What are the responsibilities and job description for the Route Manager position at WM?
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Route Manager Job Overview
This role is responsible for Onboarding, Developing, Coaching, Mentoring, and Performance Management of all drivers and helpers assigned to them. The ideal candidate will have experience managing employees in the field 80% of the time, overseeing a staff of 18 employees, adaptable to change, good time management, and a solid understanding of transportation and logistics. Experience working with DOT regulated drivers preferred. This position will spend the majority of the day in the field with frontline employees.
Scheduled hours of work for this position will vary from day-to-day and week-to-week, depending on a number of variables. Candidate must be flexible to work weekends and as early as 4:00AM or as late as 3:00PM.
II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Function
Onboarding
- Ensuring new frontline employees have tools, instruction, and feedback for successful daily duties
- Meet with new frontline employees daily to ensure consistent communication and support of onboarding
Developing
- Provide timely and consistent touchpoints with frontline employees.
- Regular review of best practices to enhance daily performance
- Focus on understanding and progress of frontline employee career goals
Coaching
- Identify and address improvement opportunities and collaborate with frontline employees to ensure continued success
- Actively practice and seek feedback on coaching conversations.
Mentoring
- Lead by example to ensure safety practices are paramount with each employee and
- Teaching and developing an understanding of the WM Way
Performance Management
- Conducts Root Cause Investigations for all injuries and incidents, ensuring consistent discipline and retraining.
- Documents and maintains records required by regulatory agencies such as the Department of Transportation.
Reviews and audits documentation related to route operations daily (e.g., DVIRs, driver time and attendance, open tickets), following up where appropriate.
III. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.
A. Education and Experience
B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirement
IV. Work Environment
Combination: This job operates in a mix between an office environment and plant/field environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.
he expected salary range for this position is $75,000 to $85,000. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for incentive pay.
Benefits
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.
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Salary : $75,000 - $85,000
