Landfill Heavy Equipment Operator

Job Title

Operate light and heavy equipment to cover or excavate materials for daily/weekly waste, within the specifications required by federal and state law.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Operate dozers, payloaders, landfill compactors, and other light and heavy equipment, to push, cover, and pack refuse, tires, asbestos, and other solid waste deposited in the County landfill.
• Operate light and heavy equipment to excavate materials.
• Routine maintenance and doing minor repairs on equipment and machinery as required; maintain records of equipment use and repair; may assist the mechanic in major repairs; service equipment including fueling, oil changes, repairing tires, changing cutting edges, checking the hydraulics, etc.
• Miscellaneous duties include picking up trash and solid waste from roads, driveways, ditches, container sites, fences, etc. Locations for trash pickup include but are not limited to the Landfill and container sites.
• Operate light and heavy equipment to construct and maintain roads and tipping areas in and around the Landfill site.
• Snow/ice control and removal procedures; including plowing, sanding, loading trucks, hauling snow, shoveling areas next to structures, walkways, and assisting mechanics in the maintenance of snow removal equipment.
• Help maintain the grounds in all types of weather.
• Work independently and communicate well with other employees including the general public.
• Other duties and functions may be necessary or incidental to the proper performance of this position.

Competencies

• Teamwork Orientation.
• Decision Making.
• Technical Capacity.
• Safety, security, and first aid policies and procedures.
• Record keeping of repairs.
• Communicating effectively in oral and written forms.
• Semi-skilled duties including maintenance, and minor repairs of light and heavy equipment.
• Operating most types of light and heavy equipment.
• Standard practices, methods, tools, and materials used in landfill maintenance and construction including some knowledge of drainage and maintaining proper grades.
• Safe operation and the precautions to be taken in order to avoid accidents in the use of light or heavy equipment.
• Understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructions with minimum supervision.
• Cross-training in all areas of landfill operation is required.
• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Write simple correspondence.
• Effectively present information in one-on-one settings and small group situations.
• Perform basic mathematical functions.