Heavy Equipment Operator

Equipment Operator

The Equipment Operator will operate and maintain heavy, motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner at a landfill.

At GFL our goal is to invest in our people and provide opportunities to grow for life! Our employees are affectionately known as team green, a name that unites us all under our shared purpose of providing sustainable solutions to enable our customers and communities to be GREEN FOR LIFE!

Overview:

GFL Environmental is one of North America's leading waste management companies, proudly making communities cleaner, safer, and happier through first-class service. Working for GFL is more than a job it's an opportunity to grow in your career, make new friends, and make a difference each day.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate heavy, motorized equipment used in earth moving, trash processing, and composting operations, including but not limited to front-end wheel loaders, water tankers, dozers, scrapers, landfill trash compactors, mobile compost mixers, tub grinders, concrete crushers, bailers, excavator, ADT trucks, and other equipment to support a variety of operations.
• Process incoming material with heavy equipment to build waste cells per designed landfill permitted plans.
• Maintain the general working area in a leveled and organized manner.
• Work closely with traffic control spotters to identify fill areas to be used for dumping solid waste.
• Operate trash compactors to process trash in 2-foot lifts working on 3:1 or 4:1 slopes.
• Operate dozer to cover and maintain level tipping areas for daily operations.
• May operate water tanker and similar equipment for dust control, dirt compaction, and watering grass.
• Build and maintain access and hauling roads.
• Use handheld mobile radio units or company cell phone to coordinate tasks and resources.
• Perform pre and post operations inspection and perform daily maintenance required of the equipment in accordance with Company policy and maintain accurate logs and records.
• Identify potentially hazardous or unacceptable materials and report immediately to supervisor for proper handling of material.
• Ensure adherence to safe work practices and procedures.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by management.
• May be assigned general laborer duties.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) desired, but not required.
• One (1) or more years of heavy equipment operation experience.
• Must be able to meet criteria for safety sensitive functions according to Company standards.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to follow instructions and perform duties under limited supervision.
• Ability to operate any equipment necessary to perform job.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend reports to accurately complete daily assignments.
• Ability to work in accordance with Company safety policies & procedures, OSHA (Occupational and Safety Health Act) requirements, as well as all local, state, and federal laws.

Physical/Mental Demands:

• Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach and lift in an outdoor environment 90% of the time.
• Must be able to use hands and fingers, kneel, crawl, talk, hear, climb and balance.
• Visual requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to manually lift/move up to 25 pounds regularly.
• Ability to manually push/move up to 50 pounds with assistance from another employee.

Working Conditions:

• Outdoors in varying adverse weather; low/high temperatures, wet and/or high humidity or sudden temperature changes.
• Exposure to outdoor elements, unpleasant odors, small space such as equipment cabs, exposure to fumes, dust, or uneven ground.