SOLID WASTE TRUCK OPERATOR

Department: Solid Waste
Job Status: Full-Time
Details: *Starting at $15.76/hour. Hourly rates may vary depending upon education, experience, or qualifications. 

* Salary may vary depending upon education, experience, or qualifications.

Hours: This position is on a 5 day a week schedule, 8-hour workday, Monday – Friday, 6:30am-2.30pm.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF WORK

Drives, loads and dumps a solid waste disposal packer truck; works with crews in refuse loading and packing.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As Loader:

• Work behind a refuse truck in picking up refuse, waste materials, trash and discarded house and building furnishings
• Load refuse into a truck, exercising caution in lifting and handling heavy materials
• Replace containers on curb; tags unsafe containers
• Clean up debris around areas as schedules permit
• Work at compost and/or recycling facility
• Perform various labor tasks, as needed

As Driver:

• Act as working leader on truck
• Drive a solid waste disposal packer or other rubbish collection truck along a prescribed route
• Make stops as required to load refuse onto truck
• Dispose of refuse at designated sites
• Perform pickup and loading work
• Provide information regarding trash pickup schedules or procedures to residents and receives complaints when required
• Complete routine driver's reports including daily vehicle inspection reports
• Clean and check assigned equipment daily for safe operation
• Inform supervisor of problem situations along the route and mechanical trouble of equipment
• Instruct other crew members in refuse pickup and disposal procedures and schedules
• Other duties as assigned

PERIPHERAL DUTIES

• Attend monthly safety meetings
• Train new refuse workers, as needed
• Make appropriate decisions for proper customer service
• Occasionally assign driving duties to other crew members
• Help other team members accomplish tasks
• Abide by all Solid Waste Division standards, conduct and policies, and abide by all standards, conduct and policies as stated in Employee Handbook

Requirements

Education, Licensure, or Certification

• High School Diploma or GED, preferred
• CDL Class B with air brake licensure required

Experience, Specialized Knowledge, and Other Requirements

• Minimum six months experience preferred
• Safe driving record
• Safe driving practices and knowledge of state and local laws pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles on streets, roads and highways
• Methods of lifting heavy articles and loads in a safe manner

Skills and Abilities – With or without accommodations

Physical

• Has ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving the whole body, such as sitting, standing, walking, bending, climbing, twisting, squatting, reaching overhead, grasping, lifting, balancing, kneeling, pushing, pulling and handling of objects
• Has ability to frequently lift up to 50 pounds
• Has normal eyesight and depth perception, with or without correction
• Hears normal tones, with or without correction
• Has ability to work within environment described below

Cognitive

• Work under supervision and cooperatively with other employees
• Ability to listen, understand and communicate information
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility in work environments, performing a variety of frequently changing tasks

The physical and cognitive 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.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions, including temperature extremes. The employee may regularly be exposed to fumes, dirt, chemicals and toxins. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; can occasionally be loud.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying the position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

The City of Augusta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.