Transfer Station Equipment Operator

Waste Connections•Ottawa, ON

11d•CA$33 - CA$35•Onsite

About The Position

Waste Connections of Canada is an integrated services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services to local residents and businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada. We’re proud to be a different kind of company with a different kind of culture. One where self-directed, empowered employees have our trust and full support to realize their potential as they strive to make a bigger and better impact on their communities and careers every day. Our priority is to make sure we hire safe equipment operators that care about the safety of our team and the service provided to our customers. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.

Requirements

2+ years’ experience running heavy equipment
Knowledge of heavy equipment operation and maintenance
Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures
Must be able to pass all pre-employment requirements

Responsibilities

Operating heavy equipment such as: front-end loaders, skid steers and excavator
Ensuring recycled material is sorted into the appropriate piles and loaded into trailers as needed
Performing routine inspection and maintenance on equipment
Ensuring a safe and clean working space for all operators and employees
Promoting continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices
Interacting with customers and Waste Connections employees to determine safe and environmentally sound solutions to service issues