Solid Waste And Recycling Laborer Extra Driver

• 4 weeks of paid parental leave
• Commitment to professional development
• Private health & wellness coaching partnerships
• Dental, vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance
• 100% City paid basic life insurance
• Medical co-insurance for participating providers of 90% plan / 10% employee
• Iowa Public Employee’s Retirement Pension plans (IPERS) (Download PDF reader) with a 9.44% City contribution and 6.29% employee contribution
• Competitive pay
• Flexible Spending (Health Care and Dependent Care Accounts- learn more here)
• 457 deferred compensation employer match program (City will match up to 0.05% of your annual income each calendar year—learn more here.)
• Expansive job growth opportunities
• An average of 11 paid holidays per year
• 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. )
• Up to $3,000 per year in educational assistance
• View our Bargaining Benefits Summaries (Download PDF reader)
• Pay raises as determined by bargaining contract

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.
Position Schedule: Monday-Friday 6:30am-2:30pm

• Delivers GARBY, YARDY and CURBY carts to customers;
• 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;
• Distributes door hangers and other information as required when issues arise concerning collection programs;
• Repairs sod and replaces mail boxes that have been damaged by Solid Waste and Recycling trucks;
• Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with City policies, procedures and safety practices;
• Provides labor as required for Nuisance Abatement clean ups, road side litter collection and illegal dumping clean ups;
• 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;
• Unloads tractor trailer deliveries of 35, 65 and 95 gallon GARBY, YARDY and CURBY collection carts;
• Provides front line public relation activities by maintaining a professional attitude when dealing with all residential customers and staff;
• 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;
• Collects small dead animals found on the street while on collection routes;
• Attends work regularly at the designated place and time;
• Performs in field repairs of GARBY, YARDY and CURBY carts and collects damaged GARBY, YARDY and CURBY carts;
• Supports continuous process improvement initiatives;
• Performs related work as required.
• 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;
• Responds, when assigned, to customer complaints concerning missed garbage, yard waste or recycling;
• 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;
• Collects, on a rotating scheduled basis the litter receptacles in the Downtown area of the City of Cedar Rapids;

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Experience picking up or delivering items preferred; or
• Graduation from High School or a GED; and
• Minimum one year of experience driving a CDL vehicle required;
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications:

• Valid Commercial Driver’s License, (Class B) with air brake endorsement and valid Medical Examiners Certificate.