Title: Plant Shift Supervisor II
About Us:
Stericycle is a U.S. based business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions that protects people and brands, promotes health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have grown from a small start-up in medical waste management into a leader across a range of increasingly complex and highly regulated arenas, serving healthcare organizations and commercial businesses of every size. Every day, we help our customers solve complex challenges by safely managing materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise one’s identity.
Join us on our mission to protect health and well-being in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.
Position Purpose:
Oversees a designated incinerator operations shift to ensure productivity goals are achieved while maintaining compliance with all applicable safety and health and environmental compliance regulations, and all Stericycle policies and procedures.
Key Job Activities:
• Oversees all Operators and Plant Workers for a designated shift and Custodian activities
• Ensure all plant personnel perform their tasks safely with proper techniques, while utilizing all PPE and other safety equipment at all times.
• Assists in the training and development of operations shift personnel in the performance of their job duties
• Assists in establishing, communicating, and driving shift performance goals
• Provides shift and individual performance feedback to the appropriate manager
• Monitors operations and shift team metrics in order to recommend, where necessary, changes in processing methods, operational procedures and personnel utilization to maintain production efficiency
• Monitors and ensures that team members are adhering to all Safety, Health and Environmental compliance regulations, and all Stericycle policies and procedures. Communicates to the Operations Manager all issues, concerns and shift team recommendations regarding safety, compliance, and productivity
• Initiate actions to assure timely resolution of identified hazards or unsafe conditions or practices
• Reports all maintenance issues through work order system to ensure that issues are identified and corrected.
• Interface proactively with personnel to achieve business goals.
• Periodic facility audits, review of all applicable regulatory paperwork
• Ensures the incinerator waste feed rate and blending is performed properly to maintain correct incinerator temperatures and to maximize throughput.
• Monitors incinerators and steam systems, ash removal system, ash quality, and Air Pollution Control system parameters to include but not limited to: temperatures, pH, absorber flow rate, reagent feed rates, differential pressures and other system parameters to insure safe, compliant and efficient operations are maintained. Reports any issues identified to the appropriate manager/supervisor.
• Completes all necessary logging and reporting documents neatly and accurately and file according to procedure.
• Leads meetings and communication for pre-shift and change over with teams. Share important information about performance and potential issues.
• Knowledge and ability to perform all other role and responsibilities at the location.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.
Experience:
• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
• 3+ years related experience or training in a plant or manufacturing environment, demonstrating strong communication skills and tact
• One or more years of experience overseeing the work of others
• Proficient computer skills
• Working knowledge of Hazardous Materials and OSHA Regulations
• Demonstrates the ability to operate a powered industrial truck, e.g., forklift
• Knowledge of the duties / responsibilities of Plant Workers and Incinerator Operators in order to provide operational and work direction accordingly
• Knowledge of roll-off truck processes preferred
• Current valid Driver’s License preferred but not required
• HMI experience (Human Machine Interface)
• EPA and Environmental Compliance
• SOP experience writing SOP Catalog/mapping.
Certifications and/or Licenses:
Benefits:
Stericycle currently offers its employees the option to participate in a full range of benefits, including a health care program which includes medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, an employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation and sick time, a 401(k) plan, and an employee stock purchase plan. Participation in some programs requires that employees be regularly scheduled to work a minimum number of hours and/or to have fulfilled a waiting period after they begin employment with Stericycle.
Our Promise:
Stericycle is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce, and to valuing unique perspectives and identities. We foster a culture of belonging that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It fuels our innovation and strengthens our connection to our customers and the communities we serve. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
Disclaimer:
The above description is meant to provide a summary of the nature and level of work being performed; it should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and requirements of the job. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and it does not constitute any right or guarantee of employment condition. This position is open to people with disabilities. Stericycle will consider requests for workplace accommodations for protected physical or mental limitations in accordance with its human resources and risks prevention policies and local laws. To the extent permissible under local law, and consistent with business necessity, Stericycle reserves the right to modify the content formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, at any time with or without advance notice.