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

• Ability to learn and understand truck mechanics
• Good written and verbal communication skills to communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external customers
• Additional skills may be required to perform additional task(s) specific to work location, department or line of business
• Must be able to communicate in the English language well enough to understand, and respond to questions, directions, traffic signs, signals, and safety training
• Waste industry experience preferred

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to lift/carry a max of 75 lbs
• Ability to push/pull a max of 75 lbs
• Ability to stoop/kneel/crouch/crawl
• Ability to climb and/or balance
• Ability to sit/stand/walk

Physical Requirements

• 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

• 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