Helper

Responsibilities

• Provide waste or recycling removal services to customers on assigned route(s)
• Empty trash/recycling receptacles (weighing up to 75 pounds each from the ground approximately 300-500 times per day) into truck in a safe and compliant manner
• Enter and exit the truck multiple times per day and/or ride on the back step of a truck to service 600-1000 stops per day
• Replace trash/recycling receptacles neatly at the curb or designated area
• Clean up waste spills and overflows
• Work with multiple drivers depending on workloads
• Operate packing mechanism and various lever/handles on truck to activate lifting/loading mechanism
• Auxiliary with Driver in safely backing up the truck by directing the Driver from outside the truck
• Auxiliary in unloading or cleaning truck as needed
• Professionally interact with internal and external customers
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Supervisory Responsibility: This position will not manage employees
• Skills & Abilities Needed for Position:
  • Ability to learn and understand truck mechanics
  • Good written and verbal communication skills to communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external customers
• Experience & Knowledge Needed for Position:
  • Waste industry experience preferred
• Physical Requirements in a Regular Workday:
  • Frequently lifting/carrying a max of 75 lbs
  • Continuously pushing/pulling a max of 75 lbs
  • Rarely lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling a max of 100 lbs
  • Continuously working outside in changing temperatures, wet/humid conditions
  • Continuously working in areas of dust, odors, mist, gases, and other airborne matter
  • Frequently stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling
  • Frequently climbing and/or balancing
  • Continuously sitting/standing/walking
• Additional Working Conditions/Aspects:
  • Possible exposure to high traffic conditions and/or tight driving areas
  • Exposure to residential and commercial waste
  • Ability to travel between offices, as required
  • Ability to work flexible hours; expected to work nights and weekends as needed
  • Ability to work overtime, weekends, and/or holidays
  • Legally eligible to work in the United States
  • Must successfully complete pre-employment testing
  • Must be able to read and speak the English language

Qualifications

Must be able to communicate in the English language well enough to understand, and respond to questions, directions, traffic signs, signals, and safety training.

Skills

• Ability to learn and understand truck mechanics
• Good written and verbal communication skills to communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external customers

Benefits

Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, vision, matching 401(k), life insurance, paid vacation, and more.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

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