What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solid Waste Coordinator position at Effingham County Board of Commissioners?
Solid Waste Coordinator
$22.00/HR - Non-Exempt
Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.
Position Overview:
The Solid Waste Coordinator performs field-based coordination, inspection, monitoring, and compliance support for the County's solid waste, litter control, Convenience Center, landfill, and related sanitation operations. This position conducts site inspections, verifies field conditions, coordinates corrective action with contractors and County departments, supports contract compliance monitoring, assists with landfill and Convenience Center maintenance and security oversight, and provides technical or operational support for sanitation programs. Customer service intake, routine citizen communication, and administrative tracking are coordinated through Customer Support Services, with escalated field or compliance matters referred to the Solid Waste Coordinator as needed.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions**):
- The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.
- Plans, develops, coordinates, implements, and promotes recycling and waste reduction programs and activities for county departments, supervisors, department Director and employees, and the residents of unincorporated areas.
- Assists with the development of specifications, requests for proposals or qualifications, and contract-service requirements for assigned solid waste programs; monitors contractor work, documents performance issues, and supports invoice or payment review as assigned.
- Assists in monitoring contractor performance for contracts including Waste To Energy (WTE) and landfill disposal facilities and various programs through field inspections and data review;
- Develops budgets and monitors expenditures for assigned projects.
- Develops, prepares, and maintains standard operating procedures for various functions within the department.
- Analyzes field-operational trends, recurring service issues, inspection findings, contractor performance concerns, and site conditions; makes recommendations for operational improvements, corrective action, and process changes.
- Coordinates with Emergency Management and appropriate County departments regarding solid-waste-related preparedness, response, recovery, storm debris, and cleanup activities.
- Coordinates solid waste, recycling, waste reduction, and litter-control programs with federal, state, and local agencies, municipalities, schools, businesses, contractors, and County departments as assigned.
- Monitors, inspects, and coordinates applicable contract requirements related to landfill operations, Convenience Center operations, franchise collection, solid waste services, recycling, litter control, and related sanitation programs.
- Compiles data for statistical tabulation and analysis; submits reports to state and local officials regarding recycling, waste reduction, litter control, contractor performance, landfill monitoring, Convenience Center operations, and related solid waste activities. Provides content updates to Customer Support Services or Communications for public-facing materials as needed.
- Conducts regular field inspections throughout the County, including major roads and known illegal dumping locations, to identify litter, dumping, sanitation, and right-of-way concerns.
- Coordinates corrective action for identified litter and dumping issues by documenting field findings and routing work through SeeClickFix, Inmate Work Detail, Code Enforcement, contractors, or other appropriate parties.
- Performs field audits during mowing or “cut season” to ensure trash is not left, scattered, shredded, or otherwise worsened during roadside maintenance activities.
- Monitors Convenience Center operations on a regular basis, including auditing site processes, observing contractor performance, assessing site conditions, identifying operational issues, and coordinating corrective action to ensure the site remains orderly, safe, and functional.
- Performs random inspections of the Convenience Center and Watts Landfill to assess site security, condition, access control, fencing, gates, locks, and maintenance needs.
- Reviews security camera footage when incidents occur and reports site repair or security concerns to Maintenance or other appropriate departments.
- Identifies and documents unauthorized access or misuse of the Convenience Center and Watts Landfill and coordinates appropriate corrective action with Code Enforcement, law enforcement, Maintenance, contractors, or departmental leadership as applicable.
- Conducts physical site audits when extra carts, missing carts, insufficient carts, or sanitation service discrepancies are referred by Customer Support Services, Atlantic Waste, citizens, or other sources.
- Coordinates cart-related corrections with Atlantic Waste following field verification, including documenting existing carts, verifying service discrepancies, and initiating cart orders or corrections through the appropriate process.
- Coordinates with appropriate staff and contractors to support methane monitoring inspections at the old Watts Landfill on Watts Road in Guyton.
- Inspects the Watts Landfill site before methane monitoring inspections to ensure methane wells are accessible and coordinates corrective action when access or site conditions need to be addressed.
- Coordinates landscaping, mowing, tree removal, and other site work needed to support landfill inspection, maintenance, and monitoring requirements.
- Coordinates used motor oil collection services at the Convenience Center with the appropriate vendor.
- Tracks and coordinates maintenance and upkeep for the Convenience Center and Watts Landfill, including repairs, painting, scale maintenance, scale calibration, mowing, landscaping, and general facility management.
- Coordinates with EEMA and other appropriate agencies or departments regarding storm debris, storm cleanup, and related sanitation response needs.
- Provides operational or technical support for sanitation outreach, facility tours, and presentations when field expertise or site-specific information is required.
- Provides technical or specialized information regarding solid waste operations, recycling, disposal requirements, and field conditions when referred to by Customer Support Services or departmental leadership.
- Responds to escalated field, compliance, contractor-performance, or site-condition complaints referred to by Customer Support Services, Code Enforcement, County departments, contractors, or departmental leadership.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned waste reduction programs.
- Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of supervisor, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.
- Work schedules, to include rotating shifts, hours of work and days off may be changed at any time at the discretion of the supervisor in order to fit the needs of the County.
- Regular and routine attendance at work is required.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Performs related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
High school diploma or GED; supplemented by college level course work or specialized training in building trades, criminal justice, public administration, or other related fields such as International Code Council (ICC), Georgia Association of Code Enforcement (GACE), or Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T); and three (3) years previous experience and/or training involving a high level of public contact with some experience dealing with the public in an enforcement, inspection, investigation, or customer service capacity; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license. Must possess or have the ability to obtain certification as a Code Enforcement Officer issued by the ICC or GACE.
PERFORMANCE APTITUDES
Data Utilization:
Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
Human Interaction:
Requires the ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization:
Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
Verbal Aptitude:
Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude:
Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
Functional Reasoning:
Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
Situational Reasoning:
Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
ADA COMPLIANCE
Physical Ability:
Tasks require the ability to exert moderate, though not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
Sensory Requirements:
Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to
communicate orally.
Environmental Factors:
Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, wetness, humidity, temperature extremes, or traffic hazards.
** To comply with regulations by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), the principal duties in job descriptions must be essential to the job. To identify essential functions, focus on the purpose and the result of the duties rather than the manner in which they are performed. The following definition applies: a job function is essential if removal of that function would fundamentally change the job.
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