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We’re hiring multiple early childhood educators to support school districts and private preschool centers. The roles vary from mid-term substitute placements, with you working directly in a classroom Monday through Friday, supporting students and staff on a consistent, daily basis. We also have availability for our daily substitute program, where you can choose which centers / hours work best for you!

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You’ll be stepping into a teaching position at a preschool site, helping to lead activities, manage the classroom, and provide a safe and nurturing environment for children ages 2 –5. You’ll follow the school’s curriculum and routines while collaborating with other teachers and support staff.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead daily classroom routines, lessons, and transitions
- Create a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment
- Support children’s social, emotional, and developmental growth
- Implement center-provided curriculum and lesson plans
- Supervise assistant teachers and support staff when assigned
- Maintain classroom organization, safety, and state licensing standards
- Communicate professionally with site leadership and staff
- Adapt quickly to different classroom settings and age groups

Required Qualifications
- Meet Florida early childhood teacher qualification requirements through a CDA, FCCPC, or qualifying Early Childhood Education coursework or degree
- Six months of experience in a licensed early childhood setting such as childcare, preschool, or Head Start
- Ability to work independently and lead a classroom when needed
- Reliable, professional, and passionate about early learning
- Eligible to work in the United States
- Ability to pass a Florida Level 2 background screening through the DCF Clearinghouse

Preferred Qualifications
- One year or more of early childhood teaching experience
- Head Start or preschool experience
- Bilingual English and Spanish preferred

Salary
Pay: $19 - $23 per hour
Schedule: Monday through Friday, flexible daily or long-term placements

Benefits:
- Weekly pay
- Paid Sick Leave
- 401K (certain eligibility criteria)
-Supportive team and training provided
-Opportunities to grow with additional assignments or school sites

About Zen
Zen Educate is tackling the educator shortage by helping schools connect with passionate teaching assistants and paraprofessionals. We’re proud to support both schools and staff by creating smart, fast matches that benefit students and communities alike.

Why Zen
Zen Educate connects passionate educators with schools that need them most. Every match helps build stronger classrooms and brighter futures for students. We make the process simple, transparent, and focused on what really matters, impact.

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The Director of Workforce Planning reports directly to the CPO and is responsible for leading strategic workforce planning initiatives that align hiring strategies with organizational growth objectives. This role partners closely with executive leadership, talent acquisition, HR business partners, finance, procurement, and operations to forecast workforce needs, develop hiring capacity models, optimize recruiting resource allocation, and ensure proactive talent readiness for both permanent and contingent workforce demands.

Essential Functions:

• Lead enterprise workforce planning cycles, including quarterly and annual workforce forecasting.
• Partner closely with operations, talent acquisition, and finance to translate contractual and client demands into clear staffing, budget, and operational decisions.
• Forecast short- and long-term talent needs based on business growth and contract awards.
• Identify critical skill gaps and partner with HR to create mitigation plans, including reskilling, upskilling, and succession planning.
• Utilize workforce analytics, labor market trends, and predictive modeling to inform staffing strategies.
• Provide actionable insights and dashboards to senior leadership for decision-making.
• Monitor and report on workforce metrics, including headcount, attrition, and capacity planning.
• Ensure workforce planning practices comply with federal regulations, security clearance requirements, and defense industry standards.
• Partner closely with business leaders and talent acquisition to develop contingency plans for workforce disruptions and critical skill shortages.
• Drive adoption of workforce planning tools and systems to enhance forecasting accuracy and efficiency.
• Continuously improve processes to support agile workforce planning in a dynamic defense environment.
• Evolve WFM tools, processes, and planning cadences, driving improvements in forecast accuracy, model quality, and reporting standards
• Build strong cross-functional relationships and act as a trusted partner who brings clarity, insight, and strategic thinking to complex operational problems
• Develop hiring demand forecasts, scenario modeling, and capacity planning frameworks.
• Identify gaps in internal recruiting capacity and recommend solutions including contracting or external agency utilization.
• Lead strategy in selection and governance of external staffing agencies and contract recruiting partners as needed.
• Evaluate agency performance metrics and ensure compliance with contracting requirements.
• Establish preferred vendor frameworks and agency engagement models.
• Support system enhancements and reporting improvements within ATS, HRIS platforms, and other systems as they relate to workforce planning.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Regular and reliable attendance on a full time basis [or in accordance with posted schedule].
• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.
• Embodies AEVEX’s cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Security Clearance- Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret DoD clearance, U.S. Citizenship required.
• Strong analytical and data visualization skills (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools).
• Strong communication skills with ability to present insights to senior leadership.
• Knowledge of ATS platforms (experience with Greenhouse highly preferred).
• Advanced analytics or modeling experience.
• Proven ability to design workforce capacity models and agency utilization strategies
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, workforce analytics tools, and ATS/HRIS reporting systems
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders through data-driven insights
• Directs and provides expert knowledge in the strategic function of the department.
• Develops short and long-term people and organizational strategy in alignment with AEVEX goals and direction.
• Leads with impact & influence. Establishes credibility, effectively persuades and develops others, and achieves important objectives collaboratively.
• Identifies, recruits, and retains top-notch talent.
• Champions AEVEX’s culture and empowers employees to take responsibility for their jobs and goals.
• Sets performance standards and encourages employee engagement and results through delegation, continuous feedback, goal setting, and performance management.
• Maintains transparent communication. Appropriately communicates organization information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, and appropriate email, and regular interpersonal communication.

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Analytics, or related field.

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning, Recruiting Operations, or HR Analytics.
• Experience building capacity models and hiring forecasts.
• Experience working cross-functionally with HR/TA, Finance, operations, and business leaders.
• Experience in high-growth or large-scale hiring environments.
• Experience in workforce management software or capacity planning tools.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating staffing agency agreements and vendor contracts
• Strong experience partnering with external recruiting agencies and contingent workforce vendors
• Experience supporting both permanent and contingent workforce planning at scale preferred
• Experience working closely with Procurement and Legal on vendor governance preferred

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is: Physical Requirements Constantly required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment Note: For the purpose of this summary, occasionally is used to represent up to 1/3 of the time given to the work day, frequently represents 1/3 to 2/3 of the time and constantly represents 2/3 or more of the time.

About AEVEX

AEVEX, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.

AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits for qualified employees.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

AEVEX is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

About the Company:

American Circular Solutions (ACS) is an AI-enabled IT asset disposition (ITAD) and electronics recycling startup launching in Tampa Bay. We combine computer vision sorting, robotic disassembly, and certified data destruction to serve enterprise clients who need compliant, auditable, and sustainable IT asset disposition. We are building the first AI-enabled, military-grade ITAD facility in the Tampa Bay region.

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for a VP of Operations who can build and run our recycling facility from day one. This is a founding-team-level hire — you’ll design the physical operation, lead the R2 certification process, manage the facility buildout, and oversee all processing, logistics, and compliance functions. The ideal candidate comes from the ITAD or electronics recycling industry, has hands-on experience with R2-certified facility operations, and can translate that expertise into building a next-generation AI-enabled processing facility.

You’ll be the operational backbone of the company — the person who ensures that when sales brings in enterprise clients, we deliver flawless execution on data destruction, material processing, chain-of-custody documentation, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Facility & Operations:

• Lead the buildout of ACS’s Tampa Bay processing facility, including site selection, layout design, equipment procurement, and operational workflow configuration
• Design and implement processing workflows for device intake, data destruction, disassembly, material sorting, and commodity output
• Manage the deployment and calibration of AI sorting systems (computer vision, conveyor, robotic disassembly) in coordination with technology vendors (AMP Robotics, EverestLabs, or similar)
• Oversee daily facility operations including receiving, processing throughput, quality control, inventory management, and shipping/logistics
• Hire, train, and manage the operations team: processing technicians, logistics coordinators, warehouse staff, and drivers
• Establish and manage relationships with downstream processors, refiners, and commodity buyers for recovered materials (copper, gold, silver, palladium, rare earths)

Certifications & Compliance:

• Lead the R2v3 certification process from application through audit, ensuring facility, processes, and documentation meet all R2 requirements
• Implement and maintain NIST 800-88 compliant data destruction processes with full digital chain-of-custody tracking
• Manage all environmental compliance (EPA, Florida DEP) including hazardous material handling, reporting, and permitting
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all processing, safety, and compliance functions
• Prepare the facility and processes for future ITAR registration (Year 2 target) for defense/government contracts

Safety & Quality:

• Establish and enforce safety protocols for all facility operations, including hazardous material handling, equipment operation, and ergonomic standards
• Implement quality assurance processes to ensure enterprise SLAs for data destruction verification, processing turnaround, and documentation accuracy
• Manage relationships with insurance carriers, auditors, and regulatory agencies

Target Outcomes (First 12 Months):

• Month 1–3: Facility secured and buildout underway; R2 certification application submitted; initial team of 3–5 processing technicians hired; manual processing capability operational for early revenue
• Month 4–6: AI sorting cell deployed and calibrated; processing throughput ramping; NIST 800-88 compliant data destruction fully operational with digital chain-of-custody
• Month 7–9: R2v3 certification achieved; facility processing 100+ devices/day; downstream commodity relationships established and generating material recovery revenue
• Month 10–12: Facility operating at scale supporting 7–10 enterprise accounts; ITAR registration process initiated; operational costs optimized for profitability trajectory

Qualifications Required:

• 7+ years of operations management experience in ITAD, electronics recycling, e-waste processing, or a closely related environmental services industry
• Direct, hands-on experience with R2 (or e-Stewards) certification processes — ideally having led or significantly contributed to a facility achieving certification
• Deep working knowledge of NIST 800-88 data destruction standards and chain-of-custody documentation requirements
• Experience managing a processing facility: workflow design, throughput optimization, staffing, safety, and quality control
• Familiarity with EPA and state environmental regulations governing electronics recycling and hazardous material handling
• Proven ability to build and lead operations teams (10+ direct and indirect reports)
• Strong project management skills — comfortable managing facility buildout, equipment procurement, and vendor relationships simultaneously

Strongly Preferred:

• Prior experience at a recognized ITAD or recycling operation (Sims Lifecycle Services, ERI, All Green Electronics Recycling, Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations, Iron Mountain, or similar)
• R2 Lead Auditor qualification or direct audit preparation experience
• Experience with AI-enabled or automated sorting/processing systems (AMP Robotics, ZenRobotics, TOMRA, EverestLabs)
• ITAR compliance experience or familiarity with defense contractor requirements
• Florida-specific regulatory knowledge (FL DEP, local permitting)
• Experience at a startup or early-stage company where you built operations from scratch

Compensation:

Base salary competitive with market for VP-level operations leadership in Tampa Bay. Performance-based incentive compensation tied to operational milestones (R2 certification, throughput targets, cost optimization). Meaningful equity stake reflecting the founding-team nature of this role. Specific compensation package will be discussed with qualified candidates.

Why This Role:

• Build a next-generation recycling facility from the ground up — combining your industry expertise with cutting-edge AI sorting technology
• Equity participation in a high-growth venture in the $27.7B ITAD market
• Tampa Bay has no AI-enabled, R2-certified ITAD processor — you’ll be building the first
• Work alongside co-founders with deep industry experience (Iron Mountain background) and technical expertise (former AWS)
• Massive market timing: Windows 10 EOL, corporate AI hardware refresh, and Florida regulatory tailwinds all converging
• Direct line to co-CEOs with real decision-making authority and operational autonomy

• American Circular Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and organized Senior Payroll Specialist to join our team. The Senior Payroll Specialist will be responsible for managing complex end-to-end payroll processing, maintaining payroll records, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In addition to supporting the Director - Payroll and Benefits with daily duties including, but not limited to, analyses, tax preparation/investigations, corporate communication, and reporting. This role is key in supporting HR and accounting functions by maintaining data integrity and providing excellent service to employees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements
• Reviews and analyzes current payroll and payroll related benefits and tax procedures
• Resolves payroll issues and communicates/explains the resolution in-person or via phone/e-mail to affected individuals
• Identifies areas of opportunity to improve existing processes, functionality, and improve data integrity and efficiency
• Audit pertinent payroll information to ensure accurate processing or discrepancies
• Process payroll on a weekly basis
• Collect, verify, and enter payroll data including hours worked, bonuses, and deductions.
• Prepare and distribute paychecks or direct deposit statements.
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding payroll issues or concerns.
• Maintain accurate payroll records and employee files.
• Coordinate with HR and accounting departments to ensure payroll changes (e.g., new hires, terminations, raises) are accurately reflected.
• Prepare reports for management, audits, and year-end tax reporting (W-2s, 1099s, etc.).

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent (Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in payroll or related administrative function.
• Proficiency with payroll software and MS Office (especially Excel).
• Strong working knowledge of payroll wage and hour laws, tax regulations, and payroll operations
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Isolved or Employdrive
• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or FPC (Fundamental Payroll Certification) is a plus.

Kleinfelder is currently seeking an experienced Ecologist/Environmental Scientist to join our growing Tampa, FL office.

Working as part of a team, the successful candidate will assist with ecological field assessments for projects in the mining, energy, and commercial development industries. Primary tasks will include protected species surveys, gopher tortoise relocations, vegetative monitoring, hydrologic monitoring, water quality sampling and support with other ecological assessments, as well as reporting. The ideal candidate should have knowledge of the natural resources of Florida and a minimum of 3 years of applicable job experience.

Candidate should also possess strong time management, problem solving, communication, organizational skills, and have relevant computer/software experience. This position requires solid technical writing and verbal communication skills, including coordination with team members and project managers, as well as periodically with clients and regulatory agency staff.

Candidate must be a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Gopher Tortoise Authorized Agent (AA) for surveying and mechanical excavation.

Candidate will be required to go through and obtain an MSHA New Miner Training certificate as part of on-the-job training.

This position is anticipated to be 80% field work/20% office work. Travel (local/overnight) may account for up to 30%.

The ability to travel, both within Florida and nationwide, and a clear driving record are also required. Potential candidates should be able to work effectively in both team environments and with limited supervision. Candidates should have availability to work outside of typical business hours. Flexibility in daily work schedule and willingness to work long hours in adverse environmental conditions and in remote areas is required.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in the natural resources (i.e. biological, zoology, botany, ecology or environmental science).
• Experience conducting threatened and endangered species surveys per FWC and United States Fish and Wildlife Service survey protocols/guidelines.
• Ability to lead gopher tortoise relocation efforts including mechanical excavation and bucket trapping.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a natural resources professional is required.
• Proficiency in use of Avenza, ESRI Field maps, a sub-meter GPS and data processing is also desired.
• Experience operating a 4x4 truck preferred.

Move Forward with Kleinfelder: Kleinfelder and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 110 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver.

Progress with an Employer that Values You

Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:

Benefits: Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.

Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

Please note that Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.