Sanitation Equipment Operator chez Town of Nags Head, NC

• Proficiently operates a side arm hydraulic loader packer or related sanitation equipment in the collection and disposal of garbage, trash, and/or refuse from residential areas of the Town; transports waste to landfill; operates heavy equipment in early/dark hours around overhead limbs, parked cars and utility lines.

• Operates overhead dumpster packer trucks to empty commercial dumpsters around overhead utility lines, in narrow alley ways, around tree limbs and parked cars or traffic. 

• Operates knuckle boom crane to load heavy appliances, furniture, or yard waste onto dump truck for removal from curbsides. 

• Operates roll off cans to transfer them to other various sites; secures containers for travel. 

• Operates front end loader to load mulch into dump trucks. 

• Rolls cans back into place; collects any trash that falls from cans; retrieves cans if not at curbside. 

• Delivers residential cans. 

• Performs minor maintenance and related care of motorized equipment; cleans and deodorizes trucks; reports maintenance and repair needs to supervisor. 

• Performs pre and post trip checks. 

• Makes records of times, stops, and unusual situations on route. 

• Drives a dump or flatbed truck to collect curbside yard waste, trash, furniture and appliances. 

• Delivers dumpsters to commercial sites. 

• Makes records of mileage, times of collection, collection sites, weights for roll off containers both pre and post trip and other records of work activities. 

• May fill in for coworkers or other divisions. 
• Performs related duties as required. 

• Maintain overflowing trash carts 

• Repair, pick-up and deliver trash carts

• Removal of chairs, tents and umbrellas from the roadside

Knowledges Skills and Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of the street system of the Town.

• Considerable knowledge of the operation and maintenance of heavy motorized sanitation equipment in the dark around overhead limbs and utility lines and parked cars and traffic.

• Considerable knowledge of the hazards of the work and related safety precautions.

• Knowledge of traffic laws, ordinances, and regulations regarding the operation of motorized equipment.

• Knowledge of town policies and regulations regarding the collection and disposal of various solid waste materials.

• Skill in the operation of a wide variety of large trucks and heavy equipment in tight locations around traffic and overhead utility lines.

• Ability to identify maintenance and repair needs of equipment.

• Ability to prepare and maintain records of work activities.

• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.

• Ability to work in all types of weather.