Operations Manager
Quick Summary
Lead and supervise hourly employees and frontline supervisors at our hauling site, landfill, metal yard, MRF, and portable toilet service.
📍 Pahrump, NV
🕒 Monday–Friday | 45–50 hrs/week (can fluctuate based on needs of the site)
💰 $95,000–$105,000 base + 15% cash + 15% equity bonus
What We Offer
~1 min readWaste Connections (NYSE: WCN) is one of North America’s leading waste services companies—and a place where high-performing leaders thrive. We empower our teams to make decisions, take ownership, and grow their careers alongside a company that values integrity, respect, and results.
If you're a driven, people-focused leader looking to step into broader operational ownership and fast-track your career, this is your opportunity.
- Integrity: We do what we say we’ll do
- Respect: We value our people, customers, and communities
- Empowerment: Leaders here are trusted to make decisions and drive results
Responsibilities
~1 min readAs an Operations Manager, you’ll lead day-to-day hauling, landfill, metal yard, MRF, and toilet service operations while developing your leadership team and driving performance across safety, service, and profitability.
- →Lead and supervise hourly employees and frontline supervisors at our hauling site, landfill, metal yard, MRF, and portable toilet service.
- →Monitor routes and staffing; adjust resources in real time to meet service demands
- →Partner with the Site Manager on budgeting and P&L performance
- →Coach, develop, and hold accountable a team of frontline leaders
- →Assist in creating/managing policies and procedures
- →Conduct field inspections and safety audits to ensure compliance and best practices
- →Handle and resolve customer escalations with professionalism and urgency
- →Oversee environmental, OSHA, and local regulatory compliance
- →Set and execute short- and long-term operational goals
- →Drive a strong safety culture and continuous improvement mindset
- 5+ years of leadership experience in a fast-paced, people-heavy environment
- Proven ability to manage large teams and shifting priorities
- Experience with operations, logistics, or field-based teams
- Exposure to budgeting or P&L management
- Strong decision-making, communication, and leadership skills
- Proficient in Excel and business systems
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Willingness to relocate for advancement opportunities
- Hands-on leader who thrives both in the field and in the office
- Strong coach and mentor who develops future leaders
- Comfortable operating in high-accountability, fast-moving environments
- Safety-focused with experience in regulated industries
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Posted
- 2 days ago
Listing Details
- First seen
- October 12, 2026
- Last seen
- October 14, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 1
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 49%
- Scored at
- October 14, 2026
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