Landfill Supervisor
- Vulcan Materials Company
- Irwindale, CA, USA
- Oct 20, 2026
Job Description
The successful candidate will oversee the daily operations of our landfill facilities and will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all environmental regulations, optimizing landfill efficiency, and managing a team of landfill operators. This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise in landfill operations, and a commitment to safety and environmental stewardship.
Essential Functions
• Direct and supervise daily landfill operations, including waste placement, compaction, cover application, and leachate management.
• Monitor and maintain equipment, ensuring proper functioning and scheduling necessary repairs.
• Optimize landfill airspace utilization and maximize operational efficiency.
• Implement and enforce operational procedures and best practices.
• Ensure strict adherence to all local, state, and federal environmental regulations, permits, and licenses.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare reports as required by regulatory agencies.
• Conduct regular inspections to identify and address potential compliance issues.
• Stay informed of changes in environmental regulations and implement necessary adjustments.
• Supervise, train, and mentor a team of landfill operators.
• Conduct performance reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Foster a positive and safe working environment.
• Schedule and assign tasks to ensure efficient workflow.
• Manage inventory of supplies, materials, and equipment.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly operational reports.
Critical Competencies
• Leadership Skills - Acts decisively and supports all aspects of the company to work together to accomplish objectives, vision, mission and values of Vulcan. Trusts and allows people to do their job, holding them accountable for the full extent of their responsibilities.
• Problem Solving - Identify, analyze, and resolve work-related issues efficiently and effectively using practical knowledge, experience, and hands-on skills. Finds practical solutions, implements fixes, and adapts to unexpected challenges.
• Product Knowledge - Understands and can explain succinctly VMC products and/or services including their composition, features, benefits, and limitations.
• Business Insight - Using knowledge of the business and marketplace to advance the organization's goals. Keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace.
• Reliability and Punctuality - Dependable and consistent in meeting work expectations and deadlines. Demonstrates commitment and follow-through, with reliable performance and attendance.
Education
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, or a related field preferred.
Experience
• Proven experience in landfill operations, with at least 5 years in a supervisory role.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• In-depth knowledge of local, state, and federal environmental regulations pertaining to landfill operations.
• Strong understanding of waste management principles, including waste types, disposal methods, and environmental impacts.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a team.
Other Requirements
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in using heavy equipment common to landfill operations.
• Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions and perform physically demanding tasks.
• Work environment will be both indoors in an office and outside in the quarry or plant.
• Will occasionally be required to sit at a desk or operator's station.
• Will perform activities in unprotected heights, around moving machinery, be exposed to dust, fumes and gases; may be required to use hand tools or power tools.
• Will be exposed to changes in temperature/humidity and will require walking on uneven surfaces.
Salary Range. The base salary range for this role is between $95,000 - $127,000 annual salary. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors, including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.
JD Disclaimer
Vulcan Materials Company is an equal opportunity employer.
Work for Warriors is a no-cost employment program of the California Military Department for Service Members, Veterans, and military family members. The Veteran Staffing Consultant for Vulcan Materials Company is Chuck Callahan.
Qualifications
State
Immediate Fill
Job Reference
Our business is built on essentials. What we mine and sell—aggregates—are indispensable to infrastructure and growth. How we run our company also comes down to essentials. We run our business with great discipline and integrity. We maintain a great place to work and grow. We take care of the land through the entire cycle of productive use from mining to restoration and re-use. We serve our customers and communities well. Always with the long view in mind. This is how we sustain success.
WE ARE VULCAN. AND WE DELIVER VALUE.
Our coast-to-coast footprint and strategic distribution network align with and serve the nation's growth centers.
Vulcan Materials Company is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates—primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel—and a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete. Our coast-to-coast footprint and strategic distribution network align with and serve the nation’s growth centers. We are headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
Vulcan has over 400* active aggregates facilities, and 70 asphalt facilities and 240 concrete facilities, which also consume aggregates. All are located in the U.S. except for our two large quarries and marine terminals on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. The products from this facility are primarily exported by ship to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where quality stone cannot be mined locally.
What we produce is used in nearly all forms of construction. In particular, large quantities of aggregates are used to build and repair valuable infrastructure such as roads, bridges, waterworks and ports, and to construct buildings both residential and nonresidential, such as manufacturing facilities, office buildings, schools, hospitals and churches.