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Plant Superintendent roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, or a related technical field. Australian professionals bring direct manufacturing and plant operations experience that U.S. industrial employers actively seek, and the E-3's no-lottery structure means you can pursue roles year-round without waiting for an annual cap cycle.
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Clean Earth is a leading provider of environmental services in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, contaminated soil, and dredged material. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.
Every day our teams across the country take a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. We value our employees as our most important asset, and this is reflected in many areas across our company including recently being named a 2024 Most Loved Workplace ®. We are committed to creating a positive work culture that fosters growth and development while ensuring the health and safety of our employees.
Job Description
Under the general guidance of the Regional Plant Director, the Plant General Manager will lead a team of people to drive operational strategies that align with the company’s culture and long-term goals to exceed our customers’ expectations. This individual provides direct oversight to an assigned plant. Ensures the location meet or exceed environmental health and safety, regulatory compliance, production, and waste management goals within their region. Utilizing their strong leadership skills, the Plant General Manager will ensure the operations team and support staff properly handle and treat all waste streams in compliance with Clean Earth’s policy and applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions): The main duties and responsibilities.
Leadership & Strategy
- Provide support by coaching and developing managers and/or supervisors within their plant, particularly in the management techniques of planning, organizing, and leading through continuous coaching and feedback on performance, and conduct performance appraisals, ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
- Makes recommendations and/or approvals on salary adjustments, promotions, transfers, and dismissals within their plant.
- Provide support and participate in the recruitment and hiring of plant employees as needed.
- Conducts regular meetings to keep teams within their plant informed of current issues and events, procedural/operational changes, and new developments in the department and Company.
- Accountable to oversee selection, training, and development of an effective, efficient, diverse workforce within their plant.
- Provide technical support to managers and other staff, assist in the content development and deployment of training related to plant operations.
Safety, Security, and Compliance
- Promotes Safety and Security initiatives across the entire team within their plant.
- Daily Operations Regulatory Requirements and Compliance State Federal and Local
- Implement, Communicate, and Train safety protocols and compliance measures to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory adherence within their plant.
- Train on and Implement safety protocols and compliance measures to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory adherence within their plant.
- Initiate actions to assure timely resolution of identified hazards or unsafe conditions and practices within their plant.
Customer Experience Management
- Will act with urgency to resolve customer issues to maintain high service level and grow the business within their plant.
Operational Excellence
- Implements and communicates continual improvement of productivity standards and team member safety in all phases of the operation in accordance with budgetary goals within their plant.
Inbound
- Stay informed and take necessary actions on changes based on updates to inbound 10-day management, waste receiving, lab testing, waste acceptance regulations, and industry standards.
Waste Processing
- Oversee waste processing processes, ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
- Stay updated on changes and keep informed about updates to waste processing and treatment regulations and industry standards.
- Responsible for keeping the overall waste Inventory in compliance and up to date Controls.
Shipping
- Oversee shipping processes, ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
- Stay updated on changes and keep informed about updates in outbound third party vendors, outages or downtimes.
Plant Management
- Execute and oversee management processes governing costs, facilities, supplies, and people leadership and development while ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain facilities and manage facility budgets to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with safety standards and company goals.
- Generates and submits Capital Expense requests.
- Keep informed about updates in asset management regulations and industry standards.
Performs other related duties and/or project work as required or requested.
Work Environment:
- Willingness and ability to travel via automobile, commercial airline and other public transportation up to 20% of the time.
- Willingness to collaborate with Regional Services Director and ability to work in a hands-on manner to execute key initiatives and activities.
- Must be willing and able to abide by Clean Earth’s Core Values and Code of Conduct.
Qualifications
Education, Experience and Skills:
Education: (BA or BS degree required or preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree in an environmental-related field or can demonstrate related equivalent work experience
- 40-hour OSHA training completed and current.
- Knowledge of DOT regulatory and compliance keeping current on necessary DOT certifications
- Must have a valid driver’s license
Experience: (Required minimum of years of relevant experience.)
- Minimum 7 years' experience in related field including experience utilizing plant management software systems, Knowledge of DoT regulations and standards, understanding of transportation logistics and planning, knowledge of vehicular maintenance and repair
- Minimum 7 years of proven leadership experience
- Demonstrates knowledge and the ability to stay abreast of applicable regulations and codes, as they apply to the waste industry and those specific to area of responsibility.
- Demonstrates the ability to manage within an established budget as well as strong knowledge of budgetary statements, management of costs, asset management, and project management.
Preferred:
- Progressive environmental/hazardous waste management experience working in an operations capacity in receiving waste or materials management.
Skills: (The skills listed are the abilities and knowledge required to perform the job effectively.)
- Ability to work independently using initiative and effective communication to solve challenges.
- Ability to manage budgets
- Understands DOT Regulations
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including the ability to prepare and deliver presentations to large groups
- Ability to lead and work through others, effective delegation skills
- Highly proficient computer skills and familiarity with software applications
- Ability to analyze, draw conclusions and develop actionable improvements from complex data
- Ability to plan and organize, experience in formal project management ideal
- Knowledge of lean management, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies is a plus
- Proficiency in change management methodologies and practices.
Additional Information
Clean Earth offers competitive benefits including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans starting on the first day of employment; paid time off, wellness benefits, employee discount program, tuition assistance, and a 401k with company matching.
We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on Harsco Clean Earth’s website because a disability prevents you from using the online system, Clean Earth offers the following alternate application procedure: Call toll free (833) 209-2659 and leave your name, phone number, city and state of residence. Clean Earth will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job. This line is dedicated to disability applications only. No other inquiries will receive a response.
Company Description
Clean Earth is a leading provider of environmental services in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, contaminated soil, and dredged material. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.
Every day our teams across the country take a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. We value our employees as our most important asset, and this is reflected in many areas across our company including recently being named a 2024 Most Loved Workplace ®. We are committed to creating a positive work culture that fosters growth and development while ensuring the health and safety of our employees.
Job Description
Under the general guidance of the Regional Plant Director, the Plant General Manager will lead a team of people to drive operational strategies that align with the company’s culture and long-term goals to exceed our customers’ expectations. This individual provides direct oversight to an assigned plant. Ensures the location meet or exceed environmental health and safety, regulatory compliance, production, and waste management goals within their region. Utilizing their strong leadership skills, the Plant General Manager will ensure the operations team and support staff properly handle and treat all waste streams in compliance with Clean Earth’s policy and applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions): The main duties and responsibilities.
Leadership & Strategy
- Provide support by coaching and developing managers and/or supervisors within their plant, particularly in the management techniques of planning, organizing, and leading through continuous coaching and feedback on performance, and conduct performance appraisals, ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
- Makes recommendations and/or approvals on salary adjustments, promotions, transfers, and dismissals within their plant.
- Provide support and participate in the recruitment and hiring of plant employees as needed.
- Conducts regular meetings to keep teams within their plant informed of current issues and events, procedural/operational changes, and new developments in the department and Company.
- Accountable to oversee selection, training, and development of an effective, efficient, diverse workforce within their plant.
- Provide technical support to managers and other staff, assist in the content development and deployment of training related to plant operations.
Safety, Security, and Compliance
- Promotes Safety and Security initiatives across the entire team within their plant.
- Daily Operations Regulatory Requirements and Compliance State Federal and Local
- Implement, Communicate, and Train safety protocols and compliance measures to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory adherence within their plant.
- Train on and Implement safety protocols and compliance measures to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory adherence within their plant.
- Initiate actions to assure timely resolution of identified hazards or unsafe conditions and practices within their plant.
Customer Experience Management
- Will act with urgency to resolve customer issues to maintain high service level and grow the business within their plant.
Operational Excellence
- Implements and communicates continual improvement of productivity standards and team member safety in all phases of the operation in accordance with budgetary goals within their plant.
Inbound
- Stay informed and take necessary actions on changes based on updates to inbound 10-day management, waste receiving, lab testing, waste acceptance regulations, and industry standards.
Waste Processing
- Oversee waste processing processes, ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
- Stay updated on changes and keep informed about updates to waste processing and treatment regulations and industry standards.
- Responsible for keeping the overall waste Inventory in compliance and up to date Controls.
Shipping
- Oversee shipping processes, ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
- Stay updated on changes and keep informed about updates in outbound third party vendors, outages or downtimes.
Plant Management
- Execute and oversee management processes governing costs, facilities, supplies, and people leadership and development while ensuring alignment with company goals and safety and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain facilities and manage facility budgets to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with safety standards and company goals.
- Generates and submits Capital Expense requests.
- Keep informed about updates in asset management regulations and industry standards.
Performs other related duties and/or project work as required or requested.
Work Environment:
- Willingness and ability to travel via automobile, commercial airline and other public transportation up to 20% of the time.
- Willingness to collaborate with Regional Services Director and ability to work in a hands-on manner to execute key initiatives and activities.
- Must be willing and able to abide by Clean Earth’s Core Values and Code of Conduct.
Qualifications
Education, Experience and Skills:
Education: (BA or BS degree required or preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree in an environmental-related field or can demonstrate related equivalent work experience
- 40-hour OSHA training completed and current.
- Knowledge of DOT regulatory and compliance keeping current on necessary DOT certifications
- Must have a valid driver’s license
Experience: (Required minimum of years of relevant experience.)
- Minimum 7 years' experience in related field including experience utilizing plant management software systems, Knowledge of DoT regulations and standards, understanding of transportation logistics and planning, knowledge of vehicular maintenance and repair
- Minimum 7 years of proven leadership experience
- Demonstrates knowledge and the ability to stay abreast of applicable regulations and codes, as they apply to the waste industry and those specific to area of responsibility.
- Demonstrates the ability to manage within an established budget as well as strong knowledge of budgetary statements, management of costs, asset management, and project management.
Preferred:
- Progressive environmental/hazardous waste management experience working in an operations capacity in receiving waste or materials management.
Skills: (The skills listed are the abilities and knowledge required to perform the job effectively.)
- Ability to work independently using initiative and effective communication to solve challenges.
- Ability to manage budgets
- Understands DOT Regulations
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including the ability to prepare and deliver presentations to large groups
- Ability to lead and work through others, effective delegation skills
- Highly proficient computer skills and familiarity with software applications
- Ability to analyze, draw conclusions and develop actionable improvements from complex data
- Ability to plan and organize, experience in formal project management ideal
- Knowledge of lean management, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies is a plus
- Proficiency in change management methodologies and practices.
Additional Information
Clean Earth offers competitive benefits including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans starting on the first day of employment; paid time off, wellness benefits, employee discount program, tuition assistance, and a 401k with company matching.
We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on Harsco Clean Earth’s website because a disability prevents you from using the online system, Clean Earth offers the following alternate application procedure: Call toll free (833) 209-2659 and leave your name, phone number, city and state of residence. Clean Earth will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job. This line is dedicated to disability applications only. No other inquiries will receive a response.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Plant Superintendent
Translate your credentials into U.S. equivalency
A three-year Australian bachelor's degree in engineering or operations management is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for E-3 purposes. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-member agency before you start applying so employers don't flag your qualification during the LCA stage.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data for Plant Superintendent or Production Manager LCA filings in your target industry. Employers who have filed LCAs before understand the process, which shortens the path from offer to visa approval significantly.
Frame your offer letter around specialty occupation
The E-3 requires your role to qualify as a specialty occupation, meaning the job must normally require a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Ask your prospective employer to describe the role's technical requirements in the offer letter, not just the job title, to support your DOL LCA filing.
File your LCA before leaving your current role
The DOL certifies LCAs within seven working days in most cases. Confirm your employer has submitted the LCA and received certification before you give notice in Australia, since the certified LCA is required to book your consulate appointment and cannot be fast-tracked once you're between jobs.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for the full process
Plant Superintendent roles involve multi-site or unionized environments where prevailing wage determinations can get complicated. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service handles your LCA, visa paperwork, and consulate preparation end-to-end so wage level classifications and supporting documentation are filed correctly the first time.
Prepare for consulate questions on operational authority
Consular officers for industrial roles often probe whether the position is truly supervisory and degree-dependent rather than a working foreman role. Bring an organizational chart, a copy of your academic transcripts, and documentation showing budget or personnel authority to distinguish your role clearly during the interview.
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Find Plant Superintendent JobsPlant Superintendent E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find Plant Superintendent jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles with E-3 sponsorship. The platform filters opportunities by visa type so you're only seeing employers open to the E-3 process. General job boards don't let you filter by visa category, which means most Plant Superintendent listings you find there won't lead to a sponsored outcome.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Plant Superintendent role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. If the role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, industrial management, or operations as a standard entry requirement, it qualifies. Roles where any college degree or equivalent experience is accepted instead of a specific field typically won't meet the specialty occupation threshold. Your offer letter and the employer's job description are the key documents the DOL reviews when certifying the LCA.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Plant Superintendent roles?
The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, so you can apply any time of year and start work as soon as your visa is approved. The H-1B requires winning a lottery slot that opens once per year in April, and selection rates have been below 25% in recent fiscal years. For a Plant Superintendent with a standing job offer, the E-3 is a faster and more predictable path to starting work in the U.S.
Can I switch employers as a Plant Superintendent on an E-3?
Yes, but the E-3 is employer-specific and tied to the certified LCA from your current employer. If you move to a new company, your new employer must file a fresh LCA with the DOL and you'll need to attend a new consulate appointment in Australia to receive an updated E-3 stamp. There's no portability provision like some other visa categories, so plan your transition timeline accordingly.
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