Recycling Center Attendant

Job Description

Job Description

JOB TITLE:  Recycling Center Attendant 

LOCATION:  Santa Barbara/Goleta

FLSA EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for interacting with customers to assist in weighing loads, processing payments, giving instructions at the recycling center while providing excellent customer service and the day-to-day operation of the Recycling Center.  

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following:  

• Greets customers in a professional, courteous, and cooperative manner and answers questions concerning acceptable recyclable items.  
• Visually inspects inbound material and verifies recyclable material according to the CRV categories and commodities. Notifies supervisor in instances where material does not comply with specifications and seeks guidance. 
• Operates weight scales & computer to process payment to customers by identifying material and inputting the correct material code to print receipt for customer redemption. Review ticket at cashier and confirm the correct cash amount being issued.  
• Assists customers with disposal of E-Waste and hazardous material and maintains daily logs of customers disposing of hazardous material. 
• Monitors material bins for build-up and operates forklift to move the bins to the next stage process. 
• Loads Styrofoam into bags and moves to storage area until ready for transportation.
• Manual sorting of materials before loading into baler. Basic understanding of baling operation.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES  

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE:

• Operate computer terminal to enter data, maintain records and generate reports. 
• Basic math and counting skills to assist as a cashier.
• Excellent communication skills to speak effectively with customers and team members.
• Ability to work courteously with customers and co-workers that utilize the facility.
• Ability to operate a forklift. 
• Ability to stand eight plus hours per day.
• Bilingual (English & Spanish)

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:  

• High School diploma or equivalent. 
• One (1) year of customer service and materials handling experience.

  CORE COMPETENCIES: 

• Doing Good – (i.e. Code of Conduct).
• Making Good – (i.e. Accountability, responsibility and ownership for a problem).
• Treating People Well – (i.e. Works cooperatively and effectively with others).
• Environmentally Focused (i.e. Employee takes initiative as a LEED building initiative to preserve and improve our local environment for future generations).
• Observant: (i.e. Employee can identify safety or operational deficiency’s and to quickly implement a correction).
• Safety Matters: Employee actively participates and promotes a safe and healthy workplace.

NEAT JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:  

Communication, Flexible, Work Ethic, Work Quickly Under Pressure  

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. The ability to speak English and Spanish effectively with customers and employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide using whole numbers. Ability to perform these operations using units of US dollars and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

RESEASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

  CERTIFICATES. LICENSES, REGISTRATION

Forklift certification  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, climb, or balance, taste and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision

  WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, heat and cold. The noise level in the work environment can be moderately loud.