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District Operations Manager, Transportation

WM
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Nov 2025

About the role

Preferred Skills and Experience:  Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience; minimum of 2 years managing leaders.  Transportation experience desired; waste industry experience is a plus, bilingual in Spanish is a plus.  Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook. 


I. Job Summary 

Manages the day-to-day operations at a medium to large site. Operations Managers and/or Senior Operations Managers can report into this job. Establishes and maintains performance and productivity metrics and cost management processes. 

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Manages the day-to-day operations of the District, provides daily support to Operations Managers in ensuring quality performance.
  • Monitors operating metrics while diagnosing and improving processes, procedures, and performance.
  • Executes necessary precautions to ensure safety and compliance with Company, OSHA, and other standards and regulations.
  • Ensures thorough root cause investigations for all injuries and incidents, following-up with consistent discipline and retraining.
  • Oversees personnel needs of the department including selecting, coaching, disciplining, and training employees and evaluating employee performance. 
  • Provides input into termination, compensation, and promotion decisions.
  • Formulates short-term and long-term goals and action plans in conjunction with the District Manager or Senior District Manager.
  • Participates in regular P&L reviews to ensure that budgets are met; develops and implements programs for optimal equipment utilization, equipment maintenance, and labor and material costs.
  • Interacts with local city, municipal, and county agencies to ensure customer satisfaction, improve efficiency, renew contracts and negotiate new contracts; establishes WM as a good corporate citizen and valued resource.
  • Ensures District compliance with WM Way processes and continues to work toward and/or maintain Gold Standards.
  • Works with functional groups to resolve employee relations and labor relations issues.

 

III. Qualifications


A. Required Qualifications

  • Associate's Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree 
  • High School Diploma or GED (accredited) 
  • Valid Driver's License 

B. Preferred Qualifications

  • 2 years of relevant work experience. 

 

IV. Physical Requirements

Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
  • This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.
 V. Benefits
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.
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ABOUT WM WM (WM.com) is North America’s largest comprehensive waste management environmental solutions provider. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them achieve their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials and is the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America – where more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

For United States: WM is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualif

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