Equipment Operator - Clinton, United States - GFL Environmental
Description
GFL Benefits:
- Compensation $28$30/hr
- 15 days of paid time off
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision plan options
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k) with an employer match up to 4%
- AND MORE
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform preoperation inspections of equipment, identifying equipment problems and reporting problems to Equipment Management for repairs.
- Refuel trucks and add fluids, as needed.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, safety and maintenance procedures.
- Operate heavy landfill equipment such as scrapers, wheel type or crawler tractors with a dozer blade, landfill blade or bucket attachment, compactors, rolloff refuse trucks, loaders, motor graders and pneumatic tire scrapers.
- Compile daily equipment reports consisting of logging the number of loads excavated and the number of hours spent operating equipment.
- Control landfill fires by smothering them with landfill dirt, isolating them and/or wetting them down with water.
- Communicate with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe routes, accidents, equipment breakdowns.
- Keep informed of weather conditions.
- Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operation, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
- Work closely with traffic control spotters to identify fill areas to be used for dumping solid waste.
Requirements:
- Two years of verifiable bulldozer experience required.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) desired, but not required.
- Two years' operating experience with heavy duty equipment, 6 months as a Landfill Equipment Operator
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Problem solving & formulation.
- Reading and proofreading.
- Reasoning and analyzing.
Machines, Tools, Equipment and Software Used:
Trucks, scrapers, wheel type or crawler tractors with a dozer blade, landfill blade or bucket attachment, compactors, roll-off refuse trucks, loaders, motor graders and pneumatic tire scrapers, seat belts, vehicle inspection equipment.
Physical/Mental Demands:
Carrying, pushing/pulling, climbing, kneeling, crawling, reaching while driving, twisting/turning to view while driving. Employees may work at heights greater than 10 feet. Employees may make continuous arm and hand movements to direct traffic at landfill.
Working Conditions:
Exposure to outdoor elements, small, cramped space such as equipment cab. Exposure to fumes, dust; uneven ground. Low/high temperatures, Wet and/or high humidity, Sudden temperature changes.
GFLTalent
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