Solid Waste Operator

Solid Waste Operator

Full time Solid Waste Operator is responsible for operating and maintaining equipment that is used in the operation of the Green County Landfill.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain heavy equipment such as a loader, skid steer, excavator, slope mower and tractor.
• Operate semi-truck; including the loading and transportation of solid waste.
• Maintain, or assist in the maintenance of the semi-truck.
• Assist with maintenance and repair of landfill heavy equipment.
• Ensure maintenance records for heavy equipment are up-to-date.
• Assist with ground water monitoring and related record keeping.
• Assist patrons with refuge disposal as needed.
• Assist with the maintenance and upkeep of the landfill buildings and grounds.

Qualifications

Education and / or Experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Language Skills

Mathematical Skills

Reasoning Ability

Physical Demands

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.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch / crawl. The employee must frequently lift and / or move objects and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Green County is an equal opportunity employer.