Job description

Join a workforce where innovation and teamwork provide support to the community and citizens of Monroe County.

Salary:
$40,188.94 - $62,292.85
Job Description:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily._ Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description_.

Job Title: Transfer Station Operator, Solid Waste Management
Department: Solid Waste Administration
Pay Grade: 303
FLSA Status: Non-exempt

JOB SUMMARY
The primary function of this position is to weigh vehicles in and out of the transfer station and maintain transfer station property.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Weigh solid waste and recycling vehicles, and other public and private vehicles, in and out of transfer station.
• Provide courteous and respectable customer service via telephone or in person. Supporting both external and internal customers, through positive and informative communications.
• Issuance of receipts for the transaction and or funds collected, making change for cash transactions.
• Keep records of all cash, credit card, and check transactions; prepare daily bank deposits and ledger; is moderately supervised in the reconciliation of monies and audit of receipts.
• Accurately prepare daily reports, balance receipts, closing reports, performs bookkeeping functions daily to process and account for Solid Waste revenue and account for numerical receipts used daily.
• Perform data entry, and light filing.
• Clean work area and equipment.
• Answer telephone inquiries regarding services, hours of operation and fees.
• Determine specific information about each load, then direct customers to appropriate disposal or recycling area and inspect loads for hazardous waste.
• Operate inbound/outbound computerized truck scales to track wastes being disposed or recycled. Weighs commercial & private vehicles.
• Assist/support public with household hazardous deposits and pour-offs in absence of HHW staff.
• Communicate tonnage & other necessary information to the Transfer Station & Landfill Operators or Supervisors to ensure accurate disposal procedures.
• Maintain a log of visitors to the Transfer Station
• Operates heavy equipment
• Oversees activities in the absence of the Solid Waste Supervisor
• Cleans and maintains Transfer Station, to include lawn maintenance, painting and minor repairs.
• Perform basic repairs and maintenance of equipment

QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or GED required. Working knowledge of computer and other office equipment. Requires Florida Driver’s License Class B CDL within 6 months of hire. THIS POSITION IS DESIGNATED AS A SAFETY SENSITIVE POSITION. AN EMPLOYEE IN THE POSITION IS SUBJECT TO THE MANDATORY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFPORATION DRUG TESTING PROGRAM WICH INVOLVES RANDOM DRUG TESTING. 6 months to 1-year minimum amount of prior related work experience.

Special Qualifications:
None.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Perform work that necessitates some specialized knowledge of clerical or trade-based tasks. Some of the typical responsibilities include gathering, formatting, or visually analyzing data. Work in a responsive environment where co-worker or citizens bring problems for resolution. Responsible for determining the problem and creating an individual solution for the issue.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Work in a dynamic environment that requires being sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs. Intermittently balancing, crouching, feeling, fingering, grasping, handling, hearing, lifting, mental acuity, pulling pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, talking, and visual acuity. Also requires heavy work exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force to move objects. Occasionally exposed to toxic fumes, airborne particles and inclement weather.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Works with less than 10 co-workers who are mostly engaged in the same activities.
• On Call Requirement: On call 24 hours pending disasters and emergencies. May be required to provide disaster assistance during times of emergency in any capacity deemed appropriate.

Monroe County has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

E.O.E._ Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability or military service in employment or the provision of services._

Equal Opportunity Employer: Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, or military service in employment or the provision of services.
Empleador de Igualdad de Oportunidades: El Condado de Monroe no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, género, religión, edad, discapacidad o servicio militar en el empleo o la prestación de servicios.

Veterans Preference according to Florida State Statute 295.07: Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of the servicemembers and veterans, receive preference and priority in employment by the state and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled.
Preferencia_ de Veteranos de acuerdo con el Estatuto del Estado de Florida 295.07: Ciertos miembros del servicio y veteranos, y los cónyuges y familiares de los miembros del servicio y veteranos, reciben preferencia y prioridad en el empleo por parte del estado y se les alienta a solicitar los puestos que se están llenando._

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,188.94 - $62,292.85 per year

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