Job Title: Rubble Site Operator
Salary range: $19.46 – 22.17 per hour depending on qualifications and experiences (overtime is occasional)
Location: Sturgis Rubble Site (Avalanche Road)
Department: Public Works
Hours: Full-time (40 hours a week), non-exempt with limited overtime opportunities. Eligible for benefits.
Job Description:
This position is responsible for all aspects of the daily operation of the City Rubble Site to include (i) conducting inspections, (ii) operating a motor grader, backhoe, and similar equipment to move achieve desired covering, grades, and compaction, (iii) operating a baler, fork lift, and similar equipment to bale cardboard and other recyclables, and (iv) perform clerical tasks, including handling money and tickets.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Operate a motor grader, loaders, compactors, and similar heavy equipment to cover material deposited at the site, to perform general site maintenance, and to achieve desired grades and compaction;
- Load cardboard (i.e. collapsed boxes) into baler;
- Operate balers, fork lift, and similar equipment to bale cardboard and other recyclables;
- Inspect all incoming loads for suitability in accordance with Rubble Site plan of operation;
- Responsible for punch cards including presale inventory, point-of-sale, and handling money from sales;
- Sell punch cards and make change;
- Ensure proper placement of loads to ensure most effective spreading and/or compacting of materials;
- Spread alternate daily cover as required by permit;
- Responsible for collection and recording of all fees;
- Maintain daily log of Rubble Site activities;
- Inspect Rubble Site to make sure all refuse is secure, work areas are clean and rubble is sorted according to Rubble Site’s plan of operation;
- Provide customer
- Ensure Rubble Site remains in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws;
- Clean bathroom and office facilities as required ensure garage and shop space is tidy;
- Picks up litter along rightsof-way and at the Rubble Site;
- Perform basic preventative, maintenance and basic repair of equipment;
- Performs preoperational inspections;
- Other duties as related to sanitation and refuse;
Non essential duties:
- Use heavy equipment to construct roads and drainage systems;
- Assist with Rally duties, snow removal and other Streets Department as projects required;
- Other duties as assigned;
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
General (Education and/or Experiences):
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED);
- One year related experience and in a construction related field involving the operation of trucks or other related light automotive equipment (or equivalent vocational training courses);
- Prior experience operating heavy equipment (especially graders, loaders, backhoes, and forklifts);
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Able to respond to written or oral instructions;
- Ability to print and communicate (daily reports, respond to customer complaints, etc);
- Ability to read and follow written instruction;
- Basic ability to handle money, count change, and perform basic arithmetic functions;
- Knowledgeable of and always able to use safe lifting techniques;
- Able to safely and properly utilize a “Tommy Lift”;
Required Certifications:
- Standard South Dakota Driver’s License with three years’ acceptable driving record although a South Dakota Class A Commercial Driver’s License is preferred (but not required)
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job as listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms
- Frequently required to talk or hear
- Frequently required to climb into and operate heavy equipment and motor vehicles (which includes sitting for up to 3 hours without break)
- Required occasionally to stoop, kneel, or crouch
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds – can be repetitive lifting when baling cardboard
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Note: May need to safely operate a right hand steering piece of equipment
Other:
- Regular work in outside weather conditions, including wintery and/or humid conditions
- Regular work with vibration
- Regular work in a loud working environment
- Frequent work near moving mechanical parts
- Occasional exposure to fumes and airborne particles
RELATIONSHIPS:
The position shall be supervised by the Sanitation Superintendent and/or Director, Public Works.
This position works closely with other Rubble Site employees as well as the general public.
The following positions report to this position:
- None