Road Maintenance and Landfill Equipment Operator; Globe​/Landfill

Purpose of the Job

To perform semi‑skilled work in the construction, repair and maintenance of roads, right‑of‑ways, auxiliary structures, and secondary roads; to operate various types of construction equipment in accordance with safety regulations and procedures; to ensure safe operations of recycling and landfill, weigh vehicles, direct traffic and assist customers at the landfill; to operate trucks, perform cleaning duties, and train new employees. Employees will be assigned to the Roads Division or the Recycling & Landfill Division and may be asked to work in either division on a temporary basis.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position does not supervise other employees.

• Operates road construction and maintenance equipment, including front‑end loaders, backhoes, bulldozers, motor graders, paving machines, street sweepers, transfer trucks, compactors, and landfill equipment such as water truck for dust control, compactor, scraper, bulldozer, and loader. Ensures compliance with safety and environmental regulations for solid waste disposal.
• Grades roads, paves, replaces asphalt, patches and repairs roads, cleans roadways, sweeps streets. Maintains ditches and culverts, removes debris, installs culverts, and ensures efficient flow.
• Moves dirt at landfill operations, plans land and slope grades, builds refuse lifts.
• Coordinates Department of Corrections inmate work detail.
• Performs manual labor assignments such as fire control, accident and hazardous material cleanup, guardrail and foliage maintenance, debris removal; cuts and removes brush and trees impacting roadways; assists landfill customers to unload refuse safely; separates recyclable products at the landfill.
• Follows safety regulations on all work zone and flagging sites, places barricades and cones; performs landfill liner leakage testing, waste oil barrel cleaning, freon removal from appliances, recycle battery storage, waste tire program; performs emergency road services for fires, floods, and roadway inspection.
• Hauls materials and transports vehicles and equipment to job sites using various trucks and transporters.
• Inspects, cleans, performs routine operational checks on trucks and heavy equipment; reports necessary repairs.
• Performs traffic control activities: setting up signs, flagging traffic; directing traffic at landfill.
• May perform emergency road services related to snow removal, flood damage repair, rockslides, and fires.
• Performs other duties as assigned.