Sanitation Driver

About the role

Perform sanitation collection services for commercial and residential accounts for the city; deliver sanitation to designated site; and perform minor maintenance and cleaning activities on sanitation heavy equipment, transfer station or throughout the City of Cheyenne.

Responsibilities

• Perform and document daily pre-trip inspections of assigned sanitation equipment.
• Operate and maintain Rear Load Truck, frontload truck, automated side load truck, roll off, semi-truck or any other assigned sanitation collection truck.
• Perform sanitation collection services for commercial and residential accounts for the city; deliver solid waste to the city transfer station or designated site.
• Ensure all assigned stops (routes or extra items) are collected on the assigned day.
• Perform minor maintenance activities on sanitation heavy equipment; clean sanitation equipment; clean and maintain dumpster yard.
• Maintain appropriate logs and records on collection and delivery activities.
• Perform work activities according to safe work practices and procedures.
• Clean and maintain all containment areas commercial route; ensure the pickup of additional bags and boxes outside containment area and properly document for additional charges.
• Utilize FleetMind system daily (includes pre/post trips, assigned routes and stops, exceptions, or any other use of FleetMind system).
• Report any safety concerns to the Transfer Station Manager and/or the Safety Coordinator.
• Wear designated PPE when required – hard hat, safety vest, steel-toe boots, safety glasses, and gloves.
• Sweep, clean, wash or collect solid waste around the City of Cheyenne or transfer station.
• Report any obstructions that impede operations to supervisor.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Skills

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted during work.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of sanitation collection.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and standard safety practices.
• Ability to perform sanitation services for commercial or residential accounts for the city.
• Knowledge of pertinent federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances.
• Ability to deliver solid waste to the designated facility.
• Knowledge of city streets layout.
• Ability to perform minor maintenance activities on sanitation heavy equipment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Commercial Driver License (CDL) or ability to obtain CDL within the first 3 months of hire and Evidence of Insurability.
• Preferred: Wyoming Class A or B Commercial Driver's License.
• One (1) year of increasing responsibility in sanitary services including the collection and delivery of solid waste.

Requirements

• Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading, and writing.
• Maintain the physical condition necessary for operating assigned equipment, walking, standing, kneeling, repeated bending or sitting for prolonged periods of time and lifting to 50 pounds.
• Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions demonstrating intellectual capabilities.
• Working environment: travel from site to site; field environment; exposure to noise, dust, smoke, fumes, gases, infectious materials, and inclement weather conditions; work around heavy sanitation equipment.

Pay

$22.30 to $31.22 Annually