Transfer Station Maintenance Operator

This is a full-time position with benefits. This position is responsible for assisting the Landfill Crew Leader with a variety of light and heavy equipment in the maintenance and operation of the County’s post closure landfill, inert landfill, transfer station and related facilities.

• Assists with the daily maintenance operations of the post-closure landfills as required by Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).
• Ability to operate light equipment, including skid steer, commercial mowers, tractors, weed eaters, bush hogs and other equipment as needed.
• Ability to operate heavy equipment including dozers, loaders, and excavators.
• Assists with the coordination of staging of yard waste and mulch from County departments and the public.
• Assists with the coordination with the transfer station contractor to dispose of animal waste in a timely manner.
• Uses hand tools such as shovels and bush axe.
• Applies herbicides and pesticides.
• Assists in maintenance and installation of stormwater control structures.
• Maintains assigned equipment and tools.
• Assists in the construction, repair and maintenance of solid waste monitoring areas to standards required by the EPD.
• Assists in litter cleanup in County right-of-way at the facility.
• Assists in monitoring transfer station activities and reports unusual or unsafe conditions to supervisor.
• Monitors transfer station activities and reports unusual activity to supervisor.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Ability to read, write and perform basic mathematical calculations.
• Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.
• Ability to communicate with the general public when providing customer service.
• Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's licenses issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.