Administrative Assistant

Scale Clerk

Waste Connections is looking for a Scale Clerk to join our growing team in Maryland Heights, MO.

In this position, you will be weighing trucks in and out of the facility and interacting with the public. You must have excellent customer service, good computer skills, and cash handling experience. You will also be completing administrative tasks to help the landfill run smoothly.

Why you need to join us!

• Culture: It's a great place to work! We work in an environment where empowered, self-directed all-stars know what they do is important.
• Integrity: Our definition is "saying what you will do and then doing it!" We keep our promises to our customers and our employees.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Greet and direct all customers and employees upon entry of the transfer station.
• Weighing trucks in and out and calculating payments for customers.
• Track weight information from scale to computer system and get appropriate signatures.
• Ensuring that incoming garbage loads are safe and do not contain any inappropriate material.
• Answers phone in a professional and enthusiastic fashion.
• Performs full clerical and general office duties.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
• Assisting with office duties, filing and paperwork as needed.
• Ensuring that customers and employees conduct all business in a safe manner and wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Providing general upkeep of the Scale House.
• Ability to work in a team environment and demonstrate a high degree of tact, discretion and diplomacy.

Minimum job requirements:

• Excellent customer service skills.
• Good computer skills.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Prior cash handling experience required.
• Reliability and punctuality is a must.

We offer excellent benefits including: medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account, long term & short term disability, life insurance, 401K retirement and unlimited opportunities to "Connect with Your Future".

Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status.