Waste Services Garbage Truck Helper

Interstate Waste Services is hiring Garbage Truck-Collection Helpers

Chester, NY Depot

Highlights

• Early start time
• Hourly pay - $17.00 with overtime pay
  • *** Pay will be increased to $19.28/hour after 6 months of employment
• *** Pay will be increased to $19.28/hour after 6 months of employment
• Monday thru Friday with some Saturday hours

Interstate Waste Services is the most progressive and innovative provider of solid waste and recycling services in the country! We primarily service Northern New Jersey, Southern New York State, New York City, and recently expanded our operations of transfer stations into Pennsylvania and Ohio, where we also own and operate a state-of-the-art rail-served landfill. We cater to a diverse range of residential, industrial, and commercial customers. Our mission has always been to provide our customers with the highest quality waste, recycling, and environmental services, while keeping focus on employee, customer, and environmental safety.

• Learn garbage routes to better assist driver
• Assist the driver while maneuvering into positions for collection and disposal
• Attend all required training, operational meetings, and mandatory monthly Safety Meetings
• Transfer refuse in a timely and safe manner from customer stops to vehicle.
• Maintain and partake in daily clean-up of vehicle

• Helpers spend majority of daily routine both in the cab of the truck, on the back of the truck, or moving around the truck for trash collection
• Helpers must be able to constantly lift, push, and pull waste bags and receptacles that weigh approximately 50-75+ lbs. as part of their daily routine. The bags usually have no wheels or handles for easier maneuverability, so the employee must have the physical strength to carry out the job duties.
• Helpers must be able to physically mount and dismount the truck throughout the duration of the work day

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and legally eligible to work in the United States
• Position requires a team-player attitude as job is spent in close quarters with other staff members that all rely on one another
• Applicants must meet physical standards as specified above
• Experience from the sanitation industry is strongly preferred

IWS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.