Landfill Operator

The individual in this position will use and maintain a variety of Landfill equipment to perform tasks related to day-to-day Landfill operations. This position does not require a CDL. Essential duties include:

• Maintains roads and grading of landfill site.
• Ensures proper erosion control of landfill areas.
• Compacts waste into landfill space to ensure proper voids are filled.
• Spreads, pushes, digs, moves, covers, and compacts materials.
• Covers built slopes with dirt.
• Operates a variety of heavy compaction and earthmoving equipment, including but not limited to:
  • Compactor to chew up, break up, and smash materials as small as possible.
  • Compactor to dig up, move, replace material (building slopes and benches) and compact material.
  • D8 Dozer to push material and feed it to the compactor.
  • D5 Dozer to cover built slopes with dirt, push yard debris material and mulch, to spread dirt, rock and material, and to keep roads properly graded.
  • Excavator to dig up/load the shredder, dig up dirt, rock and material, dig out trucks, and to install pipes and clean ditches.
  • Shredder to chew up and shred material.

• Grades site, topography and drainage features.
• Monitors customer activities to assure compliance with established rules and regulations; operates radio and two-way communications as needed to alert operators of activity or waste loads.
• Performs manual tasks associated with landfill operations which may include cutting grass, cleaning grounds areas, loading/unloading, picking up litter/debris, or lifting/moving heavy materials.
• Checks equipment daily and reports failures to Landfill Superintendent promptly. Records inspections and routine service logs.
• Provides service to equipment when feasible and checks all repaired equipment before putting it back into service.
• Performs job site safety procedures to ensure and maintain a safe workspace at all times.
• May assist in performing scale-house duties or general office duties.
• Enforces City policies on the use of the landfill.
• Performs related job duties as assigned.