Sanitation Worker Job at City Of Jonesboro, Jonesboro, AR

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  • City Of Jonesboro
  • Jonesboro, AR

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Do you need a full time job that makes a big difference in your community? Then we want you to come work with us in Sanitation!

Sanitation Worker - Full-Time with Benefits

Job Description

Non-Exempt: Hourly

Department: Sanitation

Reports To Sanitation Supervisor

Location: Public Works, 2601 Dan Ave, Jonesboro

Safety Sensitive: This position is designated as safety/security sensitive and is subject to pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, and random drug and alcohol screening.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

This full-time worker will work 40 hours per week and is responsible for accompanying a sanitation refuse truck along a route to load refuse, brush, limbs, and recycling. This position will work outdoors in all types of weather, loading refuse manually into the truck, working at the incinerator site, weed- eating, and performing other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Assists with inspecting truck prior to leaving on route to ensure that is properly cleaned, serviced, fuel, equipped. This duty is performed daily.

2. Assists with unloading the truck at the landfill. This duty is performed daily.

3. Assists with maintenance of the truck. This duty is performed daily.

4. Performs routine customer service responsibilities dealing with both citizens and City employees following standard rules and procedures. This duty is performed daily.

5. Picks up and removes trash along sides of streets. This duty is performed daily.

6. Rides with a refuse truck to collect refuse, pushes carts to the truck, empties carts, and returns carts to curbs. This duty is performed daily.

7. Picks up limbs and brush. This duty is performed daily.

8. Assists with picking up recycling items for residents and assists in unloading procedures at Hummel stein. This duty is performed daily.

9. Records mileage and fuel consumption. This duty is performed daily.

10. Assists driver in backing truck by giving directions. This duty is performed daily.

11. Attends safety training classes. This duty is performed daily.

12. Works closely with other City employees to provide safe and sanitary environment. This duty is performed daily.

13. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum requirement; general educational background without high school completion, plus 0 to 6 months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to read and understand documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers. Ability to perform these mathematical skills using money and other forms of measurement.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Ability to use common sense understanding in order to carry out simple multi-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with limited variables.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Valid Driver License – if driving city vehicle.

SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED

Not indicated.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Under immediate supervision, with short assignments of work at frequent interval with regular check of work.

PLANNING

Limited responsibility with regard to specific assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work operations.

DECISION MAKING

Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and which would not only affect the operating efficiency of the individual involved, but would also affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a slight degree.

MENTAL DEMAND

Moderate mental demand. Operations requiring almost continuous attention, but work is sufficiently repetitive that a habit cycle is formed; operations requiring intermittent directed thinking to determine or select materials, equipment or operations where variable sequences may be selected by the employee.

ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING

Strictly repetitive. Repetitive activities or duties using established processes, directions or sequence of steps coupled with immediate supervision. Learned things in simple situations.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS

Responsibility for work of others: Not indicated.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT

No responsibility for this factor.

ACCURACY

Probable errors of internal scope readily detected in normal course of work by standard check or routine crosscheck within a single department or office. Errors resulting from inaccuracy would create minor confusion, delay or expense to correct the situation.

ACCOUNTABILITY

FREEDOM TO ACT

Defined. Semi-repetitive prescribed processes and procedures with nearby supervision.

ANNUAL MONETARY IMPACT

The amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities. Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, and savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower.

None. Job does not create any dollar monetary impact for the organization.

IMPACT ON END RESULTS

Minimal impact. Job is focused on non-supervisory decision making activities and has minor impact on the organization's end results.

PUBLIC CONTACT

Frequent contacts with general public, patrons, or other outside representatives, wherein the manner of handling these contacts has a bearing on the organization's position and operation.

EMPLOYEE CONTACT

Contacts occasionally with others beyond immediate associates, but generally of a routine nature. May obtain, present or discuss data, but only as pertains to an immediate and specific assignment. No responsibility for obtaining cooperation or approval of action or decision.

USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS

Regular use of non-complex machines and equipment (adding machines, calculators, copy/fax machines, etc.)

WORKING CONDITIONS

Outside working environment, wherein there are extremely disagreeable working conditions most of the time (e.g. hot mix paving in constant sun).

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, outdoor weather conditions; occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

Highly repetitive, highly physical. Highly repetitive type work which requires the concentrated and non-diversified physical demands of the employee.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds; continuously lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision; color vision; and peripheral vision.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time, Immediate start, Outdoor, Work visa,

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