What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sanitation Technician I position at Cowley County?
Under direct supervision, performs work in the operation of a solid waste transfer station, construction-demolition landfill, and care of an old landfill site; operates heavy equipment.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
• Operates the transfer station and construction demolition pit.
• Operates equipment to push unloaded trash into the transfer truck trailers.
• Covers materials in the C&D pit.
• Sorts, loads, and hauls soils, waste, and other materials.
• Monitors trash for unacceptable and hazardous wastes and provides special handling of same.
• Operates heavy equipment including front-end loader, backhoe, self-propelled scraper, compactors, semi-trailer trucks and similar equipment.
• Maintains and repairs equipment.
• Monitors water wells for underground water pollution and gas wells for methane leakage.
• Maintains fuel and other operating logs.
• Cleans the scale and the scale pit.
Marginal duties:
• Collects trash on-site and on roadways around the site.
• Fills in for other employees in the scale house.
• Handles and accounts for funds collected.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements:
Experience: Experience in operation of trucks and heavy equipment. Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Education: High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Accountability: Knowledge of and the skill to operate large equipment in a safe manner.
Working Conditions: Extreme weather conditions, handling of chemicals and toxic fumes are factors in this position. Must have the ability to perform heavy physical labor under a variety of weather conditions.
Physical Requirements: Ability to perform moderate and some heavy physical work and to lift and carry up to 75 pounds and occasionally 100 pounds. To stand, walk, sit, ride, climb, bend, kneel, twist, reach, grasp, push, pull and perform similar body movements. Possesses hand/eye/foot coordination adequate to operate office equipment, including a computer, a vehicle and heavy equipment. Ability to talk and hear in person, by telephone and two-way radio; ability to hear malfunction of equipment. Ability to see and read instructions, gauges, to detect unacceptable waste and to see characters on a computer screen.