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The Opportunity:Join the University of Central Florida's Recycling Services team as a Zone Manager and play a pivotal role in maintaining a sustainable and efficient campus. In this dynamic position, you'll oversee recycling and refuse collection activities across campus, ensuring alignment with industry standards, university policies, and state regulations. This role emphasizes high-performance practices, people engagement, and effective stewardship.
As a Zone Manager for Recycling Services, you'll coordinate and manage all recycling and refuse activities within your designated zone. You'll lead a team, handle customer interactions, manage schedules, and ensure compliance with standards and regulations. Your role includes responding to emergencies, overseeing equipment repairs, and ensuring customer satisfaction through transparent communication.
Responsibilities:- Supervise and coordinate waste management operations, including waste collection, sorting, disposal, recycling, and treatment activities.
- Supervise and mentor unit staff, achieving departmental objectives while implementing robust internal controls to ensure operational effectiveness and efficiency.
- Maintain accurate data in the Integrated Work Management System (IWMS), coordinate schedules, and align resources for work requests, events, and projects. Analyze manpower and prioritize work backlog.
- Develop weekly and monthly forecasts, ensure adherence to deadlines, and document any discrepancies. Oversee project rotation and maintenance levels.
- Ensure completeness, accuracy, and adherence to UCF standards and regulations. Inspect completed work for quality before closing work orders.
- Lead work review meetings, act as a liaison, and address customer requests and concerns promptly. Provide data to improve work planning and service quality.
- Keep accurate records of employee documentation and work orders. Ensure consistent and transparent communication with stakeholders and provide regular updates.
Minimum Qualifications:High School Diploma or Equivalent and 4+ years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219. Click here for more information.
Preferred Qualifications:- Minimum of 4 years' experience in waste management and recycling, with a strong understanding of industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
- Demonstrated experience in a supervisory role, effectively leading and managing a team within a recycling or waste management environment or similar setting.
- Experience operating trucks with lift gates, box trucks, and forklifts.
- Ability to work in both office and field environments, overseeing waste management operations while handling various types of waste and potentially hazardous materials, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) as needed.
- Proficiency in using Integrated Work Management Systems (IWMS) or similar platforms for work order management.
- Strong analytical skills for scheduling, resource management, and backlog prioritization.
- Effective communication skills in conversational English, capable of conveying technical information, facilitating meetings, and addressing customer and employee concerns clearly.
- Willingness to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings or weekends.
Health Assessment:The UCF policy requires completion and passing of a physical exam for this position.
Special Instructions to the Applicants:Position requires a valid driver's license. The position may involve driving to various locations on and off campus to conduct University business.
If you are selected as the final candidate for an employment opportunity, both your position and salary will be significantly based upon the information that you have provided in your application for employment. We urge you to please take the time to complete the application in its entirety.
Are you ready to unleash YOUR potential? As a next-generation public research university and Forbes-ranked top employer in Florida, we are a community of thinkers, doers, creators, innovators, healers, and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future. No matter what your role is, when you join Knight Nation, you'll play an integral role at one of the most impactful universities in the country. You'll be met with opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented faculty, staff, and students across 13 colleges and multiple campuses, engaging in impactful work that makes a positive difference. Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow, you'll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and you'll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.
Working at UCF has its perks! UCF offers: - Benefit packages, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending, and Employee Assistance Program
- Paid time off, including annual and sick time off and paid holidays
- Retirement savings options
- Employee discounts, including tickets to many Orlando attractions
- Flexible work environment
- And more...For more benefits information, view theUCF Employee Benefits Guide.
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DepartmentLandscape & Natural Resources (F&S)
Work ScheduleMonday - Friday, 6:00am to 2:30pm
Type of AppointmentRegular
Expected Salary$44,057.00 to $56,666
Job Posting End Date10-21-2024-12-00-AM
Veteran's Preference: Preference will be given to eligible veterans and their eligible spouses in accordance with Chapter 295 of the Florida Statutes. Applicants claiming preference are responsible for providing required documentation by the closing date of the position. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit http://hr.ucf.edu/files/VeteransPreference.pdf
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:The University of Central Florida is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer including Disabled/Vets. Click on UCF's Equal Opportunity Statement to view the President's Statement.
The UCF affirmative action plans for qualified individuals with disabilities and protected Veterans are available for inspection in the Office of Institutional Equity, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., upon request.
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