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Athens Services

Waste collection, recycling, and environmental services

Division Vice President - Landfill & Organics

Business & StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRiverside, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience or ability to manage landfill and organics operations, including day-to-day operations, maintenance, performance standards, and productivity metrics.
  • Ability to manage full profit-and-loss responsibility, including contract management, revenue growth, cost management, compliance, personnel development, capital projects, and budget development.
  • Ability to interact with municipal leadership, including public works officials, city managers, and city council members.
  • Ability to contribute to sales and marketing activities to support location growth.
  • Ability to manage municipal operating contracts and ensure compliance.
  • Ability to develop and audit maintenance programs for on- and off-highway fleets.
  • Ability to maximize landfill density and airspace savings.
  • Ability to manage technical consultants and operations teams in preparing annual site operating plans, including fill-sequence, winterization, and drainage plans.
  • Ability to manage composting operations using key performance indicators to improve processes and produce quality compost and mulch.
  • Ability to lead sales of organic products profitably and maintain continuous product movement.
  • Ability to interact with regulatory agencies, including water quality boards, air management districts, CalRecycle, local enforcement agencies, and land-use jurisdictions.
  • Ability to provide workforce training, guidance, and coaching.
  • Ability to provide customer service and support customer retention.
  • Ability to participate in hiring qualified personnel and conduct management-team meetings.
  • Ability to develop personnel and foster a team-focused work environment.
  • Ability to determine workflow and staffing levels, monitor equipment operations and maintenance, and conduct safety training.
  • Ability to provide monthly projections and analysis and review year-to-date and prior-year budget comparisons.
  • Knowledge of applicable federal, state, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and local regulations.
  • Ability to establish procedures for employee, customer, and visitor safety.
  • Ability to inspect facilities and maintain cleanliness and upkeep of facilities, equipment, and property through preventive maintenance programs.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the performance of general managers and operations and maintenance managers.
  • Manage day-to-day operations and maintenance to meet performance standards and productivity metrics.
  • Assume full profit-and-loss responsibility for assigned operations, including contract management, revenue growth, cost management, compliance, personnel development, capital projects, and budget development.
  • Interact with municipal leadership, including public works officials, city managers, and city council members.
  • Participate in sales and marketing activities to support location growth.
  • Manage municipal operating contracts and ensure full compliance.
  • Implement and audit maintenance programs for on- and off-highway fleets.
  • Develop and manage programs to maximize landfill density and airspace savings.
  • Manage technical consultants and operations teams in preparing annual site operating plans, including fill-sequence, winterization, and drainage plans.
  • Manage composting operations using key performance indicators to improve processes and produce quality compost and mulch.
  • Lead sales of organic products to maintain continuous profitable product movement.
  • Interact with regulatory agencies, including water quality boards, air management districts, CalRecycle, local enforcement agencies, and land-use jurisdictions.
  • Provide workforce training, guidance, and coaching.
  • Provide customer service and support customer retention.
  • Participate in hiring qualified personnel and conduct weekly management-team meetings.
  • Develop personnel and foster a team-focused work environment.
  • Determine workflow and staffing levels, monitor equipment operations and maintenance, and conduct safety training.
  • Provide monthly projections and analysis and review year-to-date and prior-year budget comparisons.
  • Ensure facilities meet federal, state, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and local requirements.
  • Establish procedures to ensure the safety of employees, customers, and visitors.
  • Engage employees through feedback and recognition to foster a safe, energetic work environment.
  • Inspect facilities and ensure cleanliness and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and property through preventive maintenance programs.

About the Company

Athens Services

Waste collection, recycling, and environmental services

Athens Services provides waste collection, recycling, and environmental services for residential, commercial, and public-sector customers in the greater Los Angeles area. It operates through a fleet of trucks and local facilities to collect trash, recycle materials, and compost waste, and it uses reuse and recycling to divert resources from landfills. The company emphasizes personalized, community-focused service and investment in people, technology, and the environment. It differentiates itself by being family-owned and operating with a focus on The Athens Way—great service, strong people, safety, and sustainability—rather than competing purely on scale. The goal is to deliver reliable service while fostering a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment for generations to come.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
La Puente, CA
Founded
Not listed

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