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Job Description
Are you someone who enjoys working outdoors, helping the public, and making a positive impact on your community? In this role, you'll help operate and maintain the County's transfer and recycling facilities, ensuring waste is managed safely, efficiently, and in an environmentally responsible manner. You'll assist customers by answering questions, explaining solid waste policies and procedures, and directing them to the appropriate disposal or recycling areas. You'll inspect and identify incoming materials, ensure waste is sorted correctly, and safely handle or separate hazardous materials in accordance with established regulations and safety standards. This position also plays an important role in maintaining a safe and efficient facility. You'll monitor unloading activities, inspect trailers for proper loading, remove potential safety hazards, perform routine maintenance and minor repairs on equipment, and help keep buildings and grounds clean and well maintained. Responsibilities also include removing refrigerants from appliances prior to recycling, completing routine inspections, maintaining activity reports, and supporting the overall operation of the facility. If you enjoy working with people, take pride in maintaining a safe and organized work environment, and want to contribute to environmental sustainability and exceptional public service, this is a rewarding opportunity to make a difference every day.
Education and Experience:
An equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience: High school diploma or equivalent. One (1) year of experience in customer service.
Preferred:
-Work experience in transfer, recycling and solid waste is preferred. Licenses and/or
Certificates:
Must maintain a valid driver's license. Within three (3) months of position assignment: Must maintain 24-hour Hazardous Waste Operations (HAZWOPER) certification within three (3) months of hire. You have a working knowledge of departmental policies, modern office practices, and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You understand the operation, care, and routine maintenance of vehicles and equipment used in construction, maintenance, or solid waste operations, along with the traffic laws, safety regulations, and occupational hazards associated with operating that equipment. You're familiar with solid waste operations and are able to learn and apply applicable federal, state, and County regulations to ensure work is performed safely and in compliance with established standards. You can safely operate equipment and motor vehicles, identify mechanical issues, perform minor adjustments and repairs, and monitor gauges and equipment performance. You're organized, dependable, and able to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work both independently and as part of a team. You follow written and verbal instructions, use sound judgment to solve problems, and are comfortable performing manual labor in varying weather conditions. You communicate effectively with coworkers, customers, contractors, and the public, providing professional guidance and excellent customer service. You're also proficient in using computers for data entry, recordkeeping, report preparation, and business correspondence, while maintaining accurate records and building positive working relationships with those you serve.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, climbing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception. Frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work typically requires moderate exposure to one or more disagreeable conditions (i.e., irate customers, outdoors weather conditions, excessive noise, extreme heat, odors or dust).
RISK/SAFETY CONDITIONS
The position requires moderate exposure to risk to physical health and/or physical safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, heavy equipment, assault and battery, communicable disease, etc.). To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description. Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.
