Senior Heavy Equipment Operator

Are you looking for stable work as a Heavy Equipment Operator III with benefits that provide financial security for you and your family? Aspiring to advance in your heavy equipment career at a site that prides itself on employee safety? Searching for a company that prioritizes its employees' well-being and understands the importance of family time? If this speaks to you, then WM might be the place for your next career move.

• Starting salary of $26 - $29 per hour depending on experience
• Stable hours for your financial stability
• Access to a stock purchase plan
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage including dental, vision and prescription coverage
• Paid tuition and scholarships for you and your dependents
• Company-matched 401(k)
• Adoption assistance and parent support

• Monday – Friday, every week: 6am to 4pm
• Saturdays are optional
• Commitment to stable hours for financial security and work life balance
• Normal setting:
  Transfer Station in Key West, FL

Each day you’ll work at one of our recycling facilities that service over 20 million customers across the USA. As a Heavy Equipment Operator III you’ll be responsible for operating heavy equipment like bulldozers, scrapers & front-end loaders—this role is vital to the work we do and your work will be recognized and valued for its impact on our operation.

• Operate heavy equipment in compliance with company operating safety policies and procedures
• Conduct routine equipment inspections and preventive maintenance; maintain accurate records
• Move and position raw materials and finished components using material moving equipment
• Follow appropriate standard operating procedures as per guidelines for operating and maintaining vehicle
• Perform other duties as assigned

• 5 years of experience operating heavy equipment
• Over 18 years old
• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• Ability to perform physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodations
• Successfully complete and pass pre-employment drug screen and physical

• Thrive while working independently
• Take accountability for adhering to safety guidelines
• Good communicators ready to support other colleagues
• Able to problem solve while operating independently

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) most of the workday
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds occasionally
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals rarely
• Required to be exposed to a physical environment involving dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements most of the workday