LANDFILL LABORER
Public Works / Salina Municipal Landfill
City of Salina, Kansas
Apply: jobs.salina-ks.gov
The Landfill Laborer plays a vital role in environmental compliance to isolate waste in protecting citizens from pollution & health risks. This position operates light to medium equipment, perform essential maintenance, & helps manage the disposal of waste while preventing hazardous materials from entering the landfill. This hands-on role involves working outdoors, conducting repairs, & keeping landfill operations safe & efficient.
Career Advancement: Landfill Operator I, Landfill Operator II.
On-the-Job Training: Learn to operate medium / heavy equipment & to participate in federal & state regulated landfill practices in the disposal of solid waste.
Duties:
• Performs skilled & semi-skilled manual labor in the maintenance & operation of the City of Salina's municipal solid waste landfill.
• Maintains landfill roads; fixes fence; mows grounds; cleans & maintains buildings; picks up litter & debris.
• Performs service & maintenance to equipment; welds & makes repairs to equipment.
• After training, this position levels, moves, compacts & covers solid waste; assists filling cells where waste is dumped & compacted.
• Looks for & prevents hazardous waste from entering into landfill extinguishes fires.
Equipment:
• Light to medium equipment: Litter pickers, mechanic’s hand & power tools, mowers, pickups, road sweepers, tractor mowers, weed eaters, welder, etc.
• Heavy equipment training to include: Bulldozers, dump truck, trash compactors, earth scrapers, front-end loaders, motor graders, & self-propelled scrapers.
Education: High school diploma or G.E.D.
Experience:
• One (1) year of construction work operating light & medium equipment.
• Horizontal & vertical land construction work desired.
Related Work: Construction laborer; fence construction; fire suppression & prevention; front-end loader operation moving heavy material; hazardous waste removal work; highway & road maintenance; hydraulic, irrigation, large truck, diesel & heavy equipment repair; welding; work using self-propelled scrapers, bulldozers & equipment in moving, pushing & pulling large quantities of dirt or rock.
Requirements:
• Must possess a valid Kansas driver’s license at hire.
• Valid Kansas commercial driver’s license (CDL) with air brake endorsement & tanker endorsement is desired but not required.
The City of Salina will pay enrollment fees & pay hourly wages for employees to attend CDL training at Salina Area Technical College.
Work Type: Heavy, exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Hours:
• Monday-Thursday, 6:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. or
• Tuesday–Friday, 6:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Starting pay: $18.97-19.92/hr. DOQ EOE
• Additional $1.50/hour paid for hours worked after 6:00 p.m. & before 6:00 a.m.
Paid Time Off:
• 48 hours of vacation available upon hire; additional 48 hours earned during the year (96 hours in first year).
• 96 hours of sick leave during first year.
Application Deadline: Until filled
Apply: jobs.salina-ks.gov
