Gas Plant Manager
Waste Connections – Loess Hills Landfill
Location: Malvern, IA
Pay Range: $115,000/yr + cash/stock bonus
Waste Connections is hiring!We are looking for a high-impact Gas Plant Manager to lead and optimize operations at our renewable natural gas (RNG) / landfill gas facility. This is a critical leadership role responsible for plant performance, safety, compliance, and team development. This opportunity is ideal for a proven leader who thrives in industrial environments and is passionate about operational excellence.
Why Join Us?• Competitive Pay & Bonus Structure
• Career Growth – Leadership visibility and advancement opportunities
• Excellent Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Strong Company Culture – Built on integrity, safety, and teamwork
The Role (What You'll Do)Key Responsibilities:
• Manage a Team of Plant Operators and oversee daily operations of the gas plant ensuring optimal uptime and efficiency
• Monitor and optimize gas processing systems including compressors and related equipment
• Ensure compliance with environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements
• Drive a safety-first culture and proactively identify hazards
• Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and process issues to minimize downtime
• Manage plant budgets, inventory, and vendor relationships
• Analyze plant data and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Partner with landfill and corporate teams to align performance goals
• Lead audits, inspections, and compliance reporting
• Develop and maintain SOPs and operational best practices
Additional Expectations:
• Provide on-call leadership support during upset or emergency conditions
• Primarily a day-role leadership position with occasional operational support as needed
What We Need From YouRequired Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in gas plant or industrial operations
• Several years of leadership experience managing technicians/operators
• Strong knowledge of gas processing systems and plant operations
• Experience with SCADA and control systems
• Proven track record improving plant performance and safety outcomes
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in landfill gas, RNG, or biogas facilities
• Maintenance planning and outage scheduling experience
• Familiarity with CMMS systems and regulatory reporting
Core Competencies:
• Strong leadership and team-building skills
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making ability
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong communication skills
We Keep Our Promises! Waste Connections empowers employees with a culture built on respect, reliability, and integrity.
Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to disability or protected veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in gas plant or industrial operations
- Several years of leadership experience managing technicians/operators
- Strong knowledge of gas processing systems and plant operations
- Experience with SCADA and control systems
- Proven track record improving plant performance and safety outcomes
- Experience in landfill gas, RNG, or biogas facilities
- Maintenance planning and outage scheduling experience
- Familiarity with CMMS systems and regulatory reporting
What We Do
Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company that provides waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets in the U.S. and Canada. Through its R360 Environmental Solutions subsidiary, the Company is also a leading provider of non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several of the most active natural resource producing areas in the United States, including the Permian, Bakken and Eagle Ford Basins. Waste Connections serves more than six million residential, commercial, industrial, and exploration and production customers from a network of operations in 39 states, six provinces and the District of Columbia. The Company also provides intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest. Our corporate strategy targets secondary and suburban markets that have strong demographic growth trends and where competitive barriers to entry can be developed. We seek to avoid highly competitive, large urban markets and target markets where we can provide either non-integrated or integrated solid waste services under exclusive arrangements, or markets where we can be integrated and attain high market share. We are a leading provider of solid waste services in most of our markets, and approximately 50% of our revenues are derived from market areas where we have franchise or exclusive rights to provide our waste services.
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