District Manager in Training

Job Summary

WM is seeking a motivated and ambitious District Manager to develop the skills needed to lead the daily operations of a district in Northern California or Nevada. This role provides a unique opportunity to build expertise in district management through hands-on experience with safety protocols, financial performance, and employee leadership. As a District Manager, you'll be instrumental in overseeing drivers, ensuring regulatory compliance, fostering strong relationships with municipal partners, and driving cost-effective operations. The ideal candidate holds a degree and has at least two years of leadership experience in operations, finance, or people management. Flexibility to travel and a commitment to our sustainability mission are essential. Relocation to a district within Northern California or Nevada, in either a rural or urban area, will be required as skills for the role are developed.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day collection operations of a single site, establishes, and maintains performance and productivity metrics and cost management processes.
• Responsible for P&L.
• Drivers will report directly to this role.

Location

This role can sit in Sacramento, CA, Lodi, CA, Stockton, CA, or Reno, NV.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

District Operations Management

• Manages the District's day-to-day operations and provides daily support to drivers in ensuring safety, service, and savings.
• Executes necessary precautions to ensure safety and compliance with Company, OSHA, and other standards and regulations.
• Ensures thorough root cause investigations for all injuries and incidents, following up with consistent coaching and retraining.
• Oversees department personnel needs, including selecting, coaching, disciplining, and training employees and evaluating employee performance.
• Manages termination, compensation, and promotion decisions.

Performance and Productivity

• Formulates short-term and long-term goals and action plans in conjunction with the Senior District Manager and/or Director of Collection Operations.
• Participates in regular P&L reviews to ensure that budgets are met; develops and implements programs for optimal equipment utilization, equipment maintenance, and labor and material costs.

Customer Relations and Compliance

• Interacts with local city, municipal, and county agencies to ensure customer satisfaction, improve efficiency, renew contracts, and negotiate new contracts; establishes WM as a good corporate citizen and valued resource.

III. Qualifications

A. Required Qualifications

• Associates Degree (accredited) or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 2 years of relevant work experience.
• 2 years in a role with supervisory and/or P&L responsibility (in addition to education requirement).
• Valid driver's license and a clean driving record.
• Must be able to maintain a valid driver's license and clean driving record throughout the duration of employment in this position.

B. Preferred Qualifications

• Additional relevant experience in operations, finance, or people management.

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.

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.

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 its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada.
• With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them achieve their sustainability goals.
• WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials and is the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants in North America.
• WM's fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks - the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America - where more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas.
• To learn more about WM and the company's sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

• WM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
• For Canada: WM is committed to the principle of equal employment for all applicants and employees, without discrimination on the basis of all grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation.
• Real ID: In order to travel by air or access federal property, federal law requires individuals have a REAL ID or an acceptable alternative. This position may require the successful candidate to travel by air for business reasons, or service federal property. Accordingly, successful candidates must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID, or TSA approved alternative.