Overview:
A family-owned scrap metal recycling company is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to oversee three locations. The company serves industrial accounts and public customers through ferrous and non-ferrous recycling, container services, transportation, and equipment recycling.
This role is responsible for coordinating daily operations across the three sites, developing employees, improving production and equipment reliability, and maintaining consistent safety and customer service standards. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who can balance immediate yard needs with planning and accountability across multiple locations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily operations at all three facilities, coordinating staffing, equipment, production priorities, and material flow.
- Lead and support site supervisors and employees, including hiring, training, performance management, and workforce development.
- Establish consistent operating procedures and expectations across locations.
- Monitor ferrous and non-ferrous receiving, sorting, processing, inventory, and outbound shipments.
- Coordinate dispatch, trucking, container service, and equipment movement to support customer needs and yard efficiency.
- Work with maintenance personnel and outside vendors to prioritize repairs, schedule preventive maintenance, and minimize downtime.
- Track production, inventory, labor utilization, equipment performance, and operating costs; identify and implement improvements.
- Maintain safe work practices, housekeeping, and compliance with applicable safety and environmental requirements.
- Partner with account managers to support industrial customers, resolve service issues, and coordinate cleanouts and scrap removal projects.
- Communicate site performance, staffing needs, equipment concerns, and improvement opportunities to ownership.
Qualifications:
- Previous operations management experience in scrap metal recycling, including ferrous and non-ferrous operations.
- Experience overseeing multiple locations or managing several operating departments.
- Strong understanding of heavy equipment, scrap processing, maintenance coordination, and transportation logistics.
- Proven ability to lead employees, establish priorities, and maintain accountability.
- Ability to review operating reports, reconcile inventory, and manage costs.
- Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and customer service skills.
- Comfortable working directly with employees in an active yard environment.
- Ability to travel regularly among the Eatonton, Cochran, and Greensboro facilities.
For additional information:
Kate DiMatteo
Phone: 610-421-1231
Email: kdimatteo@unitedemployment.com
