General Manager - Environmental Services

Grow your career with a company that shares your passion! Our Health & Care Division has an exciting new opportunity to join the Sodexo team as our next  General Manager - Environmental Services (EVS)  located in Toronto.

Salary: $70,000 - $80,000 CAD + bonus eligible.

At Sodexo, we do more than support healthcare - we help shape it. From retail food service and patient nutrition to environmental services and facilities management, our teams work behind the scenes to create safe, welcoming, and healing environments.

Our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

Job Description

How You’ll Make an Impact:

As a General Manager, Environmental Services (EVS) , you will provide strategic and operational leadership for environmental services within a healthcare, research facility environment. You will be responsible for driving service excellence, maintaining regulatory compliance, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness, and fostering strong client relationships while leading a high-performing team.

As a General Manager, Environmental Services (EVS), you will:

Environmental Services Operations

• Provide leadership and oversight of Environmental Services (EVS) operations, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with infection prevention and control (IPAC) requirements, accreditation standards, and client policies and procedures.
• Lead quality assurance programs, audits, inspections, and continuous improvement initiatives to maintain operational excellence.
• Collaborate with healthcare and research facility stakeholders to support operational and service objectives.
• Monitor operational performance and implement strategies to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency.

Business & Financial Acumen

• Develop innovative business solutions to support operational effectiveness and continuous growth.
• Build, manage, and analyze budgets and P&L statements.
• Achieve financial objectives through analysis of key performance indicators and operational metrics.
• Identify opportunities for service enhancements, efficiencies, and business development.
• Manage labour, supply, and operating costs while maintaining service excellence.

Client Relationships & Contract Management

• Build and maintain strong client relationships based on trust, partnership, and responsiveness.
• Develop business strategies aligned with current and emerging client needs.
• Ensure contractual commitments, service level agreements (SLAs), and performance standards are achieved.
• Conduct regular business reviews, compliance audits, and performance assessments.
• Act as the primary point of contact for client concerns, escalations, and strategic planning initiatives.

People Leadership

• Lead by example and foster a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing teams.
• Support the full employee lifecycle including recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management, and succession planning.
• Maintain positive employee and labour relations in a unionized environment where applicable.
• Provide effective workforce planning and daily operational oversight.

Culture & Compliance

• Foster a strong health and safety culture for employees, clients, patients, and visitors.
• Ensure all operations comply with corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and client standards.
• Champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement across all areas of responsibility.
• Embody Sodexo's values of Service Spirit, Spirit of Progress, and Team Spirit.

Qualifications

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• 3-5 years of progressive management experience leading Environmental Services (EVS) operations within a healthcare, hospital, academic health centre, or research facility environment.
• Experience working within healthcare and/or research facilities is considered a strong asset.
• Post-secondary education in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, diverse frontline teams in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Strong understanding of Environmental Services best practices, infection prevention and control (IPAC), quality assurance, and regulatory compliance standards.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to build, coach, motivate, and develop high-performing teams.
• Experience managing budgets, labour costs, productivity metrics, and operational performance.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze and interpret financial and commercial information.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients and operational partners.
• Strong organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and operational management systems.
• Experience working within a unionized environment is preferred

Additional Information

What Makes Sodexo Different:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater because we believe our everyday actions have a big impact. You  belong  in a company that allows you to  act  with purpose and  thrive  in your own way. In addition, we offer:

• Flexible work environment  
• Competitive compensation & great employee benefits 
• Training and development programs  
• Countless opportunities for growth  
• Corporate responsibility & sustainability  
• An award-winning employer for Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Social Responsibility, and much more. View Sodexo’s latest awards  here
• And so much more!

Sodexo is committed to Employment Equity and Diversity. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of national origin, race, religion, ethnic group, age, disability, gender, sexual preference, sexual or gender identity, status as a veteran or any other federal, provincial or local protected class.  

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available on request from candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Sodexo is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our team members, customers, clients, contractors, business partners, guests, and members of the public with whom we regularly interact. We require that all new hires in hospitals, long term care facilities, and senior homes to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and may require any other new hires to be fully vaccinated based on the location and scope of their employment.

Thank you for your interest in Sodexo.

Please note that only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.  

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