Heavy Equipment Operator II (Refuse Driver)

Salary\: $49,790 - $74,672

This position is selected for the Hiring Incentive Program. The incentive shall be in the amount of three thousand dollars ($3000.00) upon completion of the probationary period. The hiring incentive will be paid (if funds are available) by the Department/Division which appoints the applicant. The hiring incentive is not available to current City employees. This position also has an On-Call rate of $70.00 per shift.

Position Grade\: 209G

Department\: Refuse Division

Job Type\: Full-Time (Permanent)

Examination Number\: EX1661

Location\: St. Louis, MO

Incumbents in this position are responsible for operating heavy automotive vehicles that lift and load refuse, yard waste and recycling containers into trucks and then driving it to a landfill.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities\:

● Drives heavy, specialized vehicles (such as 'One-Arm Bandits') and related refuse removal and disposal equipment.

● Conducts pre-trip and post trip inspections.

● Washes and fuels vehicles.

● Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities\:

● Data Utilization\: Requires the ability to process, calculate, compute, summate, and/or tabulate data and/or information.

● Human Interaction\: Requires the ability to explain, demonstrate and clarify to others, such as co-workers and the general public, within well-established policies, procedures and standards. Ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from supervisors.

● Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use\: Requires the ability to operate equipment and machinery requiring monitoring multiple conditions and making multiple, complex and rapid adjustments, such as on automated refuse dump trucks, roll off container trucks, boom trucks, packer trucks, and front-end loaders.

● Verbal Aptitude\: Requires the ability to utilize a variety of reference data and information such as work orders, operating instructions and schedules.

● Mathematical Aptitude\: Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction.

● Functional Reasoning\: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

● Situational Reasoning\: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

● Environmental Factors\: Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents and traffic hazards.

● Physical Requirements\: Tasks may involve the ability to exert heavy physical effort typically involving some combination of lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling moderately heavy objects and materials weighing up to fifty (50) pounds, occasionally involving objects such as bulky materials up to one hundred (100) pounds. Tasks require the ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, balance, bend, and climb in order to perform equipment operation and manual labor duties.

● Sensory Requirements\: Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of sound, odor, and materials associated with the operation of equipment and manual labor.

Other Requirements\:

● Some positions may require shifts, weekend, and holiday assignments.

● These positions may require availability for 24-hour snow call.