{"id":31979,"date":"2020-02-20T14:25:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T22:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=31979"},"modified":"2020-02-20T14:25:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T22:25:11","slug":"job-composting-operations-manager-mud-bay-lakebay-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-composting-operations-manager-mud-bay-lakebay-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Composting Operations Manager, Mud Bay (Lakebay, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Posting for Composting Operations Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12.20.2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re looking for someone who is passionate about the environment, mechanically inclined, curious, ambitious and inventive to lead our new dog and cat poop composting operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more than thirty years, Muddies have been helping Pacific NW dog and cat owners choose and feed healthy foods to their animals.\u00a0 We\u2019re very proud of the contribution we make to cat and dog health, but in recent years, many of us have begun to think about where all that healthy cat and dog food ends up.\u00a0 It turns out that most Pacific NW pet poop lands in municipal landfills\u2014where it may sit, without breaking down, for decades.\u00a0 Even worse, landfilled pet waste in degradable bags creates methane (worse for the atmosphere than carbon dioxide) and pet poop that never makes it to the landfill can contaminate ground and surface water.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Mud Bay is going to begin doing something about this problem:\u00a0 we\u2019re going to start composting dog and cat poop to give Pacific NW cat and dog owners an alternative they can be proud to use\u2014and that\u2019s why we\u2019re hiring our first Composting Operations Manager.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re looking for someone who can bring mechanical competence and curiosity to the task of learning how to compost pet poop.\u00a0 Initially our Composting Operations Manager will be mentored by a former manufacturing plant manager who has become a skilled composter by developing and operating one of the first commercial cat and dog poop operations in North America.\u00a0 After learning the art and science of composting pet poop from this expert, our Composting Operations Manager will take charge of Mud Bay\u2019s current composting operations.\u00a0 Then our Composting Operations Manager will tackle the challenges of improving and growing Mud Bay\u2019s composting operation.<\/p>\n<p>We are very ambitious.\u00a0 We want to make a significant contribution to the Pacific NW environment by scaling our composting operation to the point that we can keep much of our region\u2019s pet poop out of the waste stream.\u00a0 We\u2019re looking for an operations leader who can help us do that.<\/p>\n<p>Mud Bay is owned by its founders, their friends and family and by Mud Bay\u2019s employees (Muddies).\u00a0 As Muddies, we\u2019re here to contribute to the health of animals and to the happiness of those who care for them.\u00a0 We\u2019re also here to create fulfilling work, meaningful careers and a strong company that we can be proud of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The work we expect our Composting Operations Manager to do includes\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning the art and science of composting from our composting mentor<\/li>\n<li>Becoming an expert in dog and cat poop composting through research, experimentation, developing connections and learning from others<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on running of our composting operation<\/li>\n<li>Learning and maintaining compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations<\/li>\n<li>Participating in Mud Bay\u2019s Leadership Development program and evolving their approach to leadership to align with Mud Bay\u2019s leadership approach<\/li>\n<li>Recruiting, hiring, leading, mentoring, directing and inspiring the other Muddies who work in our composting operations<\/li>\n<li>Developing and maintaining databases and other records that enable us to measure and improve performance and comply with governmental regulations<\/li>\n<li>Improving our composting systems and processes with the goals of improving quality, reducing waste and enabling growth<\/li>\n<li>Keeping themselves and the other Muddies who work in composting safe<\/li>\n<li>Planning and leading the expansion of our composting operation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The person we are looking for to become our Composting Operations Manager\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is passionate about the environment and about composting as a way to reduce humans\u2019\u2014and animals\u2019\u2014impact on it;<\/li>\n<li>Is mechanically skilled, a tinkerer, someone who enjoys and is good at maintaining, fixing and improving machinery<\/li>\n<li>Is curious, a life-long learner, more interested in learning and growing than being right<\/li>\n<li>Enjoys solving problems and embraces the scientific method<\/li>\n<li>Is adaptable and comfortable with change<\/li>\n<li>Is able and inclined to work collaboratively<\/li>\n<li>Has experience leading others<\/li>\n<li>Is happy doing things themselves and is also happy leading and directing others to do things<\/li>\n<li>Has a strong work ethic<\/li>\n<li>Is excited about helping direct and lead a rapidly growing and changing business<\/li>\n<li>Is a self-starter<\/li>\n<li>Is more inclined to ask <em>How can I make it better?<\/em> than to say <em>If it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Is quick to laugh at themselves and to share a laugh with others<\/li>\n<li><em>May<\/em> have experience leading in a manufacturing or other production environment<\/li>\n<li><em>May<\/em> have training or experience in LEAN or other approaches to process improvement<\/li>\n<li>Is an effective communicator both orally and in writing<\/li>\n<li>Is willing and able to solve people problems, not just mechanical ones<\/li>\n<li>Is comfortable working with computers<\/li>\n<li>Doesn\u2019t mind getting dirty and can deal with being surrounded by stinky stuff<\/li>\n<li>Understands and is comfortable with the likelihood that their role will evolve as we grow and evolve our new composting business<\/li>\n<li>Is a dog or cat or dog &amp; cat person<\/li>\n<li>Is up to the physical demands of the work, including standing, bending, squatting and lifting for some, most or all of the day<\/li>\n<li>Willing and able to obtain a Class B and\/or Class C commercial driver\u2019s license<\/li>\n<li>Is able to work in our current composting facility in Lakebay, WA, able to spend part of some work weeks in our Thurston County home office, able to travel to Seattle, Portland and other parts of the Pacific NW and will be able to work in composting facilities that Mud Bay opens in other parts of the Pacific NW in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Mud Bay? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mud Bay began in 1988 when Elsa Wulff bought a struggling farm store located on a hill above Mud Bay, the southernmost reach of Puget Sound, just outside of Olympia, Washington.\u00a0 Joined soon after by her son and daughter, the Wulffs and their coworkers evolved Mud Bay into one of the pioneer retailers of natural foods for cats and dogs.\u00a0 More than thirty years later, Mud Bay is an employee-owned company of nearly 60 locations and 500 staff with an annual growth rate of 15% to 20%.\u00a0 But for all our growth, neither our mission nor our values have changed.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re still all about contributing to the health of dogs and cats and the happiness of their owners.\u00a0 We\u2019re still about empowering dog and cat owners with natural products and accurate information.\u00a0 And, we still all about building a strong company that we can all be proud of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are we? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muddies are a passionate bunch!\u00a0 We\u2019re passionate about cat and dog health.\u00a0 We\u2019re passionate about delighting the people who visit our stores and engage in our services.\u00a0 We\u2019re passionate about investing in one another.\u00a0 We\u2019re a company of owners\u2014almost every Mud Bay staffer will become eligible for a long-term stake in Mud Bay within two years of joining us.<\/p>\n<p>But Muddies thought and acted like owners years before we launched our Employee Stock Ownership Plan in 2015.\u00a0 Muddies are down-to-earth, casual and from-the heart.\u00a0 We work hard, and we can be intense about doing our best.\u00a0 There are over five hundred of us in two states, nearly 60 stores, two Mud Rooms, a home office and distribution center, but we share a common culture\u2014a shared culture that\u2019s abundantly evident on the day we close all of our workplaces to bring everymuddy together in the same place at the same time for an annual event we call Mudstock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why join us? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us because you love animals.\u00a0 Join us because you love helping humans.\u00a0 Join us because you want to work with people who care as much as you do about doing a good job.\u00a0 Join us because you want to be an owner of the place you work\u2014and go to work surrounded by other owner-operators.\u00a0 Join us because you want to help lead a company that strives to help its employees build sustaining, fulfilling, life-time careers and afford retirement when the time comes.\u00a0 Join us because we\u2019ve been growing steadily and strongly for thirty years and because we\u2019re committed to continuing to grow\u2014but growing only as fast as we can grow well.\u00a0 Join us because we\u2019re financially responsible\u2014and because it matters even more to us to be morally responsible.\u00a0 Join us because you want to spend the rest of your career with a company you 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