Landfill Operator
Vulcan Materials · Irwindale
Job SummaryThis position provides essential manual labor and clerical support to the Landfill Department, ensuring efficient operations, regulatory compliance, and a safe environment. Key responsibilities include directing waste disposal, maintaining site cleanliness, managing administrative tasks like ticketing and reporting, and assisting with site coordination. The role requires close collaboration with supervisors and adherence to facility policies.
Essential Functions
• Communicate with Dispatcher/Plant Manager to receive instructions via 2-way radio in truck and telephone in yard.
• Visually and analytically (using PID Meter) inspects incoming loads. Directs customer to proper dumping area.
• Prints tickets, monitors pricing, keeps records and log sales
• Conducts litter control/removal, cleans office(s), does landscape maintenance, keeps facility looking clean, orderly and professional.
• Shovels, uses water hose, operates support equipment
Critical Competencies
• Communication - Communicates clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, while actively listening and adapting the message to the audience.
• Team Player - Works cooperatively and effectively with team members to achieve shared goals, willingly assisting others and fostering a positive and productive team environment.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to recognize, understand, and adhere to safety protocols and procedures in the workplace; proactive in identifying potential hazards, taking steps to mitigate risks, and ensuring that both personal and collective safety are maintained in all tasks and environments.
• Personal Accountability - Honoring your commitments to yourself and others. Acknowledging and correcting your own mistakes. Taking full ownership to address and fix problems vs. deflecting blame to others.
• Initiative and Self-Motivation - Ability to take proactive steps, anticipate needs, and act without needing constant direction or supervision; drives to pursue goals, generates ideas, and seeks opportunities for improvement or innovation without waiting for external prompts.