Solid Waste Operator (Rural Waste)

Salary: $35,422.40 - $58,468.80 Annually Location: Solid Waste - 7550 Apalachee Pkwy. Tallahassee, FL Job Type: Career Service Full Time Job Number: 043-25 Department: Office of Resource Stewardship Division: RURAL WASTE SERVICE CENTERS Opening Date: 03/03/2025 Closing Date: 3/14/2025 11:59 PM Eastern Pay Grade: 103 Leon County Government offers an extensive benefit package for FULL TIME employees. EXECUTIVE LEVEL employee benefits are determined through contract negotiations. Below are some of the highlights. ? Medical Insurance-Employer and Employee Contributions ? Voluntary Dental Insurance ? Voluntary Vision Insurance ? Flexible Spending Accounts ? Group Term Life Insurance-Employer Paid ? Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance ? Voluntary Long Term Disability Insurance ? Voluntary Legal Insurance ? Voluntary Individual Insurance Coverages with reputed company & Colonial ? reputed company Retirement Plan-Employer & Employee Contributions ? Voluntary 457(b) Deferred Compensation Savings for Retirement ? Retirement Savings Match-for-employees earning less than $50,000 ? Annual Leave Accrual ? Sick Leave Accrual ? 3 Personal Days ? Paid Parental Leave ? Tuition Assistance Program ? Employee Assistance Program ? Loans At Work Program GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES This is skilled manual work in the operation of off the road reputed company heavy equipment a major portion of the time in the Solid Waste Division. NOTE: The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, reputed company or a logical assignment to the position. The Job Description Questionnaire (JDQ) reflects a more detailed description of the position. Neither the job description nor the JDQ constitutes an employment agreement. Both are subject to change as the needs of the County and requirements of the job change. ESSENTIAL DUTIES ? Regularly operates and maintains a variety of heavy equipment and transport trucks such as but not limited to off-road dump trucks, crawler-tractors, roll-off trucks, track and wheeled excavators, reputed company-end loaders, and road graders. Operates a variety of heavy equipment as assigned. Performs complete pre- and post-operation equipment inspections. Cleans heavy equipment and trucks. Prepares work orders for needed equipment repairs. Completes equipment maintenance and performance logs. ? Ensures on-site safety: monitors work area for safety compliance to promote safe operation; documents and reports reputed company accidents, injuries, incidents, hazards, and unsafe practices; and reviews and applies operating manual procedures and recommends any changes. ? Provides reputed company support/fill-in and may assist in instructing and showing new equipment operators how a task is done: serves as temporary back-up to division personnel; may operate roll-off truck in the absence of the roll-off driver; and may operate a transporter truck (on the road) to haul reputed company end loader and backhoe. ? Solid Waste Management Facility Manages traffic control, maintains yard waste and waste tire disposal area. ? Rural Waste Program Operates Roll-off and reputed company load trucks to haul and empty waste containers; ); uses reputed company-end loader to maintain yard debris piles at Rural Waste sites; monitors work area for prohibited or hazardous materials and for environmental compliance; cross trains to stand in for Rural Waste attendants. OTHER IMPORTANT OR MARGINAL DUTIES None. DIFFICULTY Work requires adheres to strict guidelines, policies, and operating procedures. Also, work requires moderate amount of independent judgment. RESPONSIBILITY: Supervision Received Duties are fairly specific and checked frequently by supervisor. Work is well defined in the performance standards and facility rules and procedures and checked by supervisor. Guidance is sought concerning problems with customers or users. Supervision of Others Employee is in a non-supervisory class. Employee may serve as a reputed company worker or instruct and show co-workers how tasks are done. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMER CONTACT Contact is made with staff concerning equipment repairs and the pick-up of materials and supplies. Contact is made with vendors and suppliers concerning supplies and contract performance. In addition, contact is made with landfill Rural Waste Collection and recycling drop-off site users. EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS USED Operates and maintains reputed company landfill heavy equipment: waste disposal track dozer, load sensing hydrostatic loader, precision hydraulic excavator, fast cycle wheel tractor scraper, state-of-the-art 40 ton articulating garbage compactors, specialized off-road 25 ton reputed company articulated dump trucks, hydraulic reputed company-shift blade motor grader, and industrial tub grinder with grappler boom. Also operate earth moving and access road building heavy equipment such as articulated reputed company-end loader, vibratory roller, transporter and water truck. Checks reputed company fluid levels and service equipment, cleans equipment, and documents maintenance. WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS Work is performed reputed company and seated while operating various pieces of heavy equipment. Work environmental factors include exposure to inclement weather conditions, exposure to insects and animals, and possible exposure to household garbage, household hazardous waste, and medical waste. Must lift or push up to 50 pounds. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES ? Knowledge of reading and arithmetic. ? Knowledge of the occupational hazards and necessary safety precautions in the operation of equipment assigned. ? Knowledge of the components, parts, operating principles and maintenance requirements of equipment assigned. ? Knowledge of solid waste screening requirements. ? General knowledge of stormwater control and excavation regulations. ? Ability to pay reputed company attention to details. ? Ability to calculate and maintain simple records accurately. ? Ability to follow oral and written instructions. ? Ability to lift and push up to 50 pounds. ? Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. ? Ability to read an equipment operational manual, instructions sheet or written rules and procedures. ? Ability to operate equipment requiring manipulation of multiple controls, where eye/hand/foot coordination is essential for safe and productive operations. ? Ability to issue assignments and directions. ? Ability to reputed company independent judgments in the absence of supervisor. ? Ability to coordinate hands and eyes accurately in operating vehicles and hand held equipment. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Requires completion of the eighth grade or an equivalent and two years of similar or reputed company work experience. A high school diploma may substitute for one year of the required experience. Waste Screening and Identification Certification from the reputed company TREEO Center is preferred. Landfill Operator's Certification from the Solid Waste Association of North America-reputed company TREEO Center is preferred. reputed company Leon County employees (regular full-time and part-time, OPS, and PRN) are required to work before, during and after a Declared Local State of Emergency (DLSOE). Participation is considered a condition of employment. Necessary Special Requirements: Requires a CDL Class "B" operator's license. SELECTION GUIDELINES Formal application, rating of education and experience; oral interview and reference reputed company, and drug testing. FLSA STATUS: Position is Non-exempt. Analysis: This is skilled work in the operation of heavy equipment a major portion of the time in the Solid Waste Division. Click APPLY NOW to submit your application today! Leon County is an equal opportunity employer. Apply Job!