Environmental Associate Project Manager (Relocation Required)

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About the Environmental Associate Project Manager
The Associate Project Manager is an on-the-job training position that develops Project Managers for WMs Sustainability Services team. The duties and responsibilities under the direction and supervision of WM leaders are related to onsite activities at client locations. The Associate PM through assigned work activities a training curriculum and hands-on projects will develop a working knowledge of all aspects of the day-to-day onsite sustainability operations including but it not limited to the storage transportation and disposal of hazardous/non-hazardous wastes and other related services following federal state and local regulations. The Associate PM learns to plan and manage the work of onsite personnel serve as liaison between client and vendors in relation to service issues and contract management and maintains pre-established standards for safety and environmental issues.

This position is an eight-month training program. After the training program participant must be willing to relocate anywhere in the lower 48 as there is no way to forecast where a Project Manager role will open.

What Youll Do/Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Successfully complete the Associate Project Manager curriculum.
• Attend and participate in all mandatory group training sessions.
• Responsible for the knowledge development and progressive understanding in all aspects of day-to-day management of onsite activities at client locations.
• Learn how to effectively manage site team members.
• Learn how to coordinate logistics for transportation of hazardous and non-hazardous waste from client site including profiling scheduling manifesting and physically loading bulk and drum loads.
• Learn to consult with client(s) to identify design and implement cost saving opportunities and proposals.
• Develop proficiency in ensuring compliance with client and government regulations by learning to performing necessary inspections and reporting.
• Learn how to administer client and vendor financial obligations including invoicing reporting and contracts.
• Learn to manage profit and loss (budgeting)
• Develop a strong understanding and dedication to the WM Safety Program; Learn to promote a culture of safety among site team members.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (accredited) in Environmental Sciences Accounting Business or related field or in lieu of degree
  • High School Diploma (accredited) and 4 years of relevant work experience.
• Pre-assignment and/or pre-hire customer-specific drug and/or alcohol testing may be required by certain customer-contract requirements.
• Valid Drivers License
• Ability to pass a respirator FIT test & be clean shaven
• Such testing may include urinalysis oral swab drug hair follicle testing and/or alcohol testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Work standards - Setting high standards of performance for self and others.

• Safety and Environmental Performance Awareness - Identifying and correcting conditions that affect employee safety and environmental protection.

• Active learning - Demonstrating zeal for new information knowledge and experiences.

• Applied learning - Assimilating and applying new job-related information in a timely manner.

• Communication- Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that helps them understand and retain the message.

• Customer focus - Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities.
  

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.

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding machine operation etc.) part of the work day;

• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects greater than 50 pounds as part of the work day;

• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts burns exposure to toxic chemicals etc.) part of the work day;

• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt odors noise weather extremes or similar elements part of the work day;

• Normal setting for this job varies depending on the client.
  

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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