Driver Helper (Omaha, NE)

FCC Environmental Services•Omaha, NE

1d•Onsite

About The Position

To assist in the collection of residential solid waste. Start your career with FCC and become part of our global team of passionate waste industry professionals.

Requirements

Must know and use proper lifting techniques to avoid injury.
Able to recognize unacceptable waste (such as gasoline and other flammable, hazardous materials) and report it to the driver.
Able to follow safe operating practices, including lockout/tagout procedures to ensure truck is inoperative when working in the truck body.
Walking, jogging, bending, climbing, twisting, lifting, and carrying waste weighing up to 75 lbs. (avg. 20-25 lbs.) from curbside to the rear hopper of the truck.
Sufficient stamina for steady work pace through and entire shift.
Ability to work utilizing hearing protection, reflective vest, steel-toed work shoes, utility gloves and safety glasses (PPE)
Reaching, pushing, pulling levers
Pushing and pulling containers weighing from 300-400 lbs.
Reaching to hook up cables.
Pushing/pulling levers to operate winch and packer mechanism
Climbing into body of vehicle approximately 3-4 feet above ground level.
Shoveling, sweeping and pulling debris lodged under the packer blade.

Nice To Haves

Uses a barrel and dolly to collect waste on back-door service routes.
Lifts large, bulky items (such as washers, dryers, tree limbs, concrete, etc.) from curbside to the truck hopper

Responsibilities

Loads residential waste into the hopper of a rear-load truck
Operates mechanical packer to load and compact trash from hopper into the truck body
When assigned, assists in loading waste from rear-load containers into the truck
Assists the driver in cleaning the packer blade and truck body as required on landfill stops