Equipment Operator II (O) - Landfill

About the role

The Environmental Health/Landfill Division at the City of Wichita operates the city's construction and demolition landfill, industrial landfill, and composting site. These operations handle various types of waste, including street sweepings, illegal dumping, neighborhood cleanups, construction debris, and grass clippings. The division focuses on ensuring environmental health and safety through the proper operation and management of landfills.

Responsibilities

• Operate a variety of specialized automotive equipment, including wheel loaders, water trucks, backhoes, skid steers, track loaders, and tractors with attachments.
• Perform service work on equipment, such as refueling, lubricating, washing, and making minor repairs and adjustments.
• Direct traffic at and around the working face of a construction and demolition (C&D) landfill.
• Maintain composting windrows.
• Assist customers with the loading of compost, mulch, or other items purchased.
• Occasionally act as a crew leader over a small number of employees to accomplish specific tasks or assignments.
• Complete daily inspection logs.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years or older.
• One and one-half (1.5) years of experience in the operation of heavy or specialized equipment used in landfill, construction, or farming activities.
• A valid Driver's License.
• Ability to acquire a valid Class B CDL within 120 days of employment.
• If you are a Canadian or Mexican citizen, you will be required to have or obtain a CDL from your home country.
• Ability to operate, with training, a two-way radio.
• Ability to tolerate exposure to airborne environmental nuisances associated with traffic and machine exhaust, open grounds, construction, and composting operations.
• Ability to wear safety toed boots and other personal protective equipment as required.
• Ability to operate, with training, a backhoe, wheel loader, tractor, and/or skid steer.
• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) speaking.
• High school diploma, GED, or vocational degree in equipment operation or construction field.
• Completion of a military occupational specialty (MOS) related to heavy equipment operation may be substituted for a vocational degree.
• OSHA 10-Hour Certified (General Industry or Construction).
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Certified.
• Related work experience in landfill, construction, landscaping, and similar jobs involving physical/manual labor and operation of heavy equipment.

Benefits

The City of Wichita offers comprehensive benefits including vacation, holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, flexible spending accounts, long-term disability insurance, supplemental life insurance, voluntary shared leave program, training programs, longevity pay, credit union membership, employee assistance program (EAP), injury leave, and more.