Thank you to our exceptional maintenance teams for their commitment to maintaining our equipment and protecting everyone’s safety. To recognize our high-performance maintenance teams, each year we celebrate Republic Services’ Top Shops in five categories:
- Fleet
- Heavy Equipment
- Recycling
- Environmental Solutions
- Compactor Solutions Center
Congratulations to our 2024 Company Top Shops:
Fleet – BU240-Central Alabama
Southeast Area President: Jamey A.
General Manager: Howard P.
Maintenance Manager: Jeff C.
The Central Alabama Business Unit combines three hauling divisions, all maintaining 100% PM compliance. The BU achieved CPEH goals, beating budget by 4%, and exceeding company warranty recovery goals at all three locations totaling 294K and a BU average of 159%. Their success is built on safety and employee engagement, which enables them to maintain a safe, durable fleet to service the 150+ daily routes in the Birmingham metropolitan area.
Heavy Equipment – BU433 San Diego Post Collection
Southwest Area President: Javara P.
General Manager: Jesus T.
Maintenance Manager: William H.
San Diego Post Collection uses PM compliance and warranty recovery metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of our maintenance programs, including a review of 41 inspection items. We are happy to report we scored 100% on maintenance metrics and 95% on an onsite review of the maintenance program. San Diego Post Collection has an excellent reputation for meeting Republic’ OneFleet standards.
Recycling – BU326 Eastern Twin Cities
Midwest Area President: Matt H.
General Manager: Brian M.
Maintenance Manager: John J.
The Eastern Twin Cities maintenance team had a challenging yet very successful 2024. This team, led by John Jorissen (Maintenance Manager) and Matt Straw (Lead Tech,) maintained a PM compliance percentage >98 while being 3 techs short all year. Additionally, the team helped the Recycling Center achieve an uptime of 91% and a BIC score of 97. Most importantly this team had no safety incidents in 2024 – and on top of that, they have been incident free for over 2+ years.
Environmental Solutions – BU604 ES Texas Coast
ES Gulf Area President: Vince S.
General Manager: Celina C.
Maintenance Manager: James A.
Our ES Texas Coast BU manages a complex fleet of 197 assets that are a mix of HE and rolling stock. They stand out as a Top Shop due to their ability to execute tasks timely and effectively, proven by consistently maintaining above 99% PM compliance. The maintenance team in this BU strives for excellence in data entry, with 99.9% compliance in complete work order detail. Additionally, they have set the pace for Samsara installations on vehicles and equipment and have never gone below 99% compliance in meter updates.
Compactor Solutions Center – BU220 East Houston
South Area President: Brady L.
General Manager: Joey H.
Compactor Shop Manager: Charles W.
Houston CSC is a stand-out shop due to its dramatic improvement over the previous year, earning the title of most improved shop. Significant improvements have been made in everything from the quality of their compactor rebuilds, process improvements, quality of leadership and interaction with staff, and overall Customer Zeal through service repairs and response times.
Additionally, congratulations to our 2024 Area Top Shops:
| Fleet | Heavy Equipment | Recyling | Environmental Solutions | Compactor Solutions Center |
| BU404 Kent | BU454 Salt Lake City | BU408 Seattle | BU604 ES Texas Coast** | BU 220 East Houston** |
| BU420 Daly City | BU423 Nor. Cal. Post Collection | BU470 Las Vegas Recycling | BU625 ES Upstate NY | |
| BU437 Huntington Beach | BU433 San Diego Post Collection** | BU436 North Phoenix | BU637 ES Detroit Recycling & FS | |
| BU335 Springfield, MO | BU331 Central Oklahoma | BU366 St. Louis Recycling | BU650 ES Nevada | |
| BU212 Corpus Christi | BU202 DFW Post Collection | BU203 Plano | ||
| BU329 Western Twin Cities | BU328 Upper Rock Landfill | BU326 Eastern Twin Cities** | ||
| BU240 Central Alabama** | BU242 Central Georgia Post Collection | BU247 Jacksonville | ||
| BU102 Greenville, SC | BU112 Troy | BU118 Western Maryland | ||
| BU141 Boston | BU125 King of Prussia | BU126 King of Prussia | ||
| BU154 Elyria | BU154 Elyria | BU302 Grand Rapids |
*Indicates 2024 Company Top Shop Winner
Top Shops will receive a team trophy, custom banner, challenge coins and an exclusive shirt and hat for their maintenance teams. The five Company Top Tops will also receive $5,000 for tools and equipment. Team celebrations will take place in October during Maintenance Awareness Month.
Coming Soon: Maintenance Awareness Month
In October, Republic Services celebrates Maintenance Awareness Month in appreciation of all our maintenance teams throughout the Company. Leaders are encouraged to start planning their Maintenance Awareness Month recognition events early. Watch for details coming soon!