Posted 12 days ago
General Manager - Environmental Services (70314051)
@ Sodexo Canada Ltd
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Sodexo Canada Ltd is hiring a General Manager, Environmental Services (EVS) in Toronto for a healthcare and research facility setting. The role leads EVS operations, budgets and P&L, client relationships and a frontline team, with a salary of $70,000 to $80,000 CAD plus bonus eligibility.
Pay:
$70,000–$80,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Lead environmental services operations and quality standards
- Ensure IPAC and regulatory compliance
- Manage budgets, P&L and labour costs
- Build and manage client relationships and SLAs
- Recruit, coach and develop frontline teams
Requirements summary:
- 3 to 5 years progressive EVS management experience
- Healthcare or research facility experience preferred
- Post-secondary in hospitality, business or healthcare administration
- Strong financial acumen
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Union experience preferred
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-26
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-26
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-29
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Management experience | 3+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic, Laboratory, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | People with disabilities |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Hospitality Management, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration |
| Perks mentioned | Performance bonus, Paid training |
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Sodexo Canada Ltd
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Full company description
Founded in Marseille in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo is the leader in Food and Services, shaping better everyday experiences at every moment in life: work, heal, learn and play. The Group stands out for its independence, its founding family shareholding and its responsible business model. With its services, Sodexo meets all the challenges of everyday life with a dual goal: to improve the quality of life of our employees and those we serve, and contribute to the economic, social and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. For Sodexo, growth and social commitment go hand in hand. Our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone to build a better life for all. Sodexo is included in the CAC Next 20, Bloomberg France 40, CAC SBT 1.5, FTSE 4 Good and DJSI indices. Sodexo Key figures: 24.1 billion euros Fiscal 2025 consolidated revenues 426,000 employees as at August 31, 2025 #2 France-based private employer worldwide 43 countries 80 million consumers served daily 8.3 billion euros in market capitalization (as at October 22, 2025)
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- 255 quai de la bataille de Stalingrad, 92866 Issy les Moulineaux Cedex 9, FR
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- Business categories
- Innovation Management
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- Health Care
- Hospitality
- Business Development
- Consulting
- Education
- Housekeeping Service
- Facility Management
- Food and Beverage
- Catering
- Other recorded names
- Sodexo
- Sodexo Canada Ltd
- Specialties
- corporate real estate
- food services
- facilities management
- Catering
- Workplace
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- Reported total investment
- 3,736
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Founded in Marseille in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo is the leader in Food and Services, shaping better everyday experiences at every moment in life: work, heal, learn and play. The Group stands out for its independence, its founding family shareholding and its responsible business model. With its services, Sodexo meets all the challenges of everyday life with a dual goal: to improve the quality of life of our…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Facilities Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | 92866 Issy les Moulineaux Cedex 9 |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | corporate real estatefood servicesfacilities managementCateringWorkplaceand Workplace Experience |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 379 |
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Company Description
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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