Facility Manager - Non-Haz Waste

VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC•Houston, TX

2h•Onsite

About The Position

VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a recognized leader in providing sustainability solutions, with three divisions providing industry-leading services. With a mission to innovate solutions to meet clients' sustainability goals, VLS has over 1,200 employees in 40+ locations across North America. Waste Services VLS Waste Services provides customized waste processing solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous industrial and commercial waste, including landfill diversion and sustainability programs, solidification of liquid waste, recycling, wastewater treatment, and waste sequestration. Railcar Services VLS Railcar Cleaning and Repair Services division provides specialty cleaning services for difficult-to-clean products, including chemicals, hardened materials, and pressurized gases, and comprehensive repair services for certified full-service repairs, tank car qualifications, and maintenance. Marine Services VLS Marine Services division offers state-of-the-art barge cleaning, repair, and gas-free facilities for various chemical solvents and downstream petroleum products. The Facility Manager will oversee all operations at our New Braunfels, TX site, a combined Solidification and Shredding Facility, reporting directly to the General Manager. This position has full Profit and Loss (P&L) responsibility for the facility, including revenue growth, cost management, budgeting, forecasting, financial performance, and operational efficiency. The Facility Manager will be responsible for the effective and successful management of labor, productivity, quality control, safety, customer service, environmental compliance, and regulatory compliance while ensuring adherence to all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, permits, and company policies. The ideal candidate will be an action-oriented leader with progressively increasing responsibility in Operations, Plant Management, or related fields, and a demonstrated track record of driving operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and financial results.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in operations management or related field, or equivalent experience
At least 5 years’ progressive experience in management, operations, and leadership; experience managing a start-up facility a plus
Understanding of general finance and budgeting, including profit and loss and balance sheet
Ability to build consensus and relationships among managers, partners, and employees
Excellent communication and leadership skills

Nice To Haves

experience managing a start-up facility a plus

Responsibilities

Improve operational management systems, processes and best practices that guarantee organizational well-being
Help promote a company culture that encourages top performance and high morale
Examine financial data/statements and use them to improve profitability
Perform quality controls and monitor production KPI’s
Recruit, train, supervise and appraise employees. Accomplish results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
Contribute operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepare and complete action plans; implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends
Forecast requirements; prepare an annual budget; schedule expenditures; analyze variances; initiating corrective actions
Plan, schedule, and review workload and manpower to make sure targets are being met on a cost-effective basis
Analyze process workflow, employee and space requirements and equipment layout; implement changes
Maintain safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources, maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
Communicate customer issues with operations team and devise ways of improving the customer experience, including resolving problems and complaints
Work closely with management team to set and/or implement policies, procedures, and systems and to follow through with implementation. Communicate all operating policies and/or issues at department meetings
Partner with Safety team to ensure all processes remain compliant with OSHA and other governmental regulations
Purchase materials, plan inventory and ensure warehouse efficiency