District Manager II - Haz Waste Landfill
Waste Management
- Location
- Kettleman City, CA, United States
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- Posted
- Sep 15, 2026
About this role
Job Summary
As the District Manager, you will lead the overall business performance, operations, and profitability of WM's Kettleman Hills hazardous waste facility and McKittrick Landfill. This highly visible leadership role carries full responsibility for safety, environmental compliance, employee development, operational execution, capital planning, and P&L performance across two critical California operations. You'll lead and develop a team of managers and employees while driving continuous improvement, maximizing asset utilization, and ensuring exceptional service to customers and regulatory stakeholders. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced operations leader from environmental services, remediation, hazardous waste, industrial services, oil & gas, mining, construction materials, landfill, or other heavy industry environments. If you have a track record of leading large-scale operations, managing budgets, developing teams, and delivering strong business results in a safety-focused culture, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact while helping shape the future of one of WM's most strategically important environmental operations. Relocation assistance is available. II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Manages the day-to-day operations of the district and provides daily support to managers in ensuring quality and budget performance. Monitors budget and operating metrics while diagnosing and improving processes, procedures, and performance. Executes the Market’s strategic capital budget, ensuring effective use of the budget through asset allocation; ensures appropriate spare ratios and asset disposal. 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 discipline and retraining. Oversees personnel needs of the department including selecting, coaching, disciplining, and training employees and evaluating employee performance. Provides input into termination, compensation, and promotion decisions. Formulates both short-term and long-term goals and action plans in conjunction with the Market Area General Manager and/or Director of 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. 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. Engages suppliers in problem solving and participates in suppliers’ improvement processes by providing performance feedback on supplier surveys. Minimizes the total number of suppliers used by working with Supplier Partners to eliminate/reduce the number of one-time suppliers. Works with functional groups to resolve employee relations and labor relations issues. III.
Qualifications
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Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree (accredited) or in lieu of degree High School Diploma GED (accredited) and four (4) years relevant of work experience 5 years in a role with supervisory and P&L responsibility (in addition to education requirement) RCRA and B. Preferred Qualifications ----------------------------------------------- HAZWOPER (24 Hour) Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) Clean Air Act (CAA) Clean Water Act (CWA Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) Superfund Amendment & Reauthorization Act (SARA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) Hazardous Waste Transportation Act (HWTA Code of Federal Regulation (CFR 40, 29, & 49) Contingency Plan Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) Security Plan Hazwoper Standard Division Practices