Recycling & Landfill Equipment Supervisor - $55,881 - $69,851

Discover Gila County, Inc.; Arizona; Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Discover Gila County, Inc. in Star Valley, AZ is seeking a Recycling & Landfill Equipment Supervisor in Public Works. The role oversees solid waste operations, enforces EPA and ADEQ regulations, supervises staff and equipment, and ensures safety policies are followed.

Key duties include assigning work, scheduling hours, supervising operators and inmates, operating bulldozers and landfill equipment, building refuse lifts, maintaining roads and drainage, and preparing environmental reports.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, and two (2) years’ experience in road construction and maintenance and operation of related equipment; or two (2) years’ experience in landfill operations; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which demonstrate the ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job.
• Valid Driver’s License required; CDL Class A within nine months; drug and alcohol testing will be conducted.

Responsibilities

• Regularly assigns work to other employees and supervises related activities.
• Provides recommendations on scheduling work hours of employees.
• Supervises machine and equipment operators, scalehouse attendants and inmates to meet regulations; builds refuse lifts and covers dirt.
• Operates bulldozers, construction of roads, and participates in equipment maintenance.
• Maintains safety policies and procedures and supports recycling/diversion programs.

Skills

Supervision

Equipment operation

Safety procedures

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Recycling & Landfill Equipment Supervisor - Public Works - $55,881 - $69,851

Star Valley,AZ - Full Time

• The purpose of this position is to ensure solid waste is managed in such a way as to protect both public health and the environment.

• This position supervises and directs solid waste employees, activities, and programs involved in the enforcement of the EPA and ADEQ regulations on solid waste collection for contained and uncontained refuse. The position supervises employees, operates bulldozers, constructs roads, participates in equipment maintenance and performs other related duties. This position ensures all safety policies and procedures are followed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Regularly assigns work to other employees and supervises related activities.

• Provides recommendations on scheduling work hours of employees.

• Supervises and schedules work of machine and equipment operators, scalehouse attendants and inmates to meet environmental regulations; builds refuse lifts and covers dirt to engineered prescribed grade.

• Performs bulldozer digging and pushing of dirt; operates auger scraper for landfill cover.

• Ensures inmates separate recycling products and avoid dumping hazardous waste.

• Constructs roads for public access to dumping, maintains berms and drainage, and completes SWPPP (water runoff) reports.

• Schedules transfer truck operation in recycling bin pick up and hauling to recycler.

• Runs pumps for leachate pumping, performs environmental tests for pond leak detection, completes reports and waste screening inspection reports.

• Participates in maintenance and repair of heavy equipment.

• Provides support for recycling and diversion programs and community services projects.

• Trains employees in safety and procedures, including equipment operation.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

MinimumQualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, and two (2) years’ experience in road construction and maintenance and operation of related equipment; or two (2) years’ experience in landfill operations; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which demonstates the ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job.

Professional Credentials Required

• Must possess and maintain a valid Driver’s License. Within three (3) months of employment, the written portion of the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) testing must be completed. By the end of nine (9) months, a valid Arizona Class A CDL must be obtained.

• The probationary period will be met after six (6) months of satisfactory job performance and obtaining the Class A CDL. If the license has not been obtained during the first six (6) months of employment, the probationary period may be extended for an additional three (3) months. If the Class A CDL is not obtained at the end of nine (9) months, the probationary period of employment will be terminated. This position is subject to drug and alcohol testing.

• This position is subject to drug and alcohol testing.