Job description

SCOPE OF WORK:
This position is responsible to provide safe, reliable and efficient transportation of recyclable materials items and other functions associated with providing recycling services to the community.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.
• Refuel trucks or add other fluids, such as oil or brake fluid.
• Fill out defective equipment reports.
• Operate Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, compactors and passenger vehicles.
• Drive trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas.
• Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise recycling bins and secure contents into openings in truck bodies.
• Dismount trucks to collect recyclables and remount trucks to ride to the next collection point.
• Communicate with coordinator any delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, or other maintenance problems.
• Check road or weather conditions to determine how routes will be affected.
• Provide courteous customer service when picking up recyclables and maintain good working relationships with partnering businesses.
• Performs other duties including but not limited to fulfillment of work schedules, adherence to attendance policies, and other applicable operating rules, policies and procedures. SKILLS & ABILITIES:
• Ability to drive cargo trucks — Stake Side Heavy Duty Trucks; Box Trucks and 12-Passenger Vans.
• Ability to operate a forklift.
• Ability to operate machinery such as packaging compactors.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Ability to accurately record and deliver information, meet deadlines, and maintain confidentiality of restricted information.
• Ability to perform successfully under moderately stressful conditions, to respond immediately to crisis situations, and to balance priorities within and between work sites.
• Ability to maintain personal composure, tactfully handle difficult situations, and interpret questions correctly; ability to behave in a friendly, understanding, helpful, and professional manner with customers and program staff.
• Ability to explain, demonstrate and clarify to others, the understanding of the well-established principles, practices, policies and procedures.
• Basic knowledge of computers and micro soft word.WORK CONDITIONS & ENVIRONMENT:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work is performed outdoors, exposed to weather and in an enclosed vehicle and warehouse type building.
• Work conditions include Exposure to Contaminants such as dust or odor.
• Must be able to sit, walk and stand for long periods.
• Must be able to use your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Must be able to bend, stoop and reach.
• Must be able to exert physical effort in light to moderate work involving lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.
• Must wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves or Hearing Protection, or Hard Hats.
• Must be able to read, understand, and explain various forms and written material.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• High School Diploma
• Three years driving experience with California Driver's License, Class C

Candidate Screening Process Only complete applicant information will be evaluated by the screening committee as soon as possible after the closing date. Application materials will be evaluated to determine how fully the applicant meets the Desirable Qualifications. This evaluation process will determine which applicants may be invited for an interview. The most successful interviewees will be invited to a second interview. All costs incurred as a result of the application/selection process shall be borne by the applicant. Note: Incomplete applicant information will not be forwarded for consideration in the hiring process. All documents received become the property of CSET and will not be returned. Human Resources will not copy any of the materials submitted for the applicant. Notice to all candidates for employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Public Law 99-603, requires that employers obtain documentation from every new employee which authorizes that individual to accept employment in this country. This requirement applies to both United States citizens and aliens. Community Service, Employment and Training, Inc. is an equal Employment Opportunity Employer, committed to equal opportunity and treatment in all aspects of it relations with staff members, without regard to race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age or disability.

Salary Range: $16.00-$21.81 hourly/ $2773.33-$3780.40 monthly/ $33280.00-$45364.80 annually
Service Area: Tulare County
Hours/week: 40

Open til filled

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.00 - $17.14 per hour

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