Business Group Leader, Landfill Operations

CRA Landfill Operations Limited

CRA Landfill Operations (CRALOL) (wholly owned entity of GHD) operates the Green Lane Landfill under contract for the City of Toronto (City) with responsibility for all aspects of the landfill operations, maintenance, construction, and development of the landfill. Since April 2007, CRALOL has managed the operations at the Site including acceptance of waste, scale house, landfilling, compaction and cover operations, storm water management, leachate management, landfill gas (LFG) flaring/management system, leachate treatment plant (LTP), odour control program, and building/facilities on-site. Currently, the CRALOL contract with the City extends to December 2029.

CRALOL is supported and fully owned by GHD Limited, one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Privately owned by our people, GHD provides engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services to private and public sector clients across five continents focused on creating lasting community benefit. Our connected global network of 10,000 people deliver projects with high standards of safety, quality and ethics. Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural, and social environments of the many communities in which we operate.

CRA LOL Business Group Leader - Landfill

GHD has an outstanding leadership opportunity for a Business Group Leader – Landfill Operations to lead our established Ontario Region business. This is an opportunity to run CRA Landfill Operations Ltd (wholly owned by GHD) which has a contract for operations at the Green Lane landfill with the City of Toronto. Located in the Township of Southwold, Ontario, the Green Lane Landfill is a fully operational landfill with between 400,000–450,000 tonnes of materials received at the landfill annually and roughly 5 years remaining in the operations, maintenance, and construction contract.

Your success in this role is dependent on your work ethic, your communication skills, and your leadership ability to provide the best possible service and to ensure productivity metrics are achieved. The Business Group Leader plans and manages, in consultation with the City of Toronto and Site Engineer WSP Canada, site operations and construction activities both annually and long term. The Business Group Leader also ensures compliance with the operations contract, and indirectly supervises Fair Wage staff, subcontractors, and suppliers.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Manages the Landfill Business Group commercial performance
2. Manages the operations and construction work at the Landfill
3. Executes safety meetings, observations, and coaching to ensure safety is at the forefront of all activities and is in compliance with company and Landfill policies, standards, and legislation.
4. Along with the City of Toronto Site Manager and staff, formulates both short and long-term goals and action plans to optimize the landfill, services, and environmental compliance.
5. Provides input and manages Business Group performance, people and resource requirements for approximately 16 staff members, including but not limited to hiring, coaching, training, promotions, grievance management, and terminations.
6. Financial reviews of project including annual budgeting process to ensure minimizing costs in compliance with contract requirements through the management of employees, subcontractors, suppliers, and equipment maintenance, labour, and material costs.
7. Provide leadership to the Business Group in line with GHD’s core values and objectives.

The experience that you will bring to the team:

1. Minimum 5 years experience as an Operations manager directly responsible for the supervision, coordination, and management of operations on a landfill site managing greater than 400,000 tonnes MSW waste per year or equivalent.
2. Experience in the methods and techniques of integrated solid waste management systems including in-depth knowledge of landfill gas, leachate, and other landfill site systems.
3. Knowledge of provincial and federal regulations related to waste management systems.
4. Preference for possession of a Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO) certification (or willingness to obtain same).
5. The ideal candidate will have experience in the landfill operations, landfill/earthwork construction, environmental compliance, and safety.
6. Ability to develop lasting client relationships based on trust and delivery excellence.
7. Ability to mentor and train team members.