Transfer Station Supervisor

Job Responsibilities

• Observe safety guidelines as required and prescribed by the NTMWD.
• Maintain effective communications with customers and NTMWD management.
• Supervise and assists on-site personnel.
• Approves payroll for employees and prepares annual employee performance reviews.
• Works collaboratively with the Transfer Station Manager, other Transfer Station Supervisors and Landfill Manager to effectively and efficiently manage the transportation of solid waste.
• Manages daily onsite facility maintenance, including good housekeeping, landscaping, and odor controls.
• Ensures permit compliance including random load inspections, facility inspections, litter patrols, and record documentation.
• Trains, leads, and mentors staff; provides leadership by example and is a positive role model for NTMWD employees.
• Monitors transport truck payloads and manages employee hours relative to the volume of solid waste received at the transfer station.
• Captures daily observations of employees for job performance and proper equipment maintenance to ensure documenting pre-trip inspections and ensuring employees perform general housekeeping on assigned vehicle/equipment.
• Prepares the work schedules of transfer station employees.
• Creates service requests for needed repairs and renewal; coordinates with operations and Fleet Maintenance personnel; plans, performs, and implements maintenance procedures.
• Complies with applicable NTMWD policies and procedures.
• Occasionally operates front-end loader and other equipment at the transfer stations.
• Performs other duties as assigned, such as operate the scale, remove litter, or direct traffic.

Job Requirements

• Education & Experience: Must possess a high school diploma or G.E.D. Five years of progressive experience in Transfer Station Operations including operating heavy equipment and/or class A driving experience. Must possess MSW Class “B” Operator License or ability to obtain within six months of starting position. Requires a valid Texas Driver’s License.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Must possess knowledge of all Transfer Station activities. Administrative ability to plan, organize and supervise the work force and its various programs is essential. Must possess the ability to use e-mail, internet, and Microsoft Office applications. Good public relations skills needed. Basic mechanical skills.
• Environmental and Physical Working Conditions: Driving a District vehicle for business will be required. Employees required to drive as part of their job duties are responsible for maintaining a current, valid, and vehicle - appropriate driver's license of their resident state. The duties and responsibilities are generally performed in a transfer station environment. The position involves frequent standing, frequent walking, light to heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs.), light carrying, frequent bending and reaching, and telephone operation. It often requires an irregular work schedule and overtime hours. Specific physical conditions require frequent work with tools, machinery, moving mechanical parts, etc. The duties and responsibilities are performed mostly in a non-climate-controlled environment. Moderate to heavy exposure to dirt, dust, odors, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, moving mechanical parts, vibrations.