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Strategic Project Manager Waste Operations- Healthcare

Clean Harbors

Chicago, ILFull-time$90–110K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$90–110K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

40 Hours OSHA And RCRA Training

Job overview

Clean Harbors seeks a Strategic Project Manager to grow revenue and profitability in its Healthcare business line. The role works with management and senior leadership to drive operational projects involving cost improvement, revenue enhancement, and process improvement. The manager coordinates multiple projects and stakeholders, balancing competing priorities, and supports project delivery across North America.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project ManagementLeadershipComputer SkillsTime ManagementCommunicationNegotiationProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsDOT KnowledgeDispatchingLogisticsSupervisory KnowledgeRCRA KnowledgeOSHA Knowledge

Qualifications

3+ Years ExperienceBachelor's Degree in Science or Equivalent40 Hours OSHA and RCRA Training

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Clean Harbors is seeking a Strategic Project Manager Healthcare who will assist in growing the revenue and profitability in the Healthcare business line. The Strategic Project Manager will work with the company’s management and senior leadership to drive and implement operational projects related to cost improvement, revenue enhancement and process improvement. This individual will need to manage multiple projects & stakeholders while balancing different priorities.

Clean Harbors is the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Everywhere industry meets environment, Clean Harbors is on-site, providing premier environmental, energy and industrial services. We are solving tough problems through innovation and proven methodology – come be part of the solution with us.

Why work for Clean Harbors?

  • Health and Safety is our #1 priority and we live it 3-6-5!

  • Focus on maintaining sustainability and cleaning the Earth

  • Recruiting Pay range: $90-110K per /year

  • Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment including 401K with Company match

  • Own part of the company with our Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  • Opportunities for growth and development for all the stages of your career

  • Company paid training and tuition reimbursement

  • Ensures that Health and Safety is the number one goal by following policies, processes, and acting in a safe manner at all time.

  • Work with functional team leaders on the development and roll-out of action plans across North America

  • Manage 3 rd party contractors and participate in contract negotiations

  • Monitor and communicate progress of project delivery in terms of cost, forecast, schedule, scope and assessment of risks and issues to senior management and to the broader organization

  • Identify and track key project milestones and elevate issues or obstacles to ensure the time resolutions of barriers.

  • Follow up on jobs with operational team and customer to assure work completed satisfactorily, issues resolved, invoiced, and monies collected.

  • Perform other duties and tasks as assigned from time to time by management and will be required by the needs of the Clean Harbors business.

  • Three-five of years of experience is required, Seven-ten years of experience is strongly preferred

  • Bachelor’s Degree with science major with chemistry classes preferred.

  • Alternative combinations of education and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.

  • Environmental services experience preferred

  • 40 Hours OSHA and RCRA Training required.

  • Leadership Skills to manage diverse project team; computer skills; project management skills; effective time management.

  • Strong communication skills; comfortable working with new people and situations;

  • Negotiating Skills; problem solving skills; analytical

Preferred Qualifications:

  • DOT knowledge and dispatching/ logistics experience

  • Leadership and supervisory knowledge

  • RCRA/OSHA knowledge

Clean Harbors is an equal opportunity employer.

Clean Harbors is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact [email protected] or 1-844-922-5547.

Clean Harbors is a Military & Veteran friendly company.

Please be advised that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support certain stages of the recruitment process but are not used as a replacement for human decision making.

Clean Harbors is committed to complying with applicable pay transparency laws and ensuring fair and equitable compensation. The posted salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for this role. Final compensation may vary based on factors such as location, experience, skills, and business needs. In addition to the base salary, some roles may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.

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How this job compares

Set against the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$90–110K/yr
  • Illinois median$105–163K/yr537 salary ranges
  • US median$111–178K/yr14,446 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $100K, is 27% below the Illinois median midpoint ($138K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Manager salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 658 open Project Manager jobs in Illinois and 22,993 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 19,950 postings).
Education
12,857 of the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree 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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