Operations Manager for Recycling Facility
Recruiting Partner: Gina Leposa
Williamsport, Pennsylvania | Manufacturing | Not Remote | $100,000 to $125,000 | Job ID: 163310
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Operations Manager Needed for Leading Recycling & Sustainability Organization
Currently seeking a dynamic Operations Manager to lead a busy recycling facility from intake to merchandise outbound. You’ll oversee yard logistics, fleet coordination, equipment upkeep, and staffing—ensuring efficiency, safety, and top-tier compliance at every step
Responsibilities
- Lead hiring, training, scheduling, and supervision of yard personnel—material handlers, operators, and loaders—while promoting safety and productivity.
- Coordinate daily logistics (sorting, baling, loading/unloading) to meet production goals.
- Schedule inspections and preventive maintenance for balers, shears, forklifts, and heavy equipment to reduce downtime.
- Enforce compliance with safety regulations, lead PPE use and safety initiatives, and maintain incident tracking.
- Monitor KPIs (throughput, equipment use, labor efficiency), identify process improvements, and assist in budgeting.
- Manage vendor, hauler, and customer relationships to ensure on-time delivery and quality service.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years in scrap/recycling or materials-handling operations, with at least 2 years in a supervisory role.
- Strong technical knowledge of yard equipment—balers, shears, forklifts, material handlers—and experience planning maintenance.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in staff development, performance management, and conflict resolution.
- Solid understanding of environmental, health, and safety regulations (e.g., OSHA, R2) and full compliance experience.
- Analytical ability to interpret operational data, monitor KPIs, and recommend process improvements using budget insight.
At Goodwin Recruiting, we are committed to our core values and providing world class customer service. We are committed to helping our clients navigate and comply with the complex and ever-changing labor laws as well as help ensure that in every hiring decision, internally and with our client partners, that all viable candidates are considered, and the most qualified candidate is offered the role. We evaluate the knowledge, skills, and abilities that meet the requirements of the position and aim to open doors and change lives. We value all people, understanding that uniqueness and diversity foster a stronger team that is innovative and brings varying perspectives to the table. We put our money where our mouth is and are proud of our efforts to identify a broad slate of candidates, with many hiring success stories to share.
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At Goodwin Recruiting, our clients seek qualified candidates, and that is what we deliver. A person’s age, gender, race, color, marital or family status, national origin, disability, religion, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity has no bearing on whether they are able to do the job. We evaluate the knowledge, skills, and abilities that meet the requirements of the position and aim to open doors and change lives. We work hard to identify a broad slate of candidates for each of our clients, with many hiring success stories to share.
