Job Title: General Labor
Location: Winter Haven, FL 33880 Job Duration: 6+ months
Shift Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-6pm with 1 hr. lunch - Sat 7am - 4pm with 1 hr. lunch
Note:
- Basics requirement for the position: Assist with hand labor, litter control and environmental compliance on various landfill projects as needed with minimal direction and supervision.
Job Description:
- Must have the physical, developmental and mental ability to perform job tasks, work efforts, responsibilities and duties of the Job illustrated below:
Major Functions:
- Responsible for ensuring permit compliance by preventing unauthorized wastes from being landfilled and being illegally disposed.
- Responsible for on-site traffic control and for ensuring excellent customer service.
Illustrative Duties:
- Ensures pennit compliance by preventing unauthorized wastes from being landfilled or illegally disposed.
- Picks up paper, trash, tires, batteries, and other debris which is scattered at and around landfills and access roads and deposits them in proper garbage cells or receptacles.
- Erects and dismantles various fences to catch litter.
- Removes refuse from landfill areas and roadsides.
- Directs incoming vehicles to the appropriate landfill cell.
- Assigns offloading site to each vehicle so that proper spacing is maintained and customer waiting is minimized. Directs loading so that heavy equipment can handle wastes safely and efficiently.
- Continually inspects roads and tipping areas to prevent damage to vehicles and equipment.
- Responsible for the daily positioning and maintaining landfill cell traffic signs and barriers.
- Responsible for pumping standing water from landfill cells to treatment areas as needed.
- Maintains and cleans drainage ditches. Performs labor tasks as assigned in general maintenance, repair or construction trade duties (i.e.: washing construction equipment, painting sweeping roads, etc.).
- May perform labor tasks for and hazardous waste programs as needed.
- Perform manual labor and/or uses a variety of hand tools, including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic to perform maintenance and repair to landfill structures and facilities.
- Accurately prepares Daily Work Reports, Equipment Condition Reports, Work Orders Requests and other related documents.
- Performs light service and maintenance of vehicles and equipment.
- Regulates and provides on the job training of others engaged in similar activities.
- May operate smaller equipment such as forklifts or other light equipment.
- May operate heavier equipment on a temporary, emergency or time basis.
- Performs related duties as required.
Knowledge Abilities And Skills:
- Knowledge of sub-title D regulations and classifications of wastes.
- Ability and agility to perform routine unskilled manual labor work.
- Ability to learn the physical and chemical characteristics of solid waste and how it should be handled and placed in a landfill.
- Ability to learn to recognize hazardous, restricted, and prohibited wastes and how to dispose of properly.
- Apply safety rules pertaining to the operations of heavy equipment, vehicles, and work zone traffic control various activities.
- Ability to learn and performs light service and maintenance of vehicles and equipment
- Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with the public and other employees.
- Ability to learn and apply principles and processes for providing customer service.
- Ability to work out of doors in all weather, environmental conditions (i.e.: heat, sun, humidity, rain, cold, swamp, ditches, dust, and dirt) and all terrains for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to use proper personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses and boot, dust masks, ear-plugs, safety harness, respirators, etc.) to safely work with and be exposed to chemicals, hazardous materials, noises and heights.
- Ability to lift, cany and handle up to forty five (45) pounds repeatedly, stoops climb, squat, push. pull, crawl or bend on a frequent basis.
- Ability to walk, kneel, bend. twist, lift, climb ladders, and work on un-even surfaces, in landfill disposal areas, on 3: I slopes and in ditches/swales.
- Ability to see and recognize colors (associated with hazard placards or other warning signs), talk, ambulate independently. drive, and make written notations.
- Ability to use multi-hand and/or foot controls. Ability to perform mathematical tasks.
- Ability to research, investigate, experiment, detect, inspect verify, recognize, and recommend solutions.
- Ability to use hand tools such as rakes and shovels, and power tools such as weed-eaters and chain saws.
- Ability to supervise day labors and community service workers.
- Ability to follow, read and comprehend oral and written instructions and procedures.
- Ability to perform as a team member and establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Ability to work independently and comprehend and follow instructions.
- Must properly wear required personal protective equipment: hard hat, steel-toed safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses and complete uniform.
- Must be able to work and communicate with customers to provide individual service and resolve routine customer issues.
Minimum Qualification:
- Must possess a valid driver's license and be able to secure a valid Florida driver's license at the time of employment.
Special Requirements:
- Must be able to obtain landfill Spotter Certifications for spotters in C&D sites, landfills, and transfer stations from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) within six (6) months of employment.
Rotating 4 x 10 hr. schedule, Monday-Saturday (occasional Sunday and overtime work is required). This position may be required to report for work when a declaration of emergency has been declared in Polk County.
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