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The Digital IT Operations Manager plays a key role in leading a development team responsible for supporting and enhancing a mission-critical internal Android application essential to the company's day-to-day operations. This role requires expertise in maintaining high levels of quality, stability, and reliability while driving innovation within the application ecosystem. The manager works directly with technical resources within the team to define solutions for complex technical challenges, collaborates with various stakeholder groups, and proactively ensures the application support for Android OS version updates, security patches, and hardware compatibility requirements.
The ideal candidate will provide strategic directions for application initiatives while guiding the long-term evolution of the application. Success in this role requires strong Android technical leadership, exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, and collaborative leadership that empowers team members. Candidates must demonstrate a proven track record of maintaining business-critical mobile applications while balancing innovation with operational stability.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides strategic direction for all relevant digital technology efforts.
- Manages competing priorities, workloads and activities to achieve multiple project objectives that meet end-user requirements.
- Develops and maintains strong working relationships and partnerships with key business systems stakeholders.
- Develops proper tools and implementing the processes that can automate any manual tasks.
- Has a good understanding of agile methodology and is responsible for overall progress by measuring metrics to assess the health of the development process.
- Develops and maintains digital cloud Infrastructure preferably AWS and is responsible for the health of the deployed applications.
- Develops continuous improvement by reducing and eliminating technical debt.
- Responsible for release management and application support.
- Actively manages the evolution of Intranet Content Management Development.
- Stays current on software development techniques and recommends improvements in support of application development efforts.
- Oversees and participates in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Plans and manages budgets, forecasts, projects and associated staffing requirements.
- Ensures that service delivery meets agreed-to service levels. Diagnoses service delivery problems to identify actions required to maintain or improve levels of service.
- Develops strong relationships with key vendors providing components of the department's services.
- Responsible for the hiring, promotion, associate performance evaluation, training, motivation, counseling, and discipline of employees.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience managing multiple teams comprised of offshore, nearshore, and local members.
- Experience managing systems in a hybrid environment of Premise and SaaS.
- Experience supporting complex systems with significant integration points and external Third Party systems through APIs.
- Thorough understanding and proven delivery experience with both traditional and Agile (Scrum/Kanban) project methodologies.
- Experience with Agile tools such as Rally and Confluence.
- Experience managing Mobile Application development & support teams.
- Experience with change management, incident management, and root cause analysis.
- Experience building Team Sites and applications utilizing Office 365 and SharePoint Online.
- Experience with PowerApps/Microsoft's SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Platforms.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum of 5 years of experience managing teams through all phases of the technology lifecycle from initial deployment through retirement.
This position is a hybrid role. This candidate will be required to work onsite 4-days per week, with the option to work 1-day per week remote. Our HQ address is 5353 E City North Drive Phoenix, AZ.
Rewarding Compensation and Benefits
Eligible employees can elect to participate in:
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
- Employee discount programs.
- Retirement plan with a generous company match.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Paid Time Off (PTO).
EEO STATEMENT: Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry. We provide customers with the most complete set of products and services, including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste and field services. Our industry-leading commitments to advance circularity and support decarbonization are helping deliver on our vision to partner with customers to create a more sustainable world.
In 2023, Republic’s total company revenue was $14.9 billion, and adjusted EBITDA was $4.4 billion. We serve 13 million customers and operate more than 1,000 locations, including collection and transfer stations, recycling and polymer centers, treatment facilities, and landfills.
Although we operate across North America, the collection, recycling, treatment, or disposal of materials is a local business, and the dynamics and opportunities differ in each market we serve. By combining local operational management with standardized business practices, we drive greater operating efficiencies across the company while maintaining day-to-day operational decisions at the local level, closest to the customer.
Our customers, including small businesses, major corporations and municipalities, want a partner with the expertise and capabilities to effectively manage their multiple recycling and waste streams. They choose Republic Services because we are committed to exceeding their expectations and helping them achieve their sustainability goals. Our 41,000 team members understand that it's not just what we do that matters, but how we do it.
Our company values guide our daily actions:
- Safe: We protect the livelihoods of our colleagues and communities.
- Committed to Serve: We go above and beyond to exceed our customers’ expectations.
- Environmentally Responsible: We take action to improve our environment.
- Driven: We deliver results in the right way.
- Human-Centered: We respect the dignity and unique potential of every person.
We are proud of our high employee engagement score of 86. We have an inclusive and diverse culture where every voice counts. In addition, our team positively impacted 4.6 million people in 2023 through the Republic Services Charitable Foundation and local community grants. These projects are designed to meet the specific needs of the communities we serve, with a focus on building sustainable neighborhoods.
STRATEGY
Republic Services’ strategy is designed to generate profitable growth. Through acquisitions and industry advancements, we safely and sustainably manage our customers’ multiple waste streams through a North American footprint of vertically integrated assets.
We focus on three areas of growth to meet the increasing needs of our customers: recycling and waste, environmental solutions and sustainability innovation.
With our integrated approach, strengthening our position in one area advances other areas of our business. For example, as we grow volume in recycling and waste, we collect additional material to bolster our circularity capabilities. And as we expand environmental solutions, we drive additional opportunities to provide these services to our existing recycling and waste customers.
Recycling and Waste
We continue to expand our recycling and waste business footprint throughout North America through organic growth and targeted acquisitions. The 13 million customers we serve and our more than 5 million pick-ups per day provide us with a distinct advantage. We aggregate materials at scale, unlocking new opportunities for advanced recycling. In addition, we are cross-selling new products and services to better meet our customers’ specific needs.
Environmental Solutions
Our comprehensive environmental solutions capabilities help customers safely manage their most technical waste streams. We are expanding both our capabilities and our geographic footprint. We see strong growth opportunities for our offerings, including PFAS remediation, an increasing customer need.
SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION
Republic’s recent innovations to advance circularity and decarbonization demonstrate our unique ability to leverage sustainability as a platform for growth.
The Republic Services Polymer Center is the nation’s first integrated plastics recycling facility. This innovative site processes rigid plastics from our recycling centers, producing recycled materials that promote true bottle-to-bottle circularity. We also formed Blue Polymers, a joint venture with Ravago, to develop facilities that will further process plastic material from our Polymer Centers to help meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging. We are building a network of Polymer Centers and Blue Polymer facilities across North America.
We continue to advance decarbonization at our landfills. As demand for renewable energy continues to grow, we have 70 landfill gas-to-energy projects in operation and plan to expand our portfolio to 115 projects by 2028.
RECENT RECOGNITION
- Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies
- CDP Discloser
- Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
- Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies
- Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies
- Great Place to Work
- Sustainability Yearbook S&P Global
Position Summary:
The Digital IT Operations Manager plays a key role in leading a development team responsible for supporting and enhancing a mission-critical internal Android application essential to the company's day-to-day operations. This role requires expertise in maintaining high levels of quality, stability, and reliability while driving innovation within the application ecosystem. The manager works directly with technical resources within the team to define solutions for complex technical challenges, collaborates with various stakeholder groups, and proactively ensures the application support for Android OS version updates, security patches, and hardware compatibility requirements.
The ideal candidate will provide strategic directions for application initiatives while guiding the long-term evolution of the application. Success in this role requires strong Android technical leadership, exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, and collaborative leadership that empowers team members. Candidates must demonstrate a proven track record of maintaining business-critical mobile applications while balancing innovation with operational stability.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides strategic direction for all relevant digital technology efforts.
- Manages competing priorities, workloads and activities to achieve multiple project objectives that meet end-user requirements.
- Develops and maintains strong working relationships and partnerships with key business systems stakeholders.
- Develops proper tools and implementing the processes that can automate any manual tasks.
- Has a good understanding of agile methodology and is responsible for overall progress by measuring metrics to assess the health of the development process.
- Develops and maintains digital cloud Infrastructure preferably AWS and is responsible for the health of the deployed applications.
- Develops continuous improvement by reducing and eliminating technical debt.
- Responsible for release management and application support.
- Actively manages the evolution of Intranet Content Management Development.
- Stays current on software development techniques and recommends improvements in support of application development efforts.
- Oversees and participates in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Plans and manages budgets, forecasts, projects and associated staffing requirements.
- Ensures that service delivery meets agreed-to service levels. Diagnoses service delivery problems to identify actions required to maintain or improve levels of service.
- Develops strong relationships with key vendors providing components of the department's services.
- Responsible for the hiring, promotion, associate performance evaluation, training, motivation, counseling, and discipline of employees.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience managing multiple teams comprised of offshore, nearshore, and local members.
- Experience managing systems in a hybrid environment of Premise and SaaS.
- Experience supporting complex systems with significant integration points and external Third Party systems through APIs.
- Thorough understanding and proven delivery experience with both traditional and Agile (Scrum/Kanban) project methodologies.
- Experience with Agile tools such as Rally and Confluence.
- Experience managing Mobile Application development & support teams.
- Experience with change management, incident management, and root cause analysis.
- Experience building Team Sites and applications utilizing Office 365 and SharePoint Online.
- Experience with PowerApps/Microsoft's SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Platforms.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum of 5 years of experience managing teams through all phases of the technology lifecycle from initial deployment through retirement.
This position is a hybrid role. This candidate will be required to work onsite 4-days per week, with the option to work 1-day per week remote. Our HQ address is 5353 E City North Drive Phoenix, AZ.
Rewarding Compensation and Benefits
Eligible employees can elect to participate in:
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
- Employee discount programs.
- Retirement plan with a generous company match.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Paid Time Off (PTO).
EEO STATEMENT: Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry. We provide customers with the most complete set of products and services, including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste and field services. Our industry-leading commitments to advance circularity and support decarbonization are helping deliver on our vision to partner with customers to create a more sustainable world.
In 2023, Republic’s total company revenue was $14.9 billion, and adjusted EBITDA was $4.4 billion. We serve 13 million customers and operate more than 1,000 locations, including collection and transfer stations, recycling and polymer centers, treatment facilities, and landfills.
Although we operate across North America, the collection, recycling, treatment, or disposal of materials is a local business, and the dynamics and opportunities differ in each market we serve. By combining local operational management with standardized business practices, we drive greater operating efficiencies across the company while maintaining day-to-day operational decisions at the local level, closest to the customer.
Our customers, including small businesses, major corporations and municipalities, want a partner with the expertise and capabilities to effectively manage their multiple recycling and waste streams. They choose Republic Services because we are committed to exceeding their expectations and helping them achieve their sustainability goals. Our 41,000 team members understand that it's not just what we do that matters, but how we do it.
Our company values guide our daily actions:
- Safe: We protect the livelihoods of our colleagues and communities.
- Committed to Serve: We go above and beyond to exceed our customers’ expectations.
- Environmentally Responsible: We take action to improve our environment.
- Driven: We deliver results in the right way.
- Human-Centered: We respect the dignity and unique potential of every person.
We are proud of our high employee engagement score of 86. We have an inclusive and diverse culture where every voice counts. In addition, our team positively impacted 4.6 million people in 2023 through the Republic Services Charitable Foundation and local community grants. These projects are designed to meet the specific needs of the communities we serve, with a focus on building sustainable neighborhoods.
STRATEGY
Republic Services’ strategy is designed to generate profitable growth. Through acquisitions and industry advancements, we safely and sustainably manage our customers’ multiple waste streams through a North American footprint of vertically integrated assets.
We focus on three areas of growth to meet the increasing needs of our customers: recycling and waste, environmental solutions and sustainability innovation.
With our integrated approach, strengthening our position in one area advances other areas of our business. For example, as we grow volume in recycling and waste, we collect additional material to bolster our circularity capabilities. And as we expand environmental solutions, we drive additional opportunities to provide these services to our existing recycling and waste customers.
Recycling and Waste
We continue to expand our recycling and waste business footprint throughout North America through organic growth and targeted acquisitions. The 13 million customers we serve and our more than 5 million pick-ups per day provide us with a distinct advantage. We aggregate materials at scale, unlocking new opportunities for advanced recycling. In addition, we are cross-selling new products and services to better meet our customers’ specific needs.
Environmental Solutions
Our comprehensive environmental solutions capabilities help customers safely manage their most technical waste streams. We are expanding both our capabilities and our geographic footprint. We see strong growth opportunities for our offerings, including PFAS remediation, an increasing customer need.
SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION
Republic’s recent innovations to advance circularity and decarbonization demonstrate our unique ability to leverage sustainability as a platform for growth.
The Republic Services Polymer Center is the nation’s first integrated plastics recycling facility. This innovative site processes rigid plastics from our recycling centers, producing recycled materials that promote true bottle-to-bottle circularity. We also formed Blue Polymers, a joint venture with Ravago, to develop facilities that will further process plastic material from our Polymer Centers to help meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging. We are building a network of Polymer Centers and Blue Polymer facilities across North America.
We continue to advance decarbonization at our landfills. As demand for renewable energy continues to grow, we have 70 landfill gas-to-energy projects in operation and plan to expand our portfolio to 115 projects by 2028.
RECENT RECOGNITION
- Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies
- CDP Discloser
- Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
- Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies
- Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies
- Great Place to Work
- Sustainability Yearbook S&P Global
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Align your credentials to USCIS specialty occupation standards
Operations Engineer roles in waste management require a degree in industrial, mechanical, or environmental engineering to meet USCIS specialty occupation criteria. Make sure your transcripts and degree equivalency documents reflect that specific field alignment before applying.
Target Republic Services divisions with active engineering pipelines
Republic Services hires Operations Engineers across recycling processing facilities, transfer stations, and landfill operations. Focusing your applications on regions with active infrastructure expansion increases your odds of landing a role where sponsorship is already built into the hiring budget.
Confirm sponsorship intent before the technical interview round
Republic Services lists visa types on select postings, but not all. Ask the recruiter directly during the phone screen whether the specific team sponsors for your visa category. Getting clarity early prevents wasted rounds with a hiring manager who lacks budget approval for sponsorship.
Understand how OPT cap-gap protection applies during H-1B filing
If you're on F-1 OPT when Republic Services files your H-1B petition, your cap-gap period automatically extends your work authorization through September 30. You can keep working without interruption as long as USCIS receives the petition before your OPT expires.
Use Migrate Mate to filter open Operations Engineer roles by sponsorship type
Not every Republic Services posting is visible on general job boards with sponsorship context attached. Use Migrate Mate to filter specifically for Operations Engineer openings at Republic Services by the visa categories they've historically sponsored, so you're only applying where sponsorship is confirmed.
Prepare for PERM by documenting your engineering experience in quantifiable terms
If Republic Services moves you toward a Green Card via PERM labor certification, DOL requires them to prove no qualified U.S. worker was available. Your offer letter and role description should reflect duties tied directly to your engineering degree, not generalist operations work.
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Find Operations Engineer at Republic Services JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Republic Services sponsor H-1B visas for Operations Engineers?
Yes, Republic Services has sponsored H-1B visas for Operations Engineer roles. These positions typically qualify as specialty occupations under USCIS standards because they require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific engineering discipline. Your best approach is to confirm sponsorship availability with the recruiter early in the process, since sponsorship decisions can vary by business unit and region.
How do I apply for Operations Engineer jobs at Republic Services?
You can apply through Republic Services' careers portal or find sponsorship-confirmed openings through Migrate Mate, which filters roles by visa category. When applying, tailor your resume to the specific facility type listed in the posting, whether that's a landfill, recycling facility, or transfer station, as Republic Services' hiring teams are operationally specialized. Applying to roles in regions with active capital projects tends to yield faster responses.
Which visa types does Republic Services commonly sponsor for Operations Engineer roles?
Republic Services has sponsored H-1B, TN, F-1 OPT, and F-1 CPT visa types for engineering functions, and supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card pathways for longer-term employees. TN sponsorship is available for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying engineering roles. OPT and CPT are common entry points for recent graduates before transitioning to H-1B sponsorship after the lottery.
What qualifications does Republic Services expect for an Operations Engineer role?
Republic Services typically expects a bachelor's degree in mechanical, industrial, civil, or environmental engineering for Operations Engineer positions. Practical experience with process improvement, equipment maintenance planning, or regulatory compliance in industrial or infrastructure environments is valued. Familiarity with environmental regulations, DOT requirements, or waste facility operations strengthens your application considerably since these are operationally specific to the industry.
How long does the sponsorship and onboarding process take for an Operations Engineer at Republic Services?
Timeline depends on your visa type. H-1B sponsorship follows USCIS processing windows, which range from a few months with premium processing to six months or more with standard processing. If you're on OPT, you can begin work immediately while the H-1B petition is prepared for the next lottery cycle. PERM-based Green Card cases involve additional DOL review, which typically adds 12 to 24 months to the overall process.
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