Landfill Operator - Solid Waste

Job Description

Landfill Operator

(Solid Waste)

Pay Range: $20.30/hr.

- $29.44/hr.

Rotating, Split Shift

Schedule:

40+ Hours Weekly

Monday - Saturday (occasional Sunday/overtime hours as REQUIRED)

$1000.00 Sign on Bonus available.


** Internal candidates should apply via Polk One
- Me Section **

Location:
Polk County Landfill (10 Environmental Loop, Winter Haven, FL 33830)

Employee Benefits

• Direct Deposit, Bi-Weekly Pay Checks
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance
• FRS Retirement
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Education Incentives
• Deferred Compensation Plan
• Wellness Incentives
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Free Employee Gym
• Free Employee Health Clinic

Must have the physical, developmental and metal ability to perform job tasks, work efforts, responsibilities and duties of the job illustrated below:

MAJOR FUNCTIONS

Responsible for safe and effective equipment operations in processing solid waste for the Waste Resource Management Division. Employees in this classification operate a wide variety of heavy equipment that may be complex in nature, requiring considerable dexterity and acute motor skills. Work includes processing both hazardous and non-hazardous refuse and solid waste. Actively participates in maintaining the Waste Resource Management Division's exceptional performance level by meeting and/or exceeding job requirements and customer's expectations coupled with a positive attitude, unparalleled ethical behavior and unquestionable work ethic.

ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES

Operates all pieces of heavy equipment with equal effectiveness in a high paced landfill environment. Utilizes each unit with its specific landfill function while processing over a high volume of tonnage per day and servicing multiple customers on-demand. Operator's physical requirements for the operation of each piece of equipment are essentially identical. The Landfill Operator's primary responsibility is the proper operation and usage of the following equipment:

Primarily:

Compactor Grader Articulated Off-road Vehicles

Dozer Excavator Pan

Front End Loader

Secondary:

Forklift Mowers Transport

Gradall Fuel Truck Roll-off Truck

Hydraulic Pumps Tanker Field Tractors Leachate Tanker Truck

Hydro-seeder Claw Truck

* Computerized Earthmoving and GPS Machine Control Systems (in various equipment).

Utilizing the above equipment and best management practices, performs day-to-day field operations in a manner consistent with state and local requirements. Assist in the implementation and improvement of the site's operations plan to ensure compliance with all applicable permit requirements.

Continuously constructs and maintains berms and drainage systems, temporary and permanent, in a first class manner to ensure environmental compliance and prevent storm water from creating leachate.

Responsible for minimizing truck turnaround time, use of airspace for daily cover and refuse compaction. Maintains temporary haul roads. Continuously improves the appearance of the site by assisting with litter prevention, control, and collection.

Applies and maintains initial cover in order to minimize any adverse environmental, safety, or health effects such as those resulting from birds, unauthorized waste, blowing litter, odors, disease vectors, or fires. Applies cover materials such as earthen materials or alternative daily covers (ADC) tarps, foams, etc. daily for Class I and once every week for C&D or Class III. Removes all or part of the daily and intermediate covers before placing additional waste.

Dozer and compactor operators work in tandem to optimize compaction of waste, reduce cover soil usage, and conserve airspace. The dozer spreads waste into layers of 2 feet thickness or as thin a layer as practical on the active slope. The compactor moves back and forth over the entire area before the next layer is applied. Process repeats with each load of waste until lifts of 15-20 feet are formed.

Ensures bulky materials that are hard to compact are worked into other materials as much as practical to ensure proper compaction and to prevent wastes from protruding through the cover. Constructs side slopes and maintains 3:1 ratio (three feet horizontal to one-foot vertical rise) in accordance with design.

Dozer operators push waste dumped by various refuse trucks to the active face. Keeps tipping area graded for easy customer access. As working face progresses, spreads soils over the compacted refuse ensuring that customer contact with waste is minimized and that lift height and 3:1 slopes are maintained. Ensures the working face of the cell should be only wide enough to accommodate vehicles discharging waste, and to minimize exposed wastes and unnecessary use of cover.

Must work with Environmental Compliance Worker (spotter) to ensure compliance, safe operation and good customer service. Applies erosion control measures to correct any erosion, which exposes waste or causes malfunction of the storm water management system within three days of the occurrence. Applies daily and intermediate…