Scale House Operator

Interstate Waste Services, Inc.; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 29,136 - 33,103; Full time

Job summary

Interstate Waste Services, Inc. in Newark, NJ is seeking a Scale Operator responsible for weighing solid waste vehicles and overseeing payment processing. You will ensure safety at the landfill and manage daily operations from 4:00 am to 12:00 pm, with required flexibility for Saturday shifts.

Candidates must have a high school diploma, two years of warehouse experience, and preferably sanitation industry experience. The role offers a salary range of USD $21.15 to $24.03 per hour.

Qualifications

• At least 18 years old and legally eligible to work in the U.S.
• Minimum 2 years of warehouse experience.
• Sanitation industry experience preferred.
• Experience working with scales preferred.

Responsibilities

• Weigh in and weigh out solid waste vehicles.
• Oversee receiving payments and checking loads.
• Perform administrative tasks including data entry.
• Maintain the scale house and ensure safety.

Skills

Fluency in English

General computer skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Spanish bilingual

Education

High school/GED education completed

Higher education

Job description

Interstate Waste Services is the most progressive and innovative provider of solid waste and recycling services in the country! We primarily service Northern New Jersey, Southern New York State, New York City, with a landfill located in Ohio, where we also own and operate a state-of-the‑art rail‑served landfill. We cater to a diverse range of residential, industrial, and commercial customers. Our mission has always been to provide our customers with the highest quality waste, recycling, and environmental services, while keeping focus on employee, customer, and environmental safety.

Essential Job Summary

The Scale Operator will be mainly responsible for weighing in and weight out solid waste vehicles from both company drivers and third‑party vendors/haulers. They will oversee receiving payments, checking loads, and always ensuring the safety of the landfill and scale.

Essential Job Functions

• Serve as first point of contact for any drivers, customers, or other traffic at the scale house
• Accurately calculate and process payments, weights and other measurements
• Verify incoming loads do not contain any unnecessary or inappropriate material
• Various administrative tasks including regular filing, data entry and reporting
• Provide general upkeep of the scale house
• Additional duties as assigned.
• Outbound materials schedule
• Hourly outbound material quantity verification
• Constant communication and schedule update with end markets and haulers.
• Compliance with NJDEP regulations
• Completing and emailing daily activity reports
• Daily update of reciprocation report and schedule trash loads for the following day to maintain a balance of +/- 20 tons per reciprocating county.

Work Environment

• This Scale Operator will be based out of our MRF facility located in Newark NJ
• This shift will be a position starting at 4:00 am to 12:00 pm with possible rotation from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Saturday 6:00 am – 2:00 pm (Saturday will rotate among all scale operators on a weekly basis)
• Daily exposure to physical environment including odors, loud noises, weather elements, etc.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and legally eligible to work in the United States.
• High school/GED education completed; higher education is a plus.
• Minimum 2 years of warehouse environment experience.
• Experience from the sanitation industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with scales is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of general computer skills.
• Consistently capable of working independently to safely analyze and resolve problems.
• Fluency in English required, Spanish bilingual is a plus.

Additional Information

This job description is intended to be an accurate representation of the general functions of the job, rather than an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or experience. Other duties may be assigned, requested, or required. Aspects of the job may be altered without notice.

Interstate Waste Services 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.

Salary Range Minimum

USD $21.15/Hr.

Salary Range Maximum

USD $24.03/Hr.