Waste Management

Laborer/Maintenance Worker

Posted on: 5 Apr 2021

Azusa, CA

Job Description

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Landfill Laborer + the Leader in the Waste Industry = A Winning Team!

WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY? WE INVEST IN YOU!

Well provide you with a competitive salary and a top-notch benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short- and Long-Term Disability. You can participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), a fantastic company match on 401K, and more! Youll also receive Paid Vacation and Holidays.

Location and Hours: Azusa, CA, M-F 630am-3pm - Occasional Saturdays

Work Environment: Landfill environment, working with materials such as construction and demolition materials and recycled tires. Must be able to run tire shredder and monitor conveyor for quality control and remove any items that cannot be placed into shredder, to include tires with rims that may weigh up to 100 lbs+. Laborers will rotate between the landfill, tire shredder, traffic control and water truck duties. Will be exposed to outside weather environments, dirt, odors, high levels of noise.

Responsibilities: Will be performing laborer tasks such as litter picking, cleaning, digging, moving objects, painting cleaning chutes, conveyors, greasing and maintaining equipment, empty trash cans, wipe down high touch surface areas, place and run pumps to remove excess water, clean rumble grates, wheel wash out, homeless encampment mitigation. Will also assist with Lube truck to help lube heavy equipment when needed. Direct traffic ensure visitors are wearing PPE while on premises. Will be required to wear respirator when running water truck within 100 feet of asbestos disposal site.

Preferred Skills: ability to walk for long periods of time up and down slopes, adaptable to change in work duties and environment, ability to follow instructions

The ideal candidate must have the following skills:

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

* Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) part of the workday;
* Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 150 pounds occasionally.
* Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely;
* Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements most of the workday; Works overtime as needed.
* Performs other duties as assigned, including data entry and minor customer service responsibilities.
* Approaches all encounters with employees, customers and vendors in a friendly, service-oriented manner.

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I. Job Summary

Performs a variety of general manual labor tasks under direct supervision.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.

* Performs general manual labor tasks including, but not limited to,
* lifting and moving materials,
* loading and unloading vehicles,
* digging and refilling holes,
* and other activities in a helping or assisting mode.
* Conducts other duties and tasks as assigned.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory duties.

IV. Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

* Education: None required.

* Experience: No prior work experience required.

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

* Licenses as required by Local, State, Federal, Environmental and/or Health/Safety Regulatory agencies.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

* None required.

V. Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

* Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) occasionally;
* Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 150 pounds most of the work day;
* Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) occasionally;
* Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements occasionally;
* Normal setting for this job is: manual labor.

Benefits

At Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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Waste Management

Houston, TX

Waste Management, Inc. is an American waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the First City Tower in Houston, Texas.

The company's network includes 346 transfer stations 293 active landfill disposal sites, 146 recycling plants, 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects and six independent power production plants. Waste Management offers environmental services to nearly 21 million residential, industrial, municipal and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. With 26,000 collection and transfer vehicles, the company has the largest trucking fleet in the waste industry. Together with its competitor Republic Services, Inc, the two handle more than half of all garbage collection in the United States.

 

  • Industry
    Waste Management
  • No. of Employees
    42,300
  • Jobs Posted
    3057

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