
Shift Lead II
Linden, NJJob$43–45/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Shift Lead II oversees plant operations during an assigned shift under the operations manager. The role directs shift operators, coordinates interdepartmental and contractor activities, and supports safe, reliable, and compliant facility operations. It also manages work orders, ensures consistent process control and recordkeeping, and develops operators through training, coaching, and instruction.
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Company Description
Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country's largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.
Job Description
Position Purpose:
The shift supervisor, under the general direction of the operations manager, is responsible for the overall operation and conduct of plant operational tasks and functions during assigned shift. This position will supervise the shift operators and serves as the plant contact for all interdepartmental and contractor activities that can affect the safe and reliable operation of Veolia's site.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
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Responsible for managing all daily shift operational activities, as well as gives direction to assigned personnel as needed. Manages and implements the departmental and organizational objectives for each shift.
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Responsible for ensuring the plants are operated in a safe and efficient manner, complying with all applicable company and OSHA safety rules and regulations. Also responsible to ensure plant is operated in compliance with all environmental permits and regulations. Provides a leadership role in implementation of company policies and procedures developed for improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the plant. Responsible to ensure the shift operates in a manner that is compliant with all NERC standards and rules.
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Tracks, prioritizes, and approves work orders in CMMS system.
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Ensures that consistent process control and LOTO procedures are followed in all assigned areas and shifts. Ensures that uniform monitoring and recordkeeping are performed facility-wide.
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Communicates effectively with operations, engineering, maintenance, customer service, etc. to ensure customer satisfaction and successful facility operation.
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Responsible for ensuring the training program to qualify operators for promotion and to re-qualify all operators is occurring on an ongoing basis. Coaches and counsels team to improve technical skills and interpersonal and problem resolution skills. Works to identify and provide opportunities for team to learn new skills and techniques.
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Instructs staff in the operation of auxiliary and BOP equipment, as well as proper procedures for preventive maintenance and repairs on equipment. Oversees operators in housekeeping duties and other assignments as required.
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Logs data in log books, logs customer complaints and ensures complaint resolution. Performs other departmental responsibilities as assigned by Manager Operations.
Work Environment:
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General Industrial environment.
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Works around equipment such as turbines, generators, boilers, pumps, valves, etc.
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Possible Work Hazards: Thermal, chemical, mechanical, and electrical energy exposure.
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Hot ambient temperatures
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Traffic hazards
Qualifications
Education/Experience/Background:
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High school diploma.
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Technical or trade school graduate preferred.
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Seven years of related experience in utility or industrial setting.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
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Working knowledge of high pressure boiler operation; combustion turbine; steam turbine, water treatment, chilled water, and auxiliary equipment associated with power plant and chilled water plant operations.
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Working skill in the use of electro pneumatic/hydraulic controls, DCS controls, and Computers.
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Demonstrated ability to read, analyze and record gauges and instruments, analyze the effects on operations, and to maintain accurate records.
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Has the ability to perform minor troubleshooting, prepare permits and work orders and supervise shift employees.
Required Certification/Licenses/Training:
- Valid Driver's License.
Physical Requirements:
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Able to handle up to fifty (50) pounds, unassisted.
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Able to climb and tolerate heights and confined space.
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Able to tolerate temperature extremes.
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Able to wear PPE, accurately read and interpret gauges, and capable to hear and understand audible alarms.
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Able to work rotating shifts, odd hours, and overtime.
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Able to lead and interface effectively with others.
Additional Information
Pay Range: $43.00 to $45.00 Per Hour.
Benefits: Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.
Sick leave - 56 hours; Observed Holidays - 11 days; Vacation - 15 days
Eligible for up to 3% Annual Performance Bonus
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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How this job compares
Set against the 856 open Shift Supervisor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$43–45/hr
- US median$20–22/hr461 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $44/hr, is 110% above the US median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the top quarter of Shift Supervisor hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 12 open Shift Supervisor jobs in New Jersey and 856 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Shift Supervisor postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 272 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 247 of the 856 open Shift Supervisor jobs (29%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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