Crew Leader Solid Waste

CLASS SUMMARY:
This position performs journey level maintenance, repair, and/or operational activities in solid waste and recycling collection. Typical duties may include: coordinating the work of lower level staff; troubleshooting problems; providing customer service; operating and maintaining complex vehicles and/or equipment; performing vehicle and/or equipment repairs; and, troubleshooting complex maintenance and operational problems. Depending on assignment, may serve as a lead to lower level staff.

Positions assigned to Solid Waste may be responsible for:

• Prioritizing work and monitoring the operations of lower-level staff and/or temporary workers.
• Providing quality control for operations related to solid waste, recycling, and yard waste collections, and street sweeping.
• Providing customer service by responding to and resolving approved customer requests

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
High School Diploma or GED and 3 years of increasingly responsible experience in solid waste or recycling collection; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

LICENSING REQUIREMENTS:
Depending on assignment, may require:
-Class B CDL

KNOWLEDGE:

• Work prioritization and evaluation principles;
• Applicable tools and equipment related to assigned area of operation;
• Applicable principles, policies, and procedures related to the journey-level performance in the assigned area of responsibility;
• Occupational hazards and safe work methods;
• Inventory principles;
• Recordkeeping principles;
• Applicable Federal, State, and City laws and regulations.

SKILLS:

• Performing journey-level maintenance and operational activities in assigned area of responsibility;
• Operating applicable tools, equipment, and machinery;
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting issues related to, assigned area of responsibility;
• Preparing and maintaining a variety of maintenance and operational records;
• Prioritizing and evaluating work;
• Reading and comprehending manuals, specifications, drawings, and blueprints;
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Positions in this class typically require: climbing, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Incumbents may be exposed to hazardous physical conditions, such as, mechanical parts, electrical currents, and vibrations; atmospheric conditions, such as fumes, odors, gases, and poor ventilation; extreme temperatures; inadequate lighting; work space-related movement restrictions; and intense noise.