction and loyalty to the Company. -Build and develop talent on the team, understand employees’ career goals and provide coaching to get employees ready for advancement with the Company. -Lead drivers to exceed productivity goals and expectations for all routes. -Create, modify, and improve routes to maximize density and improve efficiency. -Resolve unusual service requests, equipment breakdowns and schedule changes with timely communications to all stakeholders. -Is collaborative; builds and works with teams. -Provide service to all customers that meets or exceeds customer expectations with regard to the entire customer experience. -Reduce route hours to the extent possible with techniques such as service conversions and container upsizing.

Requirements

  • leadership
  • hiring
  • problem solving
  • analytical
  • creative
  • supervisory

What You Bring

-Has strong leadership skills and proven judgment of talent, with an emphasis on hiring and developing high performance teams -Understand missed pickup goals and meet or exceed expectations related to those goals. -Able to direct large staff. -Demonstrated problem-solving, analytical, critical-thinking and decision-making skills. -Creative thinker who challenges conventional solutions. -1 year of lead or supervisory experience. -Demonstrates and promotes ethical behavior.

Benefits

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

The Company

About Republic Services

-It operates collection, transfer, recycling centers, landfills and energy‑from‑waste facilities across the U.S. -Typical projects include curbside residential pickup, commercial/industrial waste hauling, recycling operations and landfill gas‑to‑energy plants. -Specialisms span residential and commercial collection, industrial waste services, recycling processing, hazardous waste treatment, and renewable energy generation.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Manufacturing

Retail

Special Waste

Hazardous Waste

Recycling

Solid Waste

Environmental Solutions

Field Services

Emergency Response

Exploration and Production Services