Facility Manager

VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC•Petersburg, VA

4h•Onsite

About The Position

VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a recognized leader in providing sustainability solutions, with three divisions providing industry-leading services: Waste Services, Railcar Services, and Marine Services. VLS has over 1,200 employees in 40+ locations across North America. VLS Environmental Solutions, a leader in waste to energy space, is looking for a results-focused, driven Facility Manager to oversee operations. This position will be responsible for the effective and successful creation and management of labor, productivity, quality control, and safety measures. The ideal candidate will be an action-oriented leader with progressively more challenging roles in Operations or related fields.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in operations management or related field, or equivalent experience
At least 5 years’ progressive experience in management, operations, and leadership
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
critical thinking and problem solving skills
planning and organizing
decision-making
communication skills
influencing and leading
delegation
team work
negotiation
conflict management
adaptability
stress tolerance

Nice To Haves

experience managing a start-up facility a plus

Responsibilities

Ensure that the operation is managed in a correct, cost effective and timely manner in alignment with specifications and quality requirements
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