IL - Scalehouse Attendant - CHARLESTON

A & Associates; Charleston (IL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A & Associates, Inc. is seeking a front-desk scale house attendant at our waste management facility in Charleston, IL. You will greet customers, verify loads, calculate payments, and ensure safety rules are followed.

Requirements include a high school diploma or GED and zero to four years of experience. You will perform data entry, basic reporting, and routine administrative tasks, with emphasis on safety and customer service.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Zero to four years’ previous experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Greets customers, directs customers and other traffic, and answers questions accurately.
• Correctly calculates payments for customers.
• Ensure that incoming garbage loads are safe and do not contain any inappropriate material.
• Ensures that customers and employees conduct all business in a safe manner and wear all required PPE.
• Provides general upkeep of the Scale House.
• Completes all administrative tasks including regular filing and required reports.
• Keeps supervisor informed of problems or matters requiring attention.
• Attends training and meetings as directed.
• Works overtime as needed.
• Performs other duties including data entry and minor customer service responsibilities.

Job description

Summary

Serves as the first point of contact for customers depositing waste at a Waste Management Facility; calculates payments, checks load, and ensures the safety of the customer and other employees through observation of safety rules and regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.

• Greets customers, directs customers and other traffic, and answers questions accurately.
• Correctly calculates payments for customers.
• Ensure that incoming garbage loads are safe and do not contain any inappropriate material.
• Ensures that customers and employees conduct all business in a safe manner and wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Provides general upkeep of the Scale House.
• Completes all administrative tasks including regular filing and completes required reports.
• Keeps immediate supervisor fully informed of all problems or matters requiring his/her attention.
• Attends company sponsored training and meetings as directed.
• Works overtime as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned, including data entry and minor customer service responsibilities.
• Approaches all encounters with employees, customers and vendors in a friendly, service-oriented manner.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Required: High school diploma or G.E.D, and zero to four years’ previous experience. Preferred: High school diploma or G.E.D, plus additional or specialized training, and zero to four years’ previous experience.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) part of the work day;
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds occasionally;
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) occasionally;
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements part of the work day;
• The normal setting for this job is: scalehouse.

EEO STATEMENT

A & Associates, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.