Transfer Station Operator, Solid Waste Management

Join a workforce where innovation and teamwork provide support to the community and citizens of Monroe County.

Compensation:

$22.49 - $34.85

Job Description:

The primary function of this position is to weigh vehicles in and out of the transfer station and maintain transfer station property.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Weighs solid waste, recycling, and other public or private vehicles entering and exiting the transfer station.
• Provides courteous and respectful customer service in person and by telephone, supporting both external and internal customers through positive and informative communication.
• Issues receipts for transactions and/or funds collected and makes change for cash transactions as required.
• Maintains accurate records of cash, credit card, and check transactions; prepares daily bank deposits and ledgers; reconciles monies and audits receipts under moderate supervision.
• Prepares daily and closing reports; balances receipts; and performs bookkeeping functions to process, reconcile, and account for Solid Waste revenues and numerical receipts used each day.
• Performs data entry and light filing of transaction records and related documentation.
• Maintains cleanliness of the work area and equipment.
• Answers inquiries regarding services, hours of operation, and fees.
• Obtains detailed information about each load, directs customers to the appropriate disposal or recycling area, and inspects loads for hazardous materials.
• Operates inbound and outbound computerized truck scales to track and record waste disposed of or recycled, weighing both commercial and private vehicles.
• Assists the public with household hazardous waste deposits and pour-offs in the absence of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) staff.
• Communicates tonnage data and other necessary information to Transfer Station and landfill operators or supervisors to ensure proper disposal procedures.
• Maintains a log of all visitors to the Transfer Station.
• Operates heavy equipment as assigned.
• Oversees activities in the absence of the Solid Waste Supervisor.
• Cleans and maintains the Transfer Station facility, including lawn care, painting, and performing minor repairs.
• Conducts basic repairs and maintenance on equipment.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma or GED required.  Six (6) months to one (1) year minimum amount of prior related work experience. Working knowledge of computers and other office equipment. A valid Florida Driver’s License is required; a valid Florida Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Class B within six (6) months of hire is preferred.  This position is designated as a Safety-Sensitive position. An employee in this position is subject to the mandatory Department of Transportation drug testing program, which involves random drug testing.

Special Qualifications:

None.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work from a general outline of duties and responsibilities.

• Ability to perform work that necessitates some specialized knowledge of clerical or trades-based tasks.  Some of the typical responsibilities include gathering, formatting, or visually analyzing data OR operating construction or warehouse equipment (moving vans, dump trucks, front-end loaders).

• Ability to make decisions that govern own activities as well as others. 

• Works with less than 10 co-workers who are mostly engaged in the same activities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work is very heavy and requires exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.

• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.

• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Visual Acuity: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work in a dynamic environment that requires being sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs.

 

Monroe County has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, or military service in employment or the provision of services.

Empleador de Igualdad de Oportunidades: El Condado de Monroe no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, género, religión, edad, discapacidad o servicio militar en el empleo o la prestación de servicios.

Veterans Preference according to Florida State Statute 295.07: Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of the servicemembers and veterans, receive preference and priority in employment by the state and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled.
Preferencia de Veteranos de acuerdo con el Estatuto del Estado de Florida 295.07: Ciertos miembros del servicio y veteranos, y los cónyuges y familiares de los miembros del servicio y veteranos, reciben preferencia y prioridad en el empleo por parte del estado y se les alienta a solicitar los puestos que se están llenando.