Scale-House Operator

Responsibilities

• Weigh in and out all trucks that enter the landfill or transfer station
• Set up new trucks and issue truck permits
• Provide accurate and efficient information for customer billing to include reports to customers and management
• Verify accuracy of hauls and disposal for payment of third-party truck hauling
• Accurately dispatch proper instructions regarding disposal of special waste with operators and Operations Manager
• Keep landfill management apprised on any community information regarding the landfill
• Test the scales daily for accuracy
• Ensure the accuracy of waste disposed of in proper areas (grid reports)
• Accountable for various environmental compliance tasks

Requirements

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One to three months related experience and/or training
• Experience with customer service preferred
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, talk, and hear
• Visual Requirements: include close vision and distance vision
• Possess ability to occasionally lift/move up to 10 pounds
• Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes and airborne particles
• Noise level is moderate to loud