Assistant Division Manager Solid Waste Collection G127

This position is responsible for assisting in overseeing the operation of the Solid Waste and Recycling Division.

• Assists the Solid Waste and Recycling Manager in planning, directing, and coordinating the daily operations of the division.
• Assists in responding to and resolving complaints and grievances.
• Prepares reports; conducts studies detailing the types and methods of solid waste and recycling collection and the probability of implementation.
• Prepares monthly and weekly reports as required.
• Oversees the tree-for-fee program.
• Schedules training for the division.
• Directs special programs and projects for the Solid Waste and Recycling Manager.
• Assists the Waste Collection/Recycling Supervisor in the analysis and restructuring of solid waste and recycling routes.
• Confers with division manager and upper management to keep informed on key issues and progress toward objectives and to gain their support and approval; makes recommendations to assist management in making needed improvements.
• Oversees the route supervisors to ensure timely collections and assist them when behind.
• Maintains budgetary prudence and monitors budgetary line item variances.
• Assists the manager in preparing the annual budget, forecasting needs, and preparing equipment specifications.
• Serves on various esprit de corps committees to boost morale, as well as Request for Proposal panels to approve purchases for various divisions and Household Hazardous Waste Day.
• Maintains working relationships with Columbus Water Works to Maintain proper billing of customers.
• Assists in managing the expendable supplies. Writing, reviewing and implementing policies for the division.
• Participates in the hiring and firing of employees. Ensure Contractors are completing assigned duties.
• Enters and closes work orders into the QAlert system.
• Educates the citizens about waste diversion and recycling.
• Attends counsel meeting and speak about matters concerning the Waste and Recycling Collection Division.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of sanitation ordinances governing the collection of solid waste and recycling and solid waste management.
• Knowledge of the methods, principles, and practices of writing and editing.
• Skill in the operation of a computer and various software programs.
• Skill in dealing with the public.
• Skill in performing research and analysis of solid waste/recycling programs.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education. Experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the work of subordinate positions and to be able to answer questions and resolve problems, usually associated with one to three years experience or service. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee frequently lifts light and heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and distinguishes between shades of color.

• Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

The work is typically performed in an office, library, computer room, or outdoors where the employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, machinery with moving parts, contagious or infectious diseases, irritating chemicals, and cold or inclement weather. The work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves.

Salary : $62,440