Minimum Requirements:
- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
- Commitment to excellence in customer service
- Grade 12 or equivalent
- Successful completion of 50 lb. physical fitness test
- Valid Canadian Provincial drivers license (Non GDL); Class 3 with Q endorsement (air brakes) is an asset
- Documented experience and certification on heavy equipment such as: Loaders, Excavators and Bulldozers will be an asset
- Landfill certification will be an asset
- Must provide a current, 5-year driver’s abstract satisfactory to the employer
- Must provide own CSA Approved (with green triangle) safety footwear
Minimum Learning requirements to be achieved by the completion of the probation period:
- WHMIS training
- Emergency Response Plan
- Site safety equipment location
- Radio protocol
- Union contact identification/introduction
- New Hire orientation package
- Aquatera Core Values and Principals
Responsibilities
Operational duties:
- Excellent communication skills essential
- Considerable public interface required
- Ability to perform tasks with considerable physical demands
- Operate half ton and three-quarter ton pickup truck
- Control ECO Centre and transfer station activities
- Control activities associated with the recycling and source segregation areas on site
- Collect and sort household hazardous waste
- Maintain housekeeping on site, off site and within all buildings
- Control traffic at scale house
- Utilize fuel and flammable materials storage and safe transfer procedures
- Grass cutting/snow removal both with and without mechanized equipment
- Other duties as assigned
As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide or complete the following prior to their start date:
- A copy of a current Canadian driver’s license, (minimum Class 5)
- A current driver’s abstract satisfactory to the Employer
- Pass a 50 lb. physical fitness test
- Complete a comprehensive drug and alcohol test with results satisfactory to the Employer
Compensation and benefits are in accordance with the current C.U.P.E. collective agreement.