Job description: The Garbage Truck Helper is responsible for assisting the refuse truck driver on pre-assigned and special routes to pick up garbage, yard waste, or recycling.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Picks up solid waste and places it in the back of a rear load garbage truck on specified routes often done manually or by pushing the container to tipper.
• Lifts and carries trash bags, bulk items, and containers to the truck for disposal.
• Climbs onto and off the rear of truck step to load refuse, waste, and carts.
• Operates packing mechanism to compact waste into the truck.
• Ensures garbage and recyclables at residences are picked up and transferred properly; Containers maybe staged curbside, dockside, carryout, or require pullout to complete service.
• Notifies supervisor or dispatch of service interruptions including closed or impassable streets or alleyways, receptacles too heavy to service or potential safety hazards.
• Assists Driver in safely backing up the truck by directing the Driver from the ground.
• Reports any safety, accidents, customer service-related issues, property damage to supervisor and/or dispatch, immediately.
• Performs a variety of manual duties in the clean-up of scattered refuse; Cleans up the area around accidental waste spills and ensures customers containers are replaced properly.

Courteously interacts with customers, dispatchers, and coworkers.

Physical Work Environment:

Listed below are key points regarding the physical requirements, and work environment of the job. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with arm, hand, finger, and leg dexterity.
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 100 pounds frequently.
• Requires pushing, pulling, bending, twisting and lifting up to 75 lbs.
• Normal setting for this job is outdoors and/or riding in a monitored vehicle.
• Physically able to work 8 to 12 hours in extreme weather conditions (heat, cold, and rain).
• Ability to ride on the outside of the truck while servicing residential customers in low mile per hour areas.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed by employees assigned to this position, and is not intended to be all inclusive and does not and cannot address every responsibility, duty, or skill required for this position. Furthermore, this job description does not establish a contract for employment with Martin Environmental Services and is subject to change at the discretion of the company.

Pay:

$14.00 - $16.00 per hour

Benefits:

Dental insurance Health insurance Paid orientation Paid training Safety equipment provided Vision insurance Application Question(s): Do you have reliable transportation?

Work Location:

In person