Zero Waste Tech , Facilities Services

Position Summary

The primary purpose of these positions is to help maintain equipment, collect materials, and provide support services for the integrated solid waste management programs offered by the Zero Waste department.

Operational Assistance

• Delivering containers and applying signage/stickers for clients, providing appropriate verbal and written instructions.
• Make recommendations to increase diversion and operational efficiency such as service changes and signage.
• Relocate recycling, compost, and refuse receptacles as necessary.
• Respond to emergency recycling, compost, or refuse needs; perform special tasks as assigned by Operations Supervisor and zero waste staff.
• Coordinate and physically remove and properly sort materials from loading for recycling, composting, and reuse (i.e. discarded metals, equipment, broken furniture, etc.).
• Loading, unloading, and sorting of materials into bins, packer trucks, flatbed trucks, vehicles, compactors, and balers.
• Push and move dumpsters, wheeled carts, bales, and various containers into position to be loaded by packer truck, flatbed, or other vehicles.
• Use of hand trucks and pallet jacks as required.
• Operate compacting, baling, dumping, and various controls on cart lifters, compactors, balers, packer trucks, flatbed trucks, and vehicles.
• Clean and wash trash, recycling and compost receptacles and loading docks.
• Wash, clean, label dumpsters, wheeled carts, and various types of bins/receptacles.
• Remove stickers, flyers, posters, decals, and graffiti from bins, sight furnishings, and exterior of buildings, trees, hardscapes, and equipment.
• Removal of chalk graffiti from hardscapes and buildings.

Maintenance

• Assure all dumpsters, carts, bins, equipment, and enclosures have proper signage and labels, decals, and stickers.
• Assembly, maintenance, and repairs of dumpsters, wheeled carts, bins, and equipment.
• Performs maintenance/repairs/preventative maintenance recycling, compost, and refuse to bins, equipment, balers, and compactors.
• Conduct Repairs and repair to Solar Bellies as needed.

Material Processing and Evaluation

• Coordinate with campus clients, Environmental Health & Safety and Overstock and Surplus on the removal of materials.
• Monitor campus wide garbage, compost, and recycling sites to keep Zero Waste Specialists aware of problems and flow patterns, and recommend service changes to bring about better service, lower costs, or both.
• Maintain a log of the amount of material that can be kept out of the garbage and recovered as recyclable, compostable, or for reuse.
• Coordinate tasks between and work alongside the Packer Truck Drivers, Operations Supervisor, and Zero Waste Specialists on a daily/weekly basis.

Documentation

• Tallying information related to material sorting and using Excel to enter data on a daily basis.
• Using Excel spreadsheets to also input information regarding special projects and marketing campaigns.
• Take digital photos of garbage, recycling and compost as well as special materials and upload to computer as necessary.
• Use work order system to track customers request.

Additional Duties

• Adhere to all university and departmental safety guidelines.
• Attend job related and safety training as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• A minimum of 12 months of working experience in grounds, recycling, and compost bin route collection operations; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Ability to properly operate and provide daily/weekly basic maintenance of dumpsters, bins, equipment, compactors, balers, and vehicles.
• Demonstrated ability to read, write and follow oral/written instructions provided in English.
• Ability to interact in a positive manner with campus community, including students, building managers, asset managers, academic personnel, and craft personnel.
• Ability to work within a multi-cultural environment.
• Working knowledge of management of recyclables and compostable materials accepted on campus and items that are considered contamination.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in grounds, recycling, and composting work and related safe work practices.
• On a regular basis…