Logistics Supervisor

Why Guelph:
**What we offer**
We offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits to meet the needs of our diverse employees. Many of our positions offer:

- Paid vacation days, increasing with years of service
- Paid personal days;
- Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, including 100-per-cent employer matching;
- Extended health and dental benefits, including Health Care Spending Account;
- Employee and Family Assistance Program;
- Parental leave top up program;
- Learning and development opportunities including tuition assistance
- Employee recognition programs.

Position Overview:
Resumes are being accepted for the position of **Logistics Supervisor** with the Solid Waste Resources Division. Your knowledge of trucks, heavy equipment, safety legislation, staff and route scheduling will ensure effective and efficient supervision of the site operations, multi-residential and residential waste collection services for a municipality of over 140,000 people with a focus on quality customer service and continuous improvement processes.

**Key duties and responsibilities**
- Provides visible and positive leadership to staff, developing and nurturing a work environment that is inclusive, respectful and motivating for staff.
- Directly supervise the Roll off, Multi Residential, and Cart Delivery Staff. Ensure proper hiring practices and work scheduling and routing for employees; also ensure orientation, job training as required, performance feedback, counseling and career development for employees.
- Perform all work in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act Section 27, Duties of a Supervisor and ensure all Site and Collections Staff perform their work in accordance with Section 28 Duties of a Worker.
- Provide supervision and backup support for Site Operations and Collection work areas and supervisors as required.
- Establish policies, operating procedures, work methods and standards for the Logistics section; monitor the section’s operating performance against established performance targets (KPI’s) and initiate corrective action as required.
- Ensure that compliance with all regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures (through inspection and corrective action) is maintained and issues raised are expeditiously tended to.
- Maintain up-to-date thorough knowledge of existing applicable legislation, guidelines, regulations and policies
- Provide effective training and supervision to all staff and contractors on site policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Act as the Solid Waste Resources contact for Ministry of Labour, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Transportation and other ministries, as may be required.
- Continuously research industry best practices, develop, recommend and implement new strategies.
- Monitor and assist with budget preparation for related operation budgets, capital forecast budget(s).
- Participates as member of Solid Waste Resources Leadership Team.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications and requirements**
- Considerable experience related to the duties listed above, normally acquired through the completion of post-secondary education in Environmental Science, Business Administration or related discipline.
- Considerable experience in the solid waste industry with responsibility in collections and/or site operations or another industry with responsibility for daily pickup/delivery/routing and managing a fleet of vehicles.
- Experience motivating, training, and supervising unionized staff in a customer service oriented, politically sensitive environment.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments in order to meet deadlines in a very demanding environment.
- Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of staff, stakeholders and the general public.
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and mapping systems such as ARC View.
- Excellent customer service skills with the ability to resolve customer concerns and issues.
- A team player with excellent interpersonal skills to be able to deal with sensitive issues.
- Knowledge of applicable waste management legislation and regulatory/safety compliance and the ability to research and stay up-to-date with new legislation.
- A DZ or higher license would be considered an asset.

**Hours of work**
35 hrs per week, 5 days, between the hours of 6:00 am and 4:45 pm Monday to Friday, or Saturdays 8:15 am to 4:15 pm.

**Pay/Salary**
Non-Union Grade: 5: $81,486.60- $101,858.25

**How to apply