Area Operations Manager (Waste Management)

Location: Fairfax or Alexandria, Virginia, or Montgomery, Maryland, United States; the role oversees multiple facilities in a geographic region and requires walking, climbing, working at heights and in confined spaces, lifting up to 50 lbs, wearing a full-face respirator, and working in various weather conditions.

Base pay: $180,600–$258,100 USD per annum, plus benefits.

Company

hirify.global provides sustainable waste management solutions, including waste reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery, energy-from-waste, and material processing services.

What you will do

• Lead the safe, efficient, and profitable operation of multiple Energy from Waste and Material Processing Facilities, including regional P&L performance.
• Drive operational excellence, asset availability, proactive maintenance, production performance, cost control, and facility operating plans.
• Implement safety, health, environmental, technical standards, outage management, compliance, and corrective-action programs across the area.
• Use KPIs, audits, root cause analysis, Lean tools, Problem Solving Reports, benchmarks, and data-driven reporting to improve performance and address operating deficiencies.
• Coach facility leaders and collaborate with commercial, sales and operations planning, maintenance, engineering, PMO, HR, and other functional teams.
• Develop talent, succession plans, change-management initiatives, capital expenditure plans, contingency plans, and long-term operational strategies.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive operations management experience, including at least 5 years of supervisory experience in a leadership role.
• Experience leading operations and maintenance execution and managing large or complex operations that deliver services and customer satisfaction.
• Experience with end-to-end plant operations and maintenance involving incoming waste types, refuse processing, boiler operations, turbine generators, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, ash, auxiliary systems, and significant processing equipment and material handling.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or another technical discipline.
• Leadership experience in specialty chemicals, utilities, operations and maintenance, heavy industry, intensive asset environments, or an equivalent field.
• Experience staffing, mentoring, developing, and managing an operations organization.
• Business acumen covering P&L implications, process technology development, scale-up, process improvement, and large operations.
• Ability to drive cultural change, accountability, continuous improvement, process safety, worker safety, and environmental stewardship.
• Strong customer orientation and comfort working in a matrixed organization.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree.
• Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Understanding of power market dynamics, strategies, plant operations, and the intersection of these areas.
• Experience interacting with federal, state, and local regulators, legislators, permitting agencies, and community organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, environmental stewardship, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement are core operating priorities.
• Health care, prescription drug, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, disability, life, and AD&D insurance benefits are available to regular full-time USA employees.
• Benefits begin on the first day of employment; the package includes paid time off, paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) plan with company matching of up to 7%.
• Wellness incentives, tuition or educational assistance, and an employee referral bonus.