Equipment Operator -III: Landfill & Baler Ops Job Casper area,Wyoming USA,Trades / Skilled Labor

Position: Equipment Operator I-III: Landfill & Baler Ops

Assigned to:
Solid Waste

Potential to be hired at an Equipment Operator I, II, or III (based on experience)

Equipment Operator I - $20.19 - $27.26

Equipment Operator II - $24.43 - $32.99

Equipment Operator III - $26.88 - $36.28

Join a hardworking team that keeps our community running every day. Whether you are starting your career as an Equipment Operator I or bringing advanced skills as an Equipment Operator II or III, this position offers hands on work, steady responsibilities, and opportunities to grow your experience with specialized equipment and operations. From operating balers, conveyors, forklifts, loaders, and excavators to hauling baled garbage with specialized trailers, every day is focused on teamwork, safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

If you enjoy physical work, learning new skills, and being part of a team that takes pride in getting the job done right, this is an excellent opportunity to build a long term career with room for advancement.

Why Join Our Team?

Stable municipal employment
Skill development across multiple solid waste functions
Opportunities for advancement to higher-level operator roles
Hands‑on experience in landfill operations, building and safety oversight, welding, and hazardous waste identification
A workplace culture that prioritizes safety and recognizes strong performance

If you take pride in operating heavy equipment, value teamwork, and want to build a long‑term career in solid waste operations, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities

Incumbents are responsible for operating light and medium standard maintenance equipment in order to complete a variety of maintenance and repair activities to utility systems, landfill, streets, sidewalks, curbs, and valley gutters; directing traffic; excavating; and cleaning and maintaining equipment.

Performs maintenance duties, which may include crack sealing, patching potholes, sealing concrete, maintaining paved and graveled alleys and roads, utility and drainage system maintenance, removing snow, maintaining landfills, installing curbs, and similar concrete work, and maintaining valley gutters.

Drives and operates construction equipment including dump trucks, snowplows, equipment trailers, hydro excavators, forklifts, asphalt rollers, and loaders.

Performs minor repairs on equipment and reports the need for major repairs; checks and adjusts fluid levels; greases and lubricates parts as required; cleans and cares for tools and equipment.

Operates and maintains a variety of light equipment and tools in order to perform basic maintenance activities.

Identifies equipment needs for each assigned project.

Picks up and transports refuse to appropriate dumping site.

Periodically serves standby duty and/or must respond after hours and on weekends to emergencies.

Represents the City of Casper by responding to the public, citizens, its employees, and others in a prompt, professional, and courteous manner while continuously maintaining a positive customer service demeanor.

Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Reporting Structure

Receives general supervision from higher‑level supervisory and management staff in assigned division.

Knowledge

Operation and maintenance requirements of trucks and light equipment preferred.
Basic infrastructure and maintenance practices and procedures preferred.
Practices, methods, and materials used in construction and maintenance work preferred.
Applicable tools and equipment utilized in the trade preferred.
Safe work practices preferred.

Abilities

Perform manual labor.
Be on call and respond to call‑outs after hours, on weekends, and holidays, within the specified timeframe required by division.
Learn, use, and care for applicable tools and equipment.
Routinely demonstrate the City of Casper core values.
Follow all City safety rules and procedures and immediately report all accidents/incidents or unsafe conditions to a supervisor.
Operate a variety of less complex power‑driven equipment.
Attach auxiliary pieces of equipment to power‑driven equipment.
Learn the traffic laws, ordinances, and rules involved in truck and equipment operations.
Perform a variety of construction and maintenance tasks.
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