Scale House Attendant

City-of-Logan; Logan (UT); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

City of Logan Environmental Department is seeking a part-time Scale Clerk to manage vehicle weigh-ins at the landfill scale house. You will direct trucks to unloading sites, weigh loads, record charges, and assist the public with questions in a busy environment.

Requirements include a high school diploma, about one year of clerical experience, basic math for cash handling, typing 45 wpm, and a valid Utah driver's license. 20 hours per week with Saturday availability.

Qualifications

• High school graduate with about 1 year of clerical/bookkeeping experience.
• Ability to count change without a calculator.
• Typing speed of 45 words per minute or higher.
• Knowledge of databases and word processing desirable.
• Must possess a valid Utah driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Assist enforcement agents in determining acceptance of loads per EPA/state regulations.
• Explain fee schedules, tally receipts, answer questions, and direct recycling facility use.
• Perform office support and keep scale house organized; tally receipts.

Skills

Cash handling

Typing 45 wpm

Customer service

Communication

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Word processing

Database basics

Job description

Salary

$15.00 - $18.00 Hourly

Job Type

Part-Time

Location

Logan, Utah

Department

Environmental

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Appointed Position

No

Job Number

26-79

Closing Date

Until Filled

Description

Under general supervision, directs cars, trucks and commercial sanitation vehicles to the appropriate unloading site and operates computerized scales to weigh, record, and determine appropriate charges to vehicles bringing refuse into the landfill.

Qualifications

• Must be a high school graduate and have experience equivalent to one (1) year of full-time clerical office work involving some responsibility for bookkeeping and/or cashiering.
• Must know how to count change without the use of a calculator.
• Computer database and word processing knowledge desirable.
• Must be able to type 45 wpm.
• Must possess a valid Utah operator's license.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with the general public and establish and maintain a working relationship with customers and fellow employees.
• Knowledge of the appropriate sites for unloading various types of refuse and other solid waste materials.
• Knowledge in procedures and techniques for operating a computer support commercial truck scale.
• Ability to work in dusty environmental conditions ranging from extreme cold to extreme hot.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time.

Responsibilities

• Will assist enforcement agents in making decisions on the acceptance or rejection of loads by determining compliance with Environmental Protection Agency and State regulations.
• Explains fee schedules and issues associated with fees, tallies tickets for user vehicles, answers customer questions, explains policies and procedures, handles complaints, checks loads for hazardous materials, tires, and batteries; directs the proper use of recycling facilities; performs a variety of office support and cleaning activities to organize the scale house and other facilities and tallies receipts from the scale house for the office.

SCHEDULED HOURS: 20 hours per week.

MUST BE ABLE TO WORK SATURDAYS.

Essentials

Essential functions, as determined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the above tasks, knowledge, and other characteristics. This list of tasks is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions of this class. The approved class specifications are not intended to and do not infer or create any employment, compensation, or contract rights to any person(s). This updated job description supersedes prior descriptions for the same position. Management reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Benefits

Benefits are not available to Part-Time employees.