General Manager (Omaha, NE)

The General Manager oversees operations, strategic growth, and team leadership within a solid waste and recycling company. A key focus of the role is driving municipal and regional growth by developing strong relationships with local governments, expanding service contracts, and ensuring operational excellence. This position requires a dynamic leader who can balance customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, safety, and financial performance while identifying opportunities to grow and improve municipal and regional services.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Manages P&L for internal and external sales, procurement, operations, transportation, safety, etc. 

• Establishes and manages long term goals that align with Company standards 

• Manages 4 - 5 direct reports and indirect reports 

• Creates effective operational teams 

• Manages all relationships with vendors to ensure overall contract compliance and client satisfaction 

• Establishes, implements, and manages a strong safety culture amongst all employees 

• Manages all transportation and logistics functions for collection route operations 

Job Qualifications 

Education: 

• Bachelors Degree preferred 

Experience and Competencies: 

• Demonstrated success in managing (post) collection operations. 

• Experience in managing over $25M annual P&L 

• Must have previous experience managing residential and commercial collection contracts 

• Demonstrated success in managing collection operations 

• Demonstrated success in hiring, training and motivating an operations team to drive contract success and compliance 

• Partnering with Fleet Manager to manage a fleet of solid waste or recycling collection vehicles

• Minimum 5 years of Waste/Recycling experience required

Benefits 

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) 

• Retirement Plan (401k) 

• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) 

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Holidays) 

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability