What are the responsibilities and job description for the Seasonal Public Works - Compost & Clean Fill Facility Attendant position at City of Janesville Wisconsin?
CITY OF JANESVILLE DIVERSITY STATEMENT:
The residents of Janesville choose this community, not just as a place to live, but as a place to realize life’s opportunities. We strive to sustain a community culture where differences are recognized, understood, and appreciated. As such, the City of Janesville recognizes the importance of developing an environment where diversity is not merely accepted but embraced and celebrated. As public servants, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. To this end, we will diligently recruit and retain the most talented employees in an environment that fosters maximizing one’s potential. Therefore, we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to consider employment with the City of Janesville and serve the residents of “Wisconsin’s Park Place”.
OBJECTIVE:
Under general supervision of the Assistant Operations Director - Solid Waste, performs a variety of attendant duties, data entry, and customer service for the efficient and effective operation of the City’s Compost Site and Clean Fill Facility during the months of March through early December.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports directly to the Assistant Operations Director – Solid Waste and indirectly to the Operations Director.
Supervises: Has no regular supervisory duties.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:The residents of Janesville choose this community, not just as a place to live, but as a place to realize life’s opportunities. We strive to sustain a community culture where differences are recognized, understood, and appreciated. As such, the City of Janesville recognizes the importance of developing an environment where diversity is not merely accepted but embraced and celebrated. As public servants, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. To this end, we will diligently recruit and retain the most talented employees in an environment that fosters maximizing one’s potential. Therefore, we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to consider employment with the City of Janesville and serve the residents of “Wisconsin’s Park Place”.
OBJECTIVE:
Under general supervision of the Assistant Operations Director - Solid Waste, performs a variety of attendant duties, data entry, and customer service for the efficient and effective operation of the City’s Compost Site and Clean Fill Facility during the months of March through early December.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports directly to the Assistant Operations Director – Solid Waste and indirectly to the Operations Director.
Supervises: Has no regular supervisory duties.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Receives vehicles and customers entering the disposal sites and directs them to proper disposal areas based on waste types and quantities.
- Ensures vehicles and customers are in compliance with disposal site policies and procedures. Screens incoming waste loads for banned materials; rejects unacceptable waste materials.
- Processes cash and charge payments in accordance with established site user fees. Collects money, processes payment and issues receipt for payment. Enters financial transactions into computer software system and balances the deposit.
- Prepares appropriate financial records and billing reports as required for use by other division and department staff.
- Maintains accurate and current records of daily disposal site operations.
- Communicates via radio to other city employees.
- Performs related office duties, including filing materials, sorting materials. Performs cleaning activities within attendant building.
- Responds to customer inquiries of basic division information within established guidelines; refers customer to appropriate person.
- Maintains confidentiality of the division.
- Follows all safety regulations, policies, and procedures; reports all unsafe conditions and acts to supervisor; reports all accidents to the supervisor immediately whenever possible; follows recognized safe work practices.
- Performs other special projects and other job duties as assigned or required during regular and non-business hours.
- All employees may be assigned by the City Manager or their designee to perform duties and assume responsibilities that are outside the scope of their work duties when the City Manager has declared a City disaster or the City Emergency Operations Center has been initiated.
Minimum education and experience required to perform essential duties of the position.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Previous clerical and customer service experience preferred.
- A valid, state-issued driver’s license at time of hire is required.
For successful performance in this position, the incumbent will need to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Skills
- Basic level of technical proficiency skills, including computer applications and software such as Microsoft Office.
- Organizational and time management skills to prioritize duties and accomplish a high volume of work product while adapting to constant changes in priority.
- Exceptional communication skills, paired with a strong customer service background, and effective interpersonal skills.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate efficiently, effectively, and courteously in verbal and written form.
- Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations, including the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to compute percentages.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, adapt to changing priorities, and to work smoothly and cooperatively on a variety of projects.
- Ability to operate office equipment, including cash drawer, personal computer, printer, telephone and calculator.
- Ability to process, issue, and balance cash receipts.
- Ability to maintain accurate records, prepare reports, and handle multiple tasks.
- Ability to make decisions according to applicable laws, regulations, established procedures, and the directives of the City Manager and City Council.
- Ability to comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures, and report all unsafe activities or conditions to supervisor.
- Ability to interact/respond to citizen inquires or guide them to the appropriate service.
- Ability to maintain a valid, state-issued driver’s license.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with City appointed and elected officials, Department, Division, and Office heads, City employees, consultants, developers, architects, engineers, realtors, surveyors, community interest groups, other governmental agencies, and the general public.
- Exhibit exceptional professionalism, tact, and decorum in all areas of work duties.
- Strong ethics base built upon integrity, honesty, initiative, and respect; maintain strict confidentiality.
- Interact positively with a diverse group of individuals, and work effectively both as part of a team and independently.
- Embrace and actively promote an inclusive and equitable work environment.
- Conduct all business and working relationships in an accurate, fair, equitable and highly ethical manner.
- Work with the public in a fair and consistent manner, maintaining objectivity and excluding personal bias while performing job duties
- Reliable, timely, and proactive in the completion of duties, meeting deadlines and responding to inquiries.
- Work with others in a positive and supportive manner to solve problems, generate ideas, and accomplish division and City goals.
EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES:
Personal computer, printer, cash register, telephone, calculator, software applications including, but not limited to Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Point-Of-Sale software applications.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office environment. An individual in this position is frequently involved in sedentary work, which requires sitting for the majority of the time. This position occasionally walks, stands, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls, and exerts up to 30 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling objects. The employee is frequently required to see/observe, talk/speak, and listen/hear; use their hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate objects and equipment; repetitive arm, wrist, hand, and eye movements are included. There is frequent twisting, reaching, wrist turning, and grasping. The employee may be required to climb or balance. On occasion, this position may be required to perform activities in an outdoor setting and/or on uneven surfaces.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment. Employee is required to use cognitive ability to reason, analyze, and verbalize thoughts and ideas. Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials or tasks.
The employee may, on occasion, be exposed to outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and extreme cold. The employee may work near moving mechanical parts in precarious places; and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic, or caustic chemicals, and vibration. The working conditions in the office environment are comfortable. The noise level in the office environment is generally quiet to moderately noisy.
This position will work every other week Monday – Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and one Saturday a month from 7:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position, or is responsive to the needs of the City of Janesville.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
The City of Janesville, Wisconsin, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
Personal computer, printer, cash register, telephone, calculator, software applications including, but not limited to Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Point-Of-Sale software applications.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office environment. An individual in this position is frequently involved in sedentary work, which requires sitting for the majority of the time. This position occasionally walks, stands, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls, and exerts up to 30 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling objects. The employee is frequently required to see/observe, talk/speak, and listen/hear; use their hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate objects and equipment; repetitive arm, wrist, hand, and eye movements are included. There is frequent twisting, reaching, wrist turning, and grasping. The employee may be required to climb or balance. On occasion, this position may be required to perform activities in an outdoor setting and/or on uneven surfaces.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment. Employee is required to use cognitive ability to reason, analyze, and verbalize thoughts and ideas. Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials or tasks.
The employee may, on occasion, be exposed to outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and extreme cold. The employee may work near moving mechanical parts in precarious places; and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic, or caustic chemicals, and vibration. The working conditions in the office environment are comfortable. The noise level in the office environment is generally quiet to moderately noisy.
This position will work every other week Monday – Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and one Saturday a month from 7:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position, or is responsive to the needs of the City of Janesville.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
The City of Janesville, Wisconsin, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
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