• Facility Operations Manager

    Clean Harbors (Wilmington, CA)


    Summary

    The Facility Operations Manager I is responsible for overseeing and managing all plant operations, including drum pumping, drum dumping, tank farm operations, truck offloading/loading, fuel blending, inventory, and waste tracking. This position ensures operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, employee development, and adherence to Health and Safety standards while supporting the General Manager in facility performance and profitability.

     

    Monday - Friday - Some Saturdays, holidays and weekends - $90,000 to $120,000 a year

    Responsibilities

    + Perform multiple site-specific plant operations including:

    + Drum pumping and dumping

    + Tank farm operations

    + Truck offloading/loading in compliance with DOT segregation requirements

    + Fuel blending

    + Inventory and waste tracking using scanning applications

    + Proper warehousing practices

    + Oversee and manage multiple areas and shifts within the facility.

    + Supervise and develop Operations Supervisors, Plant Foremen, and plant operations staff.

    + Ensure proper waste routing and management according to operational efficiencies.

    + Collaborate with the General Manager on personnel functions including hiring, terminating, development, and performance management.

    + Analyze and review facility profitability with the General Manager.

    + Ensure all employees follow Health and Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and hold staff accountable.

    + Maintain compliance with all permit requirements for specific operational areas.

    + Develop daily production goals for multiple teams and ensure execution.

    + Maintain a clean and safe work environment.

    + Perform other duties as assigned.

    Qualifications

    Education & Experience

     

    + **Required:** Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry or a related field

    + **Experience:** 3-5 years in plant operations or alternative combinations of education and experience may be accepted

    + **Required Certificate/License:** DOT training

     

    Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

     

    + Ability to work in a team environment

    + Initiative and leadership skills

    + Supervisory/management experience

    + Proficiency in multiple site-specific plant operations (drum pumping, tank farm operations, truck offloading/loading, wastewater treatment, fuel blending, shredder operations, inventory scanning, EOM inventory SOPs)

    + Ability to review SOPs and achieve satisfactory quiz scores

    Supervisory Responsibilities

    + Hiring, training, scheduling, performance appraisal, corrective action, and budgeting: **Decides**

    + Promotion and termination: **Recommends**

    + Compensation: **Recommends**

    + Positions supervised: Operations Supervisors, Plant Foremen, and plant operations staff

    Physical Requirements

    + Sedentary work with occasional walking/standing (sit 6–8 hrs/day)

    + Frequent computer use (67–100% of time)

    + Occasional bending, reaching, climbing, lifting 0–10 lbs, kneeling, stooping

    + Requires color determination, respirator fit test, and standard physical abilities for operational tasks

    **Travel:** <10%

     

    Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

     

    Clean Harbors is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact **[email protected]** or **1-844-922-5547** .

     

    Clean Harbors and its subsidiaries are a **Military & Veteran friendly company** .

     

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