General Manager – Environmental & Materials OperationsLocation: Valley View, OH
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
A growing environmental services and materials-processing organization is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead a diverse, multi-operation campus in Valley View, Ohio.
This is a senior, hands-on leadership role with full responsibility for safety, environmental compliance, operations, financial performance, people leadership, and continued site growth. The General Manager will lead several operational managers/supervisors and partner closely with Fleet, Finance, Safety, HR, and executive leadership.
Operations Include
- Landfill and clean-fill operations
- C&D recycling and material recovery
- MSW and C&D transfer operations
- Aggregate production and material handling
- Mulch production and processing
- Nonhazardous waste solidification
- Material baling and recovery
Key Responsibilities
- Lead safe, efficient, and profitable day-to-day operations across all business units.
- Direct and develop 3– 4 managers/supervisors responsible for individual operating areas.
- Establish production goals, staffing plans, schedules, equipment assignments, and operating standards.
- Monitor KPIs including throughput, cost per ton, labor productivity, equipment uptime, maintenance cost, recovery rates, and operating income.
- Identify operational bottlenecks and implement improvements to productivity, reliability, and cost.
- Maintain compliance with OSHA, Ohio EPA, environmental permits, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
- Build a strong safety culture and ensure consistent accountability across management and frontline teams.
- Partner with the Fleet Manager on preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, repair/replacement decisions, purchasing, and long-term capital planning.
- Evaluate equipment condition, utilization, repair history, operating costs, and expected service life.
- Lead and support capital projects, equipment installations, facility improvements, and campus expansion.
- Develop managers and supervisors through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and clear accountability.
- Work cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Safety, HR, Fleet, customers, vendors, contractors, municipalities, and regulators.
- Help shape the long-term growth and operational strategy of the campus.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of progressively responsible operations leadership within heavy civil construction, excavation/site development, demolition, landfill operations, aggregate/quarry operations, construction materials, recycling, solid waste, or other heavy-equipment-intensive environments.
- Strong field-operations background managing crews, supervisors, heavy equipment, production schedules, material movement, and day-to-day site execution.
- 3+ years leading managers, supervisors, or multiple operating departments.
- Experience managing operating budgets, labor, equipment costs, productivity, and financial performance; prior full P&L responsibility is preferred but not required.
- Strong understanding of heavy equipment, maintenance programs, equipment reliability, and material-processing operations.
- Experience leading safety, regulatory compliance, production, and operational performance.
- Strong understanding of heavy equipment, preventive maintenance, equipment utilization, production planning, and repair-versus-replace decisions.
- Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable working in a hands-on, entrepreneurial environment where the organization and scope are continuing to grow.
- Experience in waste, recycling, landfill, transfer, aggregate, or material-processing operations is preferred.
The OpportunityThis position offers the opportunity to take ownership of a unique and growing operation with significant influence over its people, equipment, financial performance, operating systems, and future expansion.The organization is looking for a leader who can improve what exists today while helping build the structure and management team needed for where the business is going next.
Inova Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer