Compost Site Attendant

POSITION SUMMARY

The Compost Site Attendant is a part-time position within the Public Works Department that supervises all activity being performed within the site. Works under the supervision of the Public Works Director. This position is responsible for ensuring that all dumping at the site is done within the rules and regulations of the site including enforcing proper hours of operation and inspecting all loads to verify they are acceptable deposits. Keeping the site clean and organized.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The position will be responsible for these major duties:

• Enforcing proper hours of operation.
  
  
  
  • Compost site is currently open Wednesdays from 1:00-5:00/7:00 pm (depending on time of year) and Saturdays from 8:00am-3:00pm.
  
  
  • Hours of operation are subject to change.
  
  
  
  


• Receives vehicles and customers entering the sites and directs them to proper areas.


• Ensures vehicles and customers are in compliance with disposal site policies and procedures.


• Screens incoming waste loads for banned materials; reject unacceptable waste materials.


• Maintains accurate and current records of daily disposal site operations.


• Performs related office duties, including filing materials, sorting materials.


• Perform cleaning activities within attendant building.


• Responds to customer inquiries of basic division information within established guidelines; refers customer to appropriate person.


• Follows all safety regulations, policies, and procedures; reports all unsafe conditions and acts to supervisor; reports all accidents to the supervisor immediately whenever possible; follows recognized safe work practices.


• Other assigned duties as required.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS/COMPETENCIES

Education:

• High school diploma or GED.

Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations:

• Valid PA Driver's license.

Experience:

• Minimal experience working with a loader required.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

• Motorized vehicles and equipment, including loaders


• Common hand and power tools


• Shovels


• Wrenches


• Mobile radio


• Phone


• iPad

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

• Some knowledge of equipment, facilities, materials, methods, and procedures used in maintenance of a compost site.


• Ability to perform heavy manual tasks for extended periods of time.

• Ability to work safely.


• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally, and in writing.


• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees, other departments, and the public.


• Ability to work in inclement weather which will result in exposure to extreme heat and cold.


• Ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions.


• Ability to operate motorized vehicles and equipment, including loaders.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform successfully the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. These essential functions include the following:

• Required to use hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and, to reach with hands and arms.


• Constant walking, carrying, and lifting.


• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, reach, and repetitive movement.


• Occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and smell.


• Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.


• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.


• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus, with or without corrective lenses.


• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts.


• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration.


• Will Occasionally work in high, precarious places and is exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.

This noise level in the work environment is usually loud.