Transfer Station Loader/Operator

**This Requisition is for building a talent pipeline. Candidates may not receive a response immediately, and is based upon need**

Pay: $32+/hour, depending on experience

Benefits:

• 15 days of paid time off

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plan options

• Health Savings Account with employer match option

• Paid Parental Leave

• 401(k) with an employer match up to 4%

• Supplemental health plans through Unum

• Employer paid basic life insurance

• Employee paid short-term disability option

• Employer-paid long-term disability

• Mental health support through Employee Assistance Program

• 7 paid holidays annually

Assist in ensuring safe, timely and professional operation of the transfer station on a day-to-day basis. Assist in the direction of incoming trucks and vehicles to appropriate unloading areas.

Key Responsibilities

Facility & Operational Management

• Open and close the facility according to scheduled hours.
• Oversee and manage the Transfer Station in the absence of management.
• Oversee the overall housekeeping and maintenance of the facility.
• Keep public areas clean at all times, adhering to the Operations Manager’s daily, weekly, and monthly facility cleaning schedules.
• Clear all trash from the floor daily.

Logistics & Traffic Control

• Safely direct incoming trucks and vehicles to appropriate unloading areas.
• Oversee the scheduling of truck dumping areas and trailer switching.
• Meet loading schedules to ensure driver loads are ready to meet production targets.

Equipment Operation & Maintenance

• Operate site equipment as needed to ensure safe, timely, and professional transfer station operations.
• Keep all assigned units clean, including washing units at least once per week and cleaning cab interiors, windows, and mirrors daily.
• Report any mechanical issues identified during pre-trip inspections or routine operations immediately to the shop foreman.

Safety, Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure all internal and external customers follow transfer station safety rules and regulations.
• Follow all safety protocols, equipment checks, and precautions.
• Accurately complete daily reports, pre-trip and post-trip inspection reports, and other requested documentation.
• Attend all required safety and branch meetings.
• Comply with all federal, state/provincial, and local laws, regulations, and company directives.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Previous Heavy Equipment Experience in a high demand role.
• Certifications: SWANA Transfer Worker Certification preferred within 6 months of hire.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Reading & Comprehension: Ability to read and understand simple instructions, brief correspondence, and memos.
• Writing: Ability to write basic correspondence.
• Communication: Effective communication skills for one-on-one and small group interactions with customers, clients, and coworkers.

Physical & Environmental Demands

• Physical Demands: Frequent standing, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing, balancing, and using hands/fingers. Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Visual acuity requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception vision, as well as the ability to adjust focus.
• Working Conditions: Outdoor environment 95% of the time. Frequent exposure to outdoor weather conditions, loud noise, humidity, moving mechanical parts, vibrations, fumes, airborne particles, and toxic/caustic chemicals.