Landfill Foreman

Job Title

Performs administrative, supervisory, and technical work in directing the operations of the City Landfill Department.

Job Description

Supervision Received: Director of Public Works, Operations Manager, Street & Refuse Superintendent

Supervision Exercised: Exercises supervision over landfill personnel.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Assigns, supervises, inspects, and works onsite with semi-skilled and unskilled workers in industrial, commercial, and residential refuse disposal.
2. Assists with scale operations and software.
3. Requisitions supplies and materials; keeps records of time and materials.
4. Plans, organizes, and schedules crew's daily Landfill operations.
5. Communicates with Sanitation Foreman on a daily basis to optimize operations.
6. Receives and investigates complaints; instructs the public on proper dumping areas, all types of acceptable and non-acceptable wastes. Encourages and practices reuse and recycle options whenever possible.
7. Must have and be experienced in the operation and maintenance of all type of heavy landfill equipment.
8. Maintain all Landfill operation logs, testing and sampling. Must maintain all records and reporting required by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality.
9. Confers with the Superintendent on new projects or assignments or new methods and practices.
10. Performs other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.
11. Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with City policies and procedures.
12. Awareness of daily worksite conditions and hazards.
13. The nature of this position requires the ability to respond to emergencies in a timely fashion.

Peripheral Job Duties:

1. Understands the operations of different types of Sanitation Collection Trucks.
2. Assist Superintendent, Operations Manager, and Public Works Director with annual budgets and equipment replacement and purchasing.
3. Assist the Street Department in snow removal and other projects as requested.

Note: The functions and duties listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of the specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

Minimum Qualifications: Considerable knowledge of daily operations and record keeping in a Municipal Solid Waste and Inert Waste Landfill. Thorough knowledge of health and other hazards related to refuse disposal and of necessary safety precautions. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, associates, and the public. Ability to plan, layout, coordinate and schedule the work of semi-skilled and unskilled workers engaged in refuse disposal.

Education: Graduate of high school or equivalent or graduate of technical trade school.

Experience: Minimum of three years of considerable experience in solid waste disposal and maintenance work, including some experience in a supervisory or lead worker capacity.

OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Necessary Special Requirement: Must be bondable and insurable under the City's motor vehicle insurance policy; must have a valid North Dakota commercial driver license.

*North Dakota Landfill Certification must be obtained within first year of employment.

Position is safety sensitive and requires pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and is subject to controlled substance requirements at all times when on duty.

Equipment Used in Job Performance: Computers, radios, phones, dump trucks, front-end loaders, rollers, sewer jetters, sewer and manhole vacuums, sand spreaders, blade, street sweepers, cranes, bulldozers, scrapers, trash compactors, concrete saws, bucket truck w/ hydraulics, chain saw, tree chipper, tree stumper, air compressor, jackhammer, air driven compaction tools.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk, and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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 regularly works in outdoor weather conditions; in wet, humid conditions; near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places; is exposed to risk of electrical shock and is subject to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

The City of Williston does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

Any materials, files, documents, electronic tools, or other items collected or created by an employee in connection with their employment remain the property of the City. Additionally, all material created, transmitted/sent, received, deleted, downloaded, or stored using electronic tools are and remain the property of the City. Employees have no expectation of privacy when using City property.

The City of Williston is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.