Solid Waste and Recycling Laborer Extra Driver
City of Cedar Rapids
HOURLY WAGE: New Hire: $20.50 · 1 year: $22.58 · 2 years: $23.81 · 3 years: $25.12
The City of Cedar Rapids is looking to hire a full-time Solid Waste Recycling Laborer Extra Driver to provide timely, courteous and efficient curbside collections to maintain a safe, clean, and healthy Community. Apply now!
At the City, we are committed to employing individuals who reflect our community’s diverse backgrounds. We appreciate and leverage the vast experience individuals bring beyond the technical requirements of a job. If you are an individual with similar experience listed here please consider applying. Experience and skills combined with commitment to our core values is key to building a greater community now and for the next generation; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to this position. Any person who anticipates needing accommodations for any part of the recruitment process please contact Katie Ulmer (k.ulmer@cedar-rapids.org or 319-286-5138).
What’s in it for you?
The City provides outstanding pay, benefits and paid time off. With participation in the Wellness Program, the Choice Family PPO plan cost is only $63.88 per month for 2022! Additionally we offer:
- Medical co-insurance for participating providers of 90% plan / 10% employee
- Competitive pay
- Iowa Public Employee’s Retirement Pension plans (IPERS) (Download PDF reader) with a 9.44% City contribution and 6.29% employee contribution
- 457 deferred compensation employer match program (City will match up to 0.05% of your annual income each calendar year—learn more here.)
- Flexible Spending (Health Care and Dependent Care Accounts- learn more here)
- An average of 11 paid holidays per year
- Up to $3,000 per year in educational assistance
- 4 weeks of paid parental leave
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness – (The PSLF program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments while working full-time for a qualifying employer. See more info here. )
- Annual pay increases
- Typically receive annual cost of living increase depending on budget
- 100% City paid basic life insurance
- Dental, vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance
- View our Bargaining Benefits Summaries (Download PDF reader)
- Expansive job growth opportunities
- Commitment to professional development
- Private health & wellness coaching partnerships
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About the Position:
We are searching for a team player who is dependable, self-motivated, hardworking and professional to join our organization! The ideal candidate is one whom wants to deliver exceptional customer service and can work successfully with other team members.
Provides general labor in carrying out Department operations including the collection and disposal of either solid waste or recycling on a City-wide basis.
Successful completion of a pre-employment background check, physical examination (if applicable) and drug screen are required prior to employment with the City of Cedar Rapids.
The City of Cedar Rapids does not offer sponsorship for employment authorization.
Examples of Duties / Knowledge & Skills
- Provides labor as required for Nuisance Abatement clean ups, road side litter collection and illegal dumping clean ups;
- Unloads tractor trailer deliveries of 35, 65 and 95 gallon GARBY, YARDY and CURBY collection carts;
- Delivers GARBY, YARDY and CURBY carts to customers;
- Performs in field repairs of GARBY, YARDY and CURBY carts and collects damaged GARBY, YARDY and CURBY carts;
- Responds, when assigned, to customer complaints concerning missed garbage, yard waste or recycling;
- Distributes door hangers and other information as required when issues arise concerning collection programs;
- Provides additional labor to other City Department for emergencies, special events, other miscellaneous projects and on a seasonal basis to assist with repairs and maintenance;
- Performs house keeping chores around our building by cleaning, organizing and sweeping our garage, washing GARBY, YARDY and CURBY carts and washing and detailing our extra trucks;
- Repairs sod and replaces mail boxes that have been damaged by Solid Waste and Recycling trucks;
- Drives, ensures proper maintenance of and operates all mechanisms for loading and unloading rear loading, side loading, side loading semi-automated and side loading fully automated collection trucks, as required, in the daily pickup of solid waste, yard waste or recycling;
- Cleans up spilled garbage, debris, litter, yard waste or recyclables and placing it into the collection truck;
- Collects small dead animals found on the street while on collection routes;
- Collects garbage, yard waste and recyclables separately from each other, tags unacceptable garbage, yard waste or recycling and takes the loaded truck to either the landfill, compost site, recycling facility, transfer station or other designated waste disposal facility;
- Collects, on a rotating scheduled basis the litter receptacles in the Downtown area of the City of Cedar Rapids;
- Provides front line public relation activities by maintaining a professional attitude when dealing with all residential customers and staff;
- Adheres to all (OSHA) Occupational Safety Health Administration Rules and Regulations including the wearing of all designated safety equipment required by the City of Cedar Rapids Department of Solid Waste and Recycling;
- Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with City policies, procedures and safety practices;
- Attends work regularly at the designated place and time;
- Supports continuous process improvement initiatives;
- Performs related work as required.
Acceptable Experience and Training:
Graduation from High School or a GED; and
Minimum one year of experience driving a CDL vehicle required;
Experience picking up or delivering items preferred; or
Any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.
Valid Commercial Driver’s License, (Class B) with air brake endorsement and valid Medical Examiners Certificate.