Landfill Field Technician

Pay: $22-25/hour, depending on experience

Benefits

• 15 days of paid time off
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plan options
• Health Savings Account with employer match option
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) with an employer match up to 4%
• Supplemental health plans through Aflac
• Employer paid basic life insurance
• Employee paid short-term disability option
• Employer-paid long-term disability
• Mental health support through Employee Assistance Program
• 7 paid holidays annually

Responsibilities

• Perform landfill wellfield repairs and maintenance
• Assist in maintaining landfill compliance tasks
• Record weekly and monthly wellfield data
• Operate general site vehicles and equipment, such as water trucks, pickup trucks, sweepers, mowers, trimming equipment, etc.
• Work in accordance with Company and federal, state/provincial and local safety policies & procedures

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) desired, but not required
• Must be able to meet relevant criteria for safety sensitive functions according to Company standards

Skills

• Ability to read, write, perform basic mathematical calculations and communicate with others
• Ability to follow instructions and perform duties under limited supervision
• Ability to operate any equipment necessary to perform job
• Ability to apply common sense reasoning to solve general problems

Physical/Mental Demands

• Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach and lift in an outdoor environment 90% of the time
• Must be able to use hands and fingers, kneel, crawl, talk, hear, climb and balance
• Visual Requirements: include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Ability to manually lift/move up to 65 pounds regularly
• Ability to manually push/move up to 100 pounds with assistance from another employee

Working Conditions

• Frequently exposed to loud noise, humidity, rainy/stormy, extreme hot and cold weather conditions (depending upon season), moving mechanical parts, vibrations, toxic and caustic chemicals, fumes and airborne particles
• Work in outdoor environment up to 100% of the time
• Works route away from branch location on a continuous basis throughout the day
• Occasionally work in high precarious places
• Work in motor vehicle traffic conditions constantly
• Work environment is normally loud