Equipment Operator Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• One year of experience operating heavy automotive and specialized equipment.
• A Class B commercial driver’s license at the time of application.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying; one year of relevant experience may substitute for each year of required education.
• Knowledge of heavy equipment operation; hazards and safety precautions in heavy equipment operation; traffic laws, ordinances, and rules; and street layouts and routes.
• Skill in safe, efficient operation of assigned equipment and observance of traffic laws and regulations.
• Ability to record work activities and maintain daily logs and journals; detect needed repairs and make necessary operational adjustments; understand and carry out oral and written instructions; work independently; coordinate eye and hand movements; complete accident reports; deal with the public to resolve sanitation service problems; identify hazardous or special waste and take appropriate reporting action; and operate City vehicles requiring a CDL.
• Maintain a current, unexpired, valid State of Arizona class-appropriate driver’s license that is not revoked or suspended; maintain an acceptable driving record and complete required driver training and license-record checks when driving on City business.
• CDL holders must register with the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse and authorize the City of Glendale to conduct limited queries for the duration of employment.
• Successfully undergo required pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and a post-offer physical assessment.
• If operating a personally owned vehicle on City business, maintain the statutorily required liability insurance.

Responsibilities

• Operate heavy automotive and specialized equipment, including street sweepers, one-man sanitation trucks, 40-yard containers, trucks, and trailers.
• Operate brush tractors with grapple buckets, hand-load rear-loaders, balers, sorting lines, crane trucks, and forklifts.
• Fill street-sweeper water tanks and regulate valves controlling the water supply.
• Empty containers into sanitation trucks and operate hydraulic packers to compact refuse; identify non-collectable and acceptable waste.
• Perform routine maintenance and minor repairs, including cleaning and fueling equipment, checking and adding oil, filling radiators, maintaining tire pressure, and adjusting or replacing gutter brooms, conveyor belts, and pick-up brooms.
• Perform safety checks on equipment.
• Monitor the quality of refuse collection, recyclable collection, and the sorting and baling of recyclable materials.
• Operate portable radios.
• Maintain daily logs of work performed, mileage, tons dumped, and equipment condition and performance.
• Complete accident report forms and time sheets.
• Complete public violation notifications and corrective action tags.
• Repair and deliver containers for commercial and residential customers.
• Operate City vehicles requiring a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
• Perform other related duties as assigned.