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Transportation ManagerWaste Management • Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
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Transportation Manager

Waste Management
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    Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
  • US
    Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
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About

Transportation Manager

The Transportation Manager is responsible for the performance management of frontline transportation employees across multiple lines of business, including Commercial, Roll-off, and Residential services. This role oversees approximately 15 drivers and helpers, with full accountability for onboarding, training, development, coaching, mentoring, and performance management.

As a hands-on, field-based leader, the Transportation Manager spends the majority of the day working directly alongside frontline employees to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality service. The role emphasizes building and maintaining strong, positive relationships with team members while fostering a culture of accountability, safety, and engagement.

This position requires a driven, self-motivated individual who can effectively address performance issues, and continuously improve route execution and productivity. The Transportation Manager plays a key role in ensuring operational excellence across all service lines while developing a high-performing and motivated team.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring new frontline employees have tools, instruction, and feedback for successful daily duties
  • Meet with new frontline employees daily to ensure consistent communication and support of onboarding
  • Provide timely and consistent touchpoints with frontline employees.
  • Regular review of best practices to enhance daily performance
  • Focus on understanding and progress of frontline employee career goals
  • Identify and address improvement opportunities and collaborate with frontline employees to ensure continued success
  • Actively practice and seek feedback on coaching conversations.
  • Lead by example to ensure safety practices are paramount with each employee and
  • Teaching and developing an understanding of the WM Way
  • Conducts Root Cause Investigations for all injuries and incidents, ensuring consistent discipline and retraining.
  • Documents and maintains records required by regulatory agencies such as the Department of Transportation.
  • Reviews and audits documentation related to route operations daily (e.g., DVIRs, driver time and attendance, open tickets), following up where appropriate.
  • Visits customers and customer sites to evaluate and resolve safety issues, seeking service alternatives where appropriate.

Required qualifications include:

  • Associate's Degree (accredited) or in lieu of a degree,
  • High School Diploma (accredited) and two (2) years of relevant work experience.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located
  • Valid Driver's License

Preferred qualifications include:

  • Successful completion of the WM Operations Manager Trainee program

Physical requirements include:

Combination: This job operates in a mix between an office environment and plant/field environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

About our 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.

  • Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Languages

  • English
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