Landfill Scalehouse Attendant

Med-National Staffing Inc.; Ferris (TX); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Med-National Staffing Inc. is seeking a Scalehouse Attendant for an onsite landfill role in Ferris, TX.

The position is a 3-month contract to hire with a starting pay of $18.00 per hour, schedule Monday–Friday, 6:00am–3:30pm, and requires a background check and drug screen prior to start. The role involves greeting customers, calculating payments, checking loads, ensuring safety and PPE, maintaining the scale house, and completing administrative tasks and reports.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 0 to 4 years’ previous experience.
• Must be able to exert physical effort and work in dirty, noisy environments with weather extremes.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and direct traffic while answering questions.
• Calculate payments for customers.
• Ensure that incoming loads are safe and do not contain inappropriate material.
• Enforce PPE rules and maintain the scale house upkeep.
• Complete administrative tasks and required reports.
• Overtime may be required.

Skills

Customer service

Safety awareness

Data entry

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

We have a great client looking for a Scalehouse Attendant at a landfill in Ferris, TX This is an onsite, 3-month contract to hire opportunity offering a starting pay rate of $18.00/hour. This opportunity comes with the likeliness of an extension or direct conversion! This position requires a background check and drug screen prior to starting.

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:00am-3:30pm

Job Summary

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

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 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.
• Ensures 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

• High school diploma or G.E.D0 to 4 years’ previous experience.
• Preferred: High school diploma or G.E.D, plus additional or specialized training
• 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 workday.