Scale House Operator

Interstate Waste Services • Bridgeport, OH

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Scale Operator will be mainly responsible for weighing in and weight out solid waste vehicles from both company drivers and third-party vendors/haulers. They will oversee receiving payments, checking loads, and always ensuring the safety of the landfill and scale. Serve as first point of contact for any drivers, customers, or other traffic at the scale house. Accurately calculate and process payments, weights and other measurements. Verify incoming loads do not contain any unnecessary or inappropriate material. Various administrative tasks including regular filing, data entry and reporting. Provide general upkeep of the scale house. Additional duties as assigned. This Scale Operator will be based out of our Amsterdam, Ohio Landfill location. This shift will be an overnight position with 3 days on 4 days off, 4 days on 3 days off schedule. Required to use motor coordination such as typing, machine operating, etc. throughout the greater part of the workday. Daily exposure to physical environment including odors, loud noises, weather elements, etc.

Requirements

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and legally eligible to work in the United States.
• High school/GED education completed
• Minimum 2 years of warehouse environment experience.
• Working knowledge of general computer skills.
• Knowledgeable in the safe operation of all garage tools, diagnostic equipment, lifts, hoists, and jacking equipment
• Consistently capable of working independently to safely analyze and resolve problems.
• Fluency in English required

Nice To Haves

• Higher education is a plus.
• Experience from the sanitation industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with scales is strongly preferred.
• Spanish bilingual is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Weighing in and weight out solid waste vehicles from both company drivers and third-party vendors/haulers
• Oversee receiving payments
• Checking loads
• Ensuring the safety of the landfill and scale
• Serve as first point of contact for any drivers, customers, or other traffic at the scale house
• Accurately calculate and process payments, weights and other measurements
• Verify incoming loads do not contain any unnecessary or inappropriate material
• Various administrative tasks including regular filing, data entry and reporting
• Provide general upkeep of the scale house
• Additional duties as assigned

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED