The Role
The On-Site Sustainability Program Manager manages waste management strategies, ensures regulatory compliance, educates stakeholders, and monitors performance metrics for sustainability initiatives within ChristianaCare.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Onsite Sustainability Program Manager is responsible for ChristianaCare’s waste management strategy, objectives, and assessment of business impact while adhering to the organization’s code of ethics and corporate compliance/waste program and sustainability goals. This individual is responsible for working in conjunction with
the system’s stakeholders on all relevant policies, procedures and guidelines for waste management while educating Daniels’ products, services and best practices while providing more sustainable outcomes for ChristianaCare.
the system’s stakeholders on all relevant policies, procedures and guidelines for waste management while educating Daniels’ products, services and best practices while providing more sustainable outcomes for ChristianaCare.
Key Responsibilities:
} Support the development and execution of ChristianaCare’s strategies that align with defined key business metrics around best practices, compliance, training, cost savings, sustainability etc.
} Support the development and execution of ChristianaCare’s strategies that align with defined key business metrics around best practices, compliance, training, cost savings, sustainability etc.
} Develop communication channels and meeting cadence with key stakeholders at each facility.
} Regulatory Compliance Support – Provide onsite support, including coordination of appropriate resources, to support compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations governing Daniels managed waste streams, while proactively identifying opportunities to mitigate regulatory, operational, and safety risks. This includes support and coordination of proper classification, handling, storage, documentation, training, vendor compliance, trend analysis, and corrective action follow up to reduce risk exposure and maintain continuous regulatory readiness across all facilities.
} Onsite Standards Monitoring – Serve as an onsite resource to monitor all Daniels employees and support adherence to Daniels standards and ChristianaCare safety standards.
} Manage 3rd party vendor for shredding relationships, reviewing billing, managing initiatives including safety and regulatory compliance support, and delivering billing metrics.
} Oversee the entire Daniels Total Waste Solutions Program driving defined program KPIs, segregation and reduction initiatives.
} Provide and monitor reporting of Daniels Total Waste Solutions Program, incorporating data on additional waste streams as provided by ChristianaCare, for the purpose of tracking sustainability and emissions. In addition, there will be benchmark reporting to metric facility and system sustainability improvements, as well as comparisons to other large health systems across the country.
} Analyze and report ChristianaCare’s performance metrics through reporting on waste volumes, container utilization, and spend (Monthly Reporting Packet and Regulatory & Waste Analysis Report), and support data driven cost savings and efficiency recommendations based on trend analysis, utilization patterns, and waste stream optimization opportunities.
} Align internal relationships to support ChristianaCare with Billing, Operations, Service and Sustainability.
} Provide expertise and support to ChristianaCare around the Daniels’ full product line and services.
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} Manage defined sustainability initiatives:
• Container Right Sizing – Ensure that facility is outfitted with the right-sized container for the space available as well as for the volume of waste that is generated per area or unit of the hospital; driving the ability to collect more waste per bin results in less service, transport, cleaning, and emissions output.
• Optimization of Service and Routing – monitor and leverage waste volume data and maximize available onsite storage to effectively reduce the total number of pickups required, which results in less transport. In addition, routinely review and optimize service routes to minimize fuel consumption.
• Proper Waste Segregation and Waste Reduction Initiatives – continuous focus on correct waste classification through education. Ensure that waste streams are being processed in accordance with all regulations, while reducing waste going into higher treatment waste stream levels that require additional transport, incineration, etc.
• Coordinate and work with relevant team to proactively identify and recommend process changes that increase waste diversion from landfills while creating new opportunities to advance sustainability efforts.
• Container Right Sizing – Ensure that facility is outfitted with the right-sized container for the space available as well as for the volume of waste that is generated per area or unit of the hospital; driving the ability to collect more waste per bin results in less service, transport, cleaning, and emissions output.
• Optimization of Service and Routing – monitor and leverage waste volume data and maximize available onsite storage to effectively reduce the total number of pickups required, which results in less transport. In addition, routinely review and optimize service routes to minimize fuel consumption.
• Proper Waste Segregation and Waste Reduction Initiatives – continuous focus on correct waste classification through education. Ensure that waste streams are being processed in accordance with all regulations, while reducing waste going into higher treatment waste stream levels that require additional transport, incineration, etc.
• Coordinate and work with relevant team to proactively identify and recommend process changes that increase waste diversion from landfills while creating new opportunities to advance sustainability efforts.
} Complete routine audits:
• Hospital site level sharps, RMW, chemo and non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste audits.
• Hospital site level confidential document shredding audits.
• Ad hoc waste audits available upon request.
• Hospital site level sharps, RMW, chemo and non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste audits.
• Hospital site level confidential document shredding audits.
• Ad hoc waste audits available upon request.
} System-level training and education (in-person/virtual)
• Proper waste segregation aligned with ChristianaCare’s waste policy, reduction initiatives, and sustainability efforts.
• Best practices for safe and compliant disposal.
• Container specific features, functions, and benefits.
• Hazardous waste paperwork, packaging, and labeling.
• Consumable ordering.
• Ad hoc training upon request or as needed.
• Proper waste segregation aligned with ChristianaCare’s waste policy, reduction initiatives, and sustainability efforts.
• Best practices for safe and compliant disposal.
• Container specific features, functions, and benefits.
• Hazardous waste paperwork, packaging, and labeling.
• Consumable ordering.
• Ad hoc training upon request or as needed.
} Support and project manage new implementations.
Support Team: Commercial Finance, Field Service, Plant Operations, Account Management, Logistics, and Billing
Skills Required
- Experience in waste management and sustainability initiatives
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations
- Experience in data analysis and reporting
- Project management experience
Daniels Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Daniels Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Daniels Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials indicate medical, dental, and vision coverage are available on day one. Early eligibility is cited as a contributor to overall compensation value in some roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and sick time are advertised as starting on the first day. Predictable schedules in certain teams are highlighted as supporting the practical use of time off.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Sales and account roles highlight base pay plus uncapped commission and mileage reimbursement. These structures are portrayed as making total compensation competitive for those positions.
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The Company
What We Do
MAKING HEALTHCARE SAFER The philosophy that guides Daniels - striving to make a safer environment for everyone involved in healthcare. Daniels has operations in Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Europe and South Africa and is widely regarded as a leader of innovation in the medical waste space. Daniels' flagship product - the Sharpsmart collector, was launched in 1999 and is now used in thousands of healthcare facilities around the globe. It has been peer reviewed in numerous medical journals with findings that indisputably assert it as the safest sharps collector in the world. Through education, innovation and service, we are committed to make the healthcare industry safer for the people who work in it and continually drive the development of ecologically sustainable solutions to reduce the environmental impact of medical waste.
