City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

Austin Resource Recovery Operator Senior

Under general supervision, this position spends the majority of each workday setting-up, operating, maintaining specialized vehicles and equipment while performing general labor in the recovery and processing of resources, as required by position.

1. Picks up, processes, or disposes of trash, brush, litter, recyclables, bulky items, re-use items, or compostable items and dumps collected materials at designated dump sites/landfill. Maintains dedicated bus lanes and bikeways on residential and major streets in City of Austin.
2. Pre-trips all vehicles and heavy equipment, as required by management; maintains detailed vehicle and equipment records; completes paperwork, forms, and reports related to collection activities.
3. Learns and follows routes, reads street maps, and micro-routes to locate route destinations.
4. Trains others in the proper use of equipment and vehicles as required by management.
5. Sets up, operates, and maintains (as required by position) automated collection vehicles, street sweeper vehicles, rear-loader vehicles, rubber-wheeled loader, truck-mounted knuckle-boom grapple loader (crane), tractor trailer rig, truck trailer rig to haul equipment and materials, heavy equipment, landfill-wheeled trash compactor; track dozer loader with waste handling, paddle wheel scraper, track dozer with angle and straight blade, brush tub grinder, motor grader, wheeled/tracked excavator, fuel service truck, forklift, tanker, high-lift rubber tire loader, dump truck, water truck, roll-off truck, roll-off truck/roll-off trailer combination, and other industry related equipment as assigned.
6. Checks, refills, or changes fluids, belts, hoses, or safety features of various waste management industry equipment.
7. Operates hand tools, air-powered wrenches in performing replacement of worn equipment parts; uses hand tools such as backpack blower, rake, shovel, and sweep to stack, load, and unload smaller debris and litter (as required by position).
8. Hauls leachate and documents all loads following regulatory guidelines pertaining to landfills (as required by position).
9. Decides whether to pick up trash that is set out improperly. 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.
10. Cleans up illegal dump sites, parkland, targeted homeless encampment sites, and other sites with high volume of trash-related complaints or concerns throughout the City of Austin.
11. Follows all safety rules. Observes and reports accidents, burglaries, and hazardous situations.
12. Assists other Austin Resource Recovery (ARR) crews as directed and performs other duties as assigned and performs the tasks of ARR Associates, Operator Trainees, and Operators as needed.

• Knowledge of ARR processes, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of equipment and vehicles used in waste services.
• Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of assigned equipment and vehicles.
• Skill in reading and understanding blueprints and plans.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with other City employees and the public.
• Skill in heavy lifting and carrying equipment or materials applicable to the work being performed.
• Skill in operating power tools.
• Skill in using small hand tools.
• Skill in reading and writing English necessary to the level of tasks performed.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions in English including manuals and instruction panels.
• Ability to operate required vehicles safely.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
• Ability to train or assist in the training of employees as required by management.
• Ability to drive and operate various truck/tractor and trailer combination vehicles on residential streets.
• Ability to manipulate knuckle boom grapple loader in tight restricted spaces.
• Ability to communicate safety procedures.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow maps and mapping directions.

• Graduation from an accredited high school or equivalent, plus two (2) years of driving experience with a Commercial Driver License.
• One (1) year of additional experience may substitute for education up to a maximum of four (4) years.

• Current Class B* Commercial Driver License.
• Must obtain a Class A Commercial Driver’s License and/or required endorsements within ninety (90) days of employment, 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.