Temporary - Austin Resource Recovery Associate (Driver Helper) - City of Austin

Description

Minimum Qualifications
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:

• Six (6) months of experience performing general labor.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• Valid Texas Class C Driver license, as required by position.
• To be considered for employment in this position applicants must comply with Department of Transportation Federal Regulations and the City of Austin Drug Policy.

Notes to Applicants

Position Overview for Operational:

This position(s) will be driver helper and may require some or all of the following:

• Servicing approximately homes utilizing a commercial waste management vehicle. Boarding and exiting the cab of a collection truck, as well as stepping on and off the rear step using hand and foot holds. The position will be retrieving carts and bags from house to house with continual stretching, bending and stooping and will require pulling your own body weight.
• Delivering, exchanging and maintaining ARR Carts and preparing inventory for deliveries as well as repairing and cleaning and/or disassembling non-usable carts that are picked up from customers throughout the City.
• All positions are very physically demanding and may manually collect bags, branch bundles, personal containers and 96 gallon carts from curbside. Depending on the position, they may transport collected materials via a rear-loader and unload them at processing site.
• All positions work in all types of inclement weather (i.e. cold, wet, hot, etc.) and will be on their feet, walking, bending, stooping and picking up heavy items for most of their work day.

Position Overview for HHW / RRDOC :

• Working at the household hazardous waste collections facility receiving, identifying, segregating, and storing bulk/package hazardous waste from households as well as assisting in setup, breakdown, and cleanup the facility and coordinating with waste disposal companies on packing and loading hazardous waste for transportation.

Schedule for Operational:
Operational: Monday - Friday, 6:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

All positions will require extended hours and to work holidays, weekends and seasonal shift changes as needed.

Schedule for HHW / RRDOC :
For Household Hazardous Waste - 40 hrs/week, Mon-Sat on a rotation schedule with staff working half their time on a Mon-Fri schedule and the other half of their time on a Tues-Sat schedule. Mon-Fri hours between 8 am to 5pm and Saturday 6am and 1pm.

All positions will require extended hours and to work holidays and weekends as needed.

Additional Information:

• A competency assessment may be required to verify your skill set.
• This posting may be used to fill other similar
• Positions within Austin Resource Recovery outside of the division listed above.
• A detailed and complete job application is required and helps us to better evaluate your qualifications. In completing your job application, please be sure to provide a COMPLETE employment history regarding any and all relevant work experience that you would like for us to consider. Please be thorough in completing the employment application and list all experience and education that is relevant to this position. For each position, please describe your specific experience as it relates to the minimum and preferred qualifications. This information will also be used to determine salary in the event that you are selected for this position. You will not be given the opportunity to provide additional work experience once you complete and submit your job application. Furthermore, if selected as the top candidate, you will not be permitted to present additional work experience for salary calculation purposes.
• Veteran candidates will be required to provide a copy of their DD214 at the time of interview.
• Each individual who submits an Application as provided in the Municipal Civil Service Rules and meet the Minimum Qualifications for a Competitive Position shall be considered a Candidate for that Position. Employees, in Good Standing, who are Candidates within the Department or division that the Position resides in and who meet the Minimum and Preferred Qualifications (if any) of the Position will be included in the initial interview.
• NOTE : All Austin Resource Recovery locations are tobacco-free. Use of tobacco products and/or e-cigarettes is not permitted on any ARR worksite - including parking lot or in any personal vehicle located on the premises.

Driving Requirement:
This position requires a valid Texas Class C Driver License or the ability to acquire one by your hire date. External New Hires must meet the City of Austin's Driver Record Evaluation ( DRE ) requisite . To be considered for a driving position, applicants cannot have more than three moving violations or a total of six Driver Record Evaluation points within a period of thirty-six (36) months.

Physical requires for Operational Positions:

• The employee is required to perform the following tasks during the normal course of an approximately eight (8) to ten (10) hour day, four (4) to six (6) days a week.
• This position involves sitting while driving a commercial refuse vehicle as well as entering or exiting the cab and the rear step of the truck using hand and foot holds pulling body weight about 18-36 inches around 1250 times per day. The employee will apply up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and less force frequently to move objects. The position requires constant standing and grasping of hand holds roughly 32-54 inches from step to handle while riding on the back of the truck with frequent stops. This will involve continuous use of arms, shoulders, legs and feet to operate drive/steering inputs. Additionally, the employee will frequently be expected to perform tasks involving stretching, bending, twisting, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, lifting and stooping while inspecting vehicle, while rolling 50+ pound refuse containers or throwing items into a refuse truck at approximately 5 feet high.
• This position walks from house to house to retrieve carts, brush, bulk, and bags for approximately 8 -10 hours during a normal work day and works in extreme heat, cold, rain and other bad weather. Additional hazards include working close to mechanical parts, oils, fumes/odors/gases, noise, repetitive motions and vibration which expose joints and muscles to vibration and shock produced by the truck as well as walking near traffic, uneven surfaces, mud, snow, ice or rain daily. Employees may come in contact with blood and/or other potentially infectious materials.
• Employees must have sufficiently good eyesight to drive and inspect trucks and other equipment. Additionally, listening while driving is necessary to hear emergency vehicles and other issues with traffic or operational equipment. Employees must also be able to hear and speak to communicate with supervisors, dispatchers, and citizens.

Physical requires for HHW Positions:

• The employee is required to perform the following tasks during the normal course of an approximately eight (8) to ten (10) hour day, four (4) to six (6) days a week.
• This position involves unloading materials from customers vehicles, loading materials from residences, separating materials by chemical characteristics and putting them in the correct place, bulking compatible chemicals, opening/pouring paints/oil and making Austin ReBlend paint for 8.5 hours during a normal work day. This position is outdoors, so is exposed to hot and cold temperatures. This position will involve continuous use of arms, shoulders, legs and feet while performing activities such as unloading cars, opening paint cans, sorting batteries, sorting chemicals, puncturing aerosols and cleaning duties, such as sweeping. Additionally, the employee will frequently be expected to perform tasks involving stretching, bending, twisting, pushing/pulling, and lifting while inspecting materials and equipment, as well as handling up to 50 pound containers.
• Additional hazards include working close to hazardous chemicals, noise, and repetitive motions, as well as walking near moving vehicles. Employees may come in contact with potentially infectious materials. Employee will drive a forklift at HHW and a pickup in town.
• Employees must have sufficiently good eyesight and reading comprehension to evaluate materials and other equipment. Employees must also be able to hear and speak to communicate with supervisors, and citizens and to safely operate operational equipment. All necessary training and Personnel Protective Equipment is provided by the employer.

Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Experience:

• Experience in the waste management industry, construction, and other general labor fields.
• Experience working in a manual labor job outdoors in extreme heat, cold and other inclement weather.
• Experience operating heavy equipment.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

Picks up, processes, or disposes of trash, brush, litter, recyclables, bulky items, re-use items, or compostable items by operating trash collection equipment as appropriate.

Pre-trips all equipment as required by management and maintains detailed vehicle and equipment records.

Constructs and maintains operational equipment including carts.

Performs basic vehicle inspections, maintenance, and repairs including trash carts.

Learns and follows routes, reads street maps and micro routes to locate route destinations.

Completes paperwork, forms, and other reports related to collection activities.

Uses hand tools such as backpack blower, rake, shovel, and sweep to stack, load, and unload smaller debris and litter.

Cleans up illegal dump sites parkland, targeted encampment sites, and other sites with high volume of trash-related complaints or concerns throughout the City of Austin.

Provides information to customers, when appropriate, and responds to routine customer questions about work being performed. Places customer notices, door hangers, and public information literature.

Follows all safety rules. Observes and reports accidents, burglaries, and hazardous situations.

Assists other Austin Resource Recovery ( ARR ) crews, as directed, and performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

• None.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of equipment and vehicles used in waste services.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with others.
• Skill in learning simple tasks.
• Skill in using small hand tools.
• Skill in lifting and carrying equipment or materials applicable to the assigned work.
• Skill in lifting and carrying equipment or material applicable to work being performed.
• Skill in reading and writing English necessary to the level of tasks performed.
• Ability to understand oral and written instructions in English.
• Ability to operate required vehicles safely.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow maps and mapping directions.

Criminal Background Investigation This position does not require a Criminal Background Investigation EEO/ADA
The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call or Texas Relay by dialing

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS , AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.
Information For City Employees: If you are an employee within the department, are in good standing and meet both the minimum and preferred qualifications, then you will receive an initial interview.