Operations Manager
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Job Location:
Battle Creek, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
31-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
WM a Fortune 250 company is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential commercial industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations transfer stations landfills recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.
I. Job Summary
This role is responsible for Onboarding Developing Coaching Mentoring and Performance Management of all drivers and helpers. Establish and maintain positive relationships with all front-line employees. Spends the majority of the day in the field with frontline employees.
II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Onboarding Ensuring new frontline employees have tools instruction and feedback for successful daily duties Meet with new frontline employees daily to ensure consistent communication and support of onboarding
- Developing Provide timely and consistent touchpoints with frontline employees. Regular review of best practices to enhance daily performance Focus on understanding and progress of frontline employee career goals
- Coaching Identify and address improvement opportunities and collaborate with frontline employees to ensure continued success Actively practice and seek feedback on coaching conversations.
- Mentoring Lead by example to ensure safety practices are paramount with each employee and Teaching and developing an understanding of the WM Way
- Performance Management Conducts Root Cause Investigations for all injuries and incidents ensuring consistent discipline and retraining. Documents and maintains records required by regulatory agencies such as the Department of Transportation.
- Reviews and audits documentation related to route operations daily (e.g. DVIRs driver time and attendance open tickets) following up where appropriate.
- Visits customers and customer sites to evaluate and resolve safety issues seeking service alternatives where appropriate.
III. Qualifications
A. Required Qualifications
- Associates Degree or in lieu of a degree
- High School Diploma (accredited) and two (2) years of relevant work experience.
- Successful completion of the WM Route Manager Trainee program
- must be at least 18 years of age
- legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located
- Drivers License Valid Drivers License
B. Preferred Qualifications
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. Combination: This job operates in a mix between an office environment and plant/field 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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Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Six Sigma
- Lean
- Management Experience
- Process Improvement
- Microsoft Outlook
- Analysis Skills
- Warehouse Management System
- Operations Management
- Kaizen
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Retail Management
About Company
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 ... View more
