FLSA Status: Hourly
Reports To: Transfer Station Supervisor
Pay: DOE
General Summary
The Transfer Station Attendant performs the routine daily operational duties of the transfer station and recycling facility in conformance with the Farmington Resource Recovery Park Waste Management Facility Ordinance. The Facility Attendant ensures the orderly, safe, and efficient use of the town's transfer station and recycling facility by residents and/or taxpayers.
Essential Duties
- Coordinates and assists users in the proper separation and placement of materials in appropriate receptacles and/or areas.
- Ensures users of the facility have proper permits and have paid appropriate fees when required for disposal of solid waste.
- Operates facility equipment, as required, in daily waste management activities.
- Cleans, services, and maintains transfer station, recycling center, and equipment in a clean, orderly, and safe manner at all times, as directed.
- Prepares receipts as necessary
Other Duties and Responsibilities
Performs other related duties as requested.
Desired Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience
High school diploma or GED equivalent. SWOT (Solid Waste Operator) Certification and previous experience in transfer station operations and money handling are preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Working knowledge of and ability to operate facility equipment and machinery
- Customer Service
- Create and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers and the general public
- Utilize judgment to prioritize and work independently
- Strong organizational skills
- Attention to detail
Licensing and Certification
- Ability to possess and maintain a State of New Hampshire Solid Waste Operators Certificate or obtain one within 6 months
- Ability to possess and maintain a New Hampshire Department of Agriculture Weighmaster License or obtain one within 6 months
- Current Driver’s License
Tools and Equipment Used
Loader, skid steer, forklift, balers, compactors, hand tools, scales, cash register, and other maintenance tools and equipment.
Physical Demands
The physical demands listed here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, see, and hear; climb and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Heavy lifting/pushing of 75 pounds or more is regularly required.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to outside weather conditions, extremes in temperature, humid conditions; vibrations, moving mechanical parts, sharp blades, instruments and other sharp objects, fumes, gases or airborne particles, strong odors, blood borne pathogens or other diseases, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, burns and explosion. The noise level in the work environment is loud. The employee may be exposed to mental stress due to public service.
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