Landfill Manager (Waste Management Services)

Landfill Manager

Anne Arundel County Government is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill a professional, full-time, permanent Landfill Manager position in the Waste Management Division in the Department of Public Works. The Landfill Manager manages the operation, and maintenance of a County sanitary landfill, resource recovery facility, and recycling center. The Landfill Manager position will manage the day-to-day operations of the active landfill and the seven closed landfill areas at the 565-acre Millersville Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility located in Severn, Maryland, and two closed landfills, located in Deale and Glen Burnie, Maryland, owned by the County. The position will oversee municipal landfilling operations at the state-of-the-art Millersville Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility. Operation includes managing the state-of-the-art solid waste disposal facility, including liner and leachate collection systems, landfill gas collection, conveyance and recovery systems, recycling activities, and post-closure care.

There is considerable public contact with county residents and private contractors on operational issues, and citizens concerning on- and off-site environmental compliance activities. Work involves responsibility for planning, organizing, and supervising the daily operations at the County landfill, associated recycling center, and other resource recovery operations. Responsibilities include supervising staff, planning the layout and fill sequences within a landfill sub-cell, maintaining proper berms, ditches, and access roads, assuring proper cover of solid waste with suitable materials, and oversight and contract supervision of a yard waste composting operation currently operated by a third party. The employee must apply sound waste management principles and applications to ensure effective landfill operations and compliance with Federal, State, and County regulations on environmental mandates. The complexity of work requires reading and interpreting a variety of engineering documents prepared by consultants regarding erosion and sediment control, stormwater management, fill sequence of landfill cells and sub-cells, and determining what devices are available to enforce sediment and erosion and stormwater controls. The scope of work impacts County citizens using the facility, other County agencies, and private contractors.

Plans, organizes, and schedules activities for refuse disposal at the County landfill to include excavation, soil hauling, waste compaction, recycling, monitoring contractor performance, and checking sediment and erosion control devices. Supervises and schedules employees who are engaged in activities ranging from laborer duties to the operation and maintenance of various types of complex heavy equipment, both wheeled, tracked, and stationary. Determines layout and fill sequence of various subcells, and directs proper maintenance and construction of necessary sediment and erosion control devices and access roads. Ensures landfill is operated in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and County laws and existing operation permits, including daily, intermediate, and final cover; weight records of refuse disposed of; seeding and other required maintenance activities. Informs users of the landfill and recycling area of rules, regulations, and responsibilities in the disposal of solid waste; prepares and maintains necessary records and reports on personnel, as well as the operation of the facilities. Inspects all new construction such as lined cells, leachate collection, sediment and erosion control devices, and recycling area layout. Assist with the preparation of, and administers operating budget for the landfill and resource recovery areas. Draft policies and operational procedures to ensure the landfill and recycling area operate effectively in maintaining a safe working environment and customer-oriented focus. Administers contracts for supplies and services to include writing of proposals, advertising and reviewing bids, and ensuring contract is executed by contract specifications. Reads and interprets a variety of engineering documents prepared by consultants regarding erosion and sediment control, stormwater management, and fill sequence of landfill subcells. Performs duties of a higher-level manager when required. Serves as the liaison for citizen contact for both on- and off-site environmental compliance activities. Perform related duties as required.

Thorough knowledge of the methods and techniques of integrated solid waste management systems methods. Thorough knowledge of local, State (MD), and Federal laws related to waste management systems. Skill in planning and goal setting to achieve work objectives. Skill in managing human resources and equipment to ensure a safe, efficient, and customer-friendly operation. Skill in supervising, counseling, motivating, disciplining personnel, and maintaining effective working relationships. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Ability to develop and implement solutions to operational problems, and evaluate operational data (tonnage, leachate, landfill gas, etc.) for the development of efficiency improvements.

Education: A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in physical, environmental, or biological sciences, engineering, geology, hydrology, or a related field. Experience: Two (2) or more years of experience in landfill operations, environmental regulations, and waste management service operations; and a valid non-commercial Class C motor vehicle operator's license. NOTE: Two (2) or more years of experience in landfill operations, environmental regulations, and waste management service operations may be substituted with two (2) years of experience in heavy and civil earthwork construction management. NOTE: Heavy and civil earthwork construction management would include projects such as site development, Public Works, water resources, transportation, and projects that include significant mass excavation and grading. Construction management experience would include primary project management (submittals, invoices, RFIs, change orders, schedule tracking, close-out documents, etc.), project cost controls and tracking, managing overall site safety, environmental compliance, and personnel management and development. NOTE: This is a safety-sensitive position and employees in this position are subject to Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) and Alcohol testing. Note: Accredited University or College is the recognition from an accrediting agency that an institution maintains a certain level of educational standards. The U.S. Department of Education maintains a database of accrediting agencies it recognizes for schools within the United States. For a University or College outside the United States, the applicant must provide documentation of accreditation and educational equivalency, which can be accomplished through a credential evaluation service. Applicants with a foreign degree must provide this documentation upon the close of the announcement.

Preference will be given to candidates with: 1. Experience in the methods and techniques of integrated solid waste management systems. 2. Knowledge of local, State (MD), and Federal laws related to waste management systems 3. Possession of a Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO) certification, a SWANA Manager of Composting Programs certification, or a Maryland Department of Agriculture Compost Facility Operator certification. 4. Skills in managing human resources and equipment to ensure a safe, efficient, and customer-friendly operation. 5. Experience in the use of Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and G-Suite (i.e. Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides), and CountyView (or other GIS programs). 6. Experience in supervising, training, motivating, counseling, and disciplining personnel, and maintaining effective working relationships.