Job Details
Salary: $36,686.00 Annually
Location : Winchester, VA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 00456
Department: PUBLIC WORKS
Division: PUBLIC WORKS/LANDFILL
Opening Date: 05/30/2024
Description
SUMMARY: Directs traffic and ensures flow control of vehicles at the landfill working face. Ensures that waste is being disposed of in proper areas. Performs visual inspections of loads entering the landfill.
Essential Functions
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The requirements for this position include, but are not limited to, those outlined below. All job functions, education and experience, general knowledge and abilities, and physical requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. It is the employer's discretion to add or change the duties or requirements of this position at any time.
- Enforces landfill regulations and safety rules at the landfill.
- Performs visual inspections of all loads.
- Performs detailed written documentation for at least five (5) percent of waste delivered to the landfill.
- Assists haulers with directions to proper disposal areas.
- Provides routine information to haulers regarding unacceptable waste and waste generation locations.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Typical QualificationsEDUCATION: Any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school.
EXPERIENCE: Position is entry level.
OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to maintain records of waste inspections, and other essential documentation. Ability to learn and enforce illegal dumping regulations, ands safety rules. Must be alert and observant while in the working environment. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and the general public. Must be dependable.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND/OR REGISTRATIONS: Must possess a valid Driver's License.
Supplemental InformationPHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Requires physical effort working almost exclusively with moving and lifting items, on occasion, up to 50 pounds for an extended period of time, and walking and standing for extended periods of time, talking, stooping, sitting, kneeling, bending, reaching and gripping. Position requires being on call for emergencies and non-business hours and work flexible schedules - including holidays and weekends.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: Indoor and outdoor work is conducted in variable weather conditions - including extreme heat/cold. Exposed to high or low temperatures, humid conditions, and other unfavorable weather conditions throughout the year.
All positions are subject to pre-employment screens such as a driving record and a criminal background check for any convictions that relate to the job duties and responsibilities.
The County's EEO Utilization Report has been available at www.fcva.us/jobs.
There are a wide variety of benefits available to Frederick County employees. These benefits include: health, dental, vision, life insurance, optional life and disability plans, flexible spending account for health care, dependent care assistance program, an employee assistance program and a deferred compensation program.
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