Solid Waste Compliance Specialist

Sarasota County; United States; On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision & Life Insurance

FRS retirement

12+ holidays + vacation days

Job summary

Sarasota County is seeking a Contract Monitor Specialist to oversee solid waste collection contracts, enforce county ordinances, and conduct field inspections. You will assist residents with questions and service concerns to ensure reliable collection services while keeping the county clean and safe.

Responsibilities include monitoring operations, addressing non-compliance, promoting recycling programs, and designing educational materials to improve compliance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Three years of experience in contract quality assurance or related regulatory roles.
• Valid Florida driver’s license at time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily solid waste collection operations.
• Investigate non-compliance or violations.
• Resolve service complaints with contractors and customers.
• Promote waste reduction and recycling programs to increase diversion from landfill.
• Oversee recycling programs and facility performance.
• Design educational materials to improve business compliance.

Skills

Contract compliance

Driver’s license

Public service

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Solid Waste Management training

Job description

Department: Solid Waste Start Here. Grow Here. Stay Here.

Are you passionate about protecting your community and ensuring services are delivered with excellence? As a Contract Monitor Specialist, you'll play a key role in monitoring solid waste collection contracts, enforcing County ordinances, conducting field inspections, and assisting residents with questions and service concerns. Your work will help ensure reliable collection services while keeping Sarasota County clean, safe, and beautiful.

Responsibilities

• Support the Compliance/Maintenance Specialist Tier III in monitoring daily solid waste collection operations and investigating non-compliance or violations.
• Collaborate with contractors and customers to resolve service complaints and improve operational performance.
• Conduct waste audits and help promote commercial waste reduction and recycling programs to increase diversion from landfill disposal.
• Oversee programs to increase county facility recycling rate and optimize solid waste services.
• Assist in designing educational materials and programs to improve business compliance with mandatory waste reduction and recycling ordinances.
• Maintain professional knowledge through ongoing training, industry research, and collaboration with vendors and county departments, and deliver presentations as needed.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or its equivalent. Three (3) year of job-related experience in contract quality assurance interpreting, documenting, reporting and/or correcting violations of regulatory codes or ordinances.
• - OR - College or University level training in Solid Waste Management, Recycling, Business Management, Finance, or a highly related field may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required construction experience.
• Valid Florida driver's license at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• FACE (Florida Association of Code Enforcement) certification (any level) or other state equivalent.
• Solid Waste Collection experience.
• Ability to explain complex rules and rules and regulations to the general public and review, interpret, and apply county ordinances and state statutes.

Physical Demands

Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Subject to Passing Substance Screening: This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.

Starting Pay Range

$22.94/hour

Benefits

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more!
• Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.
• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)

Company Culture

A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team. We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different. Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally.

EEO/Disability Statement

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members.

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.

Do you like leaving things better than you found them? We serve the greater good! Our team is here to make Sarasota the premier community to live, work and play! Sarasota has 37 miles of award-winning beaches, over 80 parks and 100 golf courses, and is known as the cultural capital of Florida with museums of art, theaters, an aquarium, botanical gardens and the annual international film festival. Unsurpassed beauty, rich cultural offering, diverse educational opportunities, wide-ranging recreational possibilities make Sarasota a great place to live and work! We believe in work-life balance with a generous leave plan. "US News & World Report: Sarasota is No. 1 in Florida and No. 18 in the country for best place to live." We need YOU to help create wonderful experiences for residents and vacationing guests enjoying Sarasota!