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Position Description:

Summary: The Facility Manager - MPF is responsible for leading a team of material processing professionals to ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards while optimizing the facility's operational efficiency, reliability, and financial performance.

Reports To:Regional Area Manager

Location:Warren, Michigan

Status: Salaried - Exempt

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads, manages and directs all personnel and activities associated with safely operating the facility according to all applicable laws and approved policies and procedures.

• Promotes and supports a positive EH&S culture while assuring compliance by all facility personnel with Covanta EH&S policies and applicable laws, regulations, and permits.

• Promotes open communication at all levels, encouraging facility personnel to contribute ideas, solutions, and issues freely. Actively listens and takes action based on employee communication.

• Maintains a positive working relationship with all customers, regulators, business leaders, managers, facility personnel, contractors, and vendors.

• Works with facility personnel to develop goals and objectives on a routine basis and monitors progress toward the goals and objectives to assist in achieving personal, professional, and team success.

• Prepares performance reviews on a routine basis to assist employees in achieving their goals and the team's goals.

• Reviews and promptly approves personnel requests for personal time off and follows approved policies and procedures.

• Reviews and approves personnel timesheets and overtime requests in accordance with approved policies and procedures.

• Prepares a training and qualification plan for all personnel assigned to the facility and monitors progress routinely.

• Develops and administers a site Communications Plan, detailing recurring meetings and events necessary to support open and frequent communication at all levels of the business.

• Leads and delegates development and preparation of facility standard operating procedures (SOP) sufficient to safely and efficiently operate and maintain facility equipment in a format approved for use at the facility and in accordance with approved policies and procedures and the Covanta Quality Program.

• Reviews, audits, and approves all documentation necessary to successfully lead the facility departments, including logbooks, rounds sheets, shift summaries, CMMS reports, schedules, checklists, vendor reports, etc., to ensure compliance with approved policies and procedures.

• Oversees the development and implementation of a site maintenance program for all facility equipment, conducive to achieving the highest equipment reliability and lowest cost of operation possible.

• Oversees developing and maintaining a site spare parts inventory and compliance with purchasing and auditing guidelines in coordination with Sourcing leaders.

• Review department invoices before payment for comparison to purchase orders, GL Account coding, and payment terms by approved policies and procedures.

• Manages all aspects of approved capital projects for the facility in the annual budget.

• Maximizes facility profitability and contributes to forecasting and analyzing financials, developing and monitoring budgets, and preparing explanations and reports of monthly, quarterly, and annual outcomes.

• Any other duties as assigned by the Area Manager.

The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and are not to be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is a plus, or ten (10) years of related experience and/or training or an equivalent combination of education and experience in the waste industry.

• Demonstrated leadership and communication skills.

• Sound decision-making, problem solving, and analytical thinking.

• Exceptional organizational and time management skills.

• Thorough knowledge of OSHA, Waste Industry regulatory requirements, and EPA, state, and local regulations.

• Thorough knowledge of waste and wastewater treatment processes and programs.

• Working knowledge of professional accounting, financial, and tax concepts.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.