Overview

Interstate Waste Services is the most progressive and innovative provider of solid waste and recycling services in the country! We primarily service Northern New Jersey, Southern New York State, New York City, and recently expanded our operations of transfer stations into Pennsylvania and Ohio, where we also own andoperatea state-of-the-artrail-served landfill. We cater to a diverse range of residential,industrialand commercial customers. Our mission has always been to provide our customers with the highest quality waste,recyclingand environmental services, while keeping focus on employee,customerand environmental safety.

What makes our company culture unique is we have mastered the ability to balance the standards of a large corporate company whilemaintainingour small business family style culture.

Responsibilities

Shift

Monday-Friday 3am-12pm, every other Saturday 4am - 4pm

Job Highlights: Scale Operator

The Scale Operator will bemainly responsiblefor weighing in and weight out solid waste vehicles from both company drivers andthird partyvendors/haulers. They willbe in charge ofreceiving payments, checking loads, andensuring the safety of the landfill and scale at all times.

Additional Responsibilities: Scale Operator

• Serve as first point of contact for any drivers, customers, or other traffic at the scale house

• Accurately calculate and process payments,weightsand other measurements

• Verify incoming loads do notcontainany unnecessary or inappropriate material

• Various administrative tasks including regular filing, data entry and reporting

• Providegeneral upkeep of the scale house

• Additionalduties as assigned.

Work Environment: Scale Operator

• This Scale Operator will be based out of our Newark, NJ location.

• This shift will be an overnight position with 3 days on 4 days off, 4 days on 3 days off schedule.

• Required to use motor coordination such as typing, machineoperating, etc. throughout the greater part of thework day

• Daily exposure to physical environment including odors, loud noises, weather elements, etc.Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements: Scale Operator

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and legally eligible to work in the United States.

• High school/GED educationcompleted,higher education is a plus.

• Minimum 2 years of warehouse environment experience.

• Experience from the sanitation industry is strongly preferred.

• Experience working with scales is strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of general computer skills.

• Knowledgeable in the safe operation of all garage tools, diagnostic equipment, lifts, hoists, and jacking equipment

• Consistently capable of working independently to safely analyze and resolve problems.

• Fluency in Englishrequired, Spanish bilingual is a plus.

Qualifications

Career opportunities

We believe in providing the training and development you need to grow your career with Interstate Waste Services. Many of our Supervisors, Managers, and other leadershipstaff,started their careers as Helpers, Drivers, or Dispatchers. IWS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Wecelebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

Additional Information

Salary and benefits

IWS is committed toprovidingaworld classwork placetoall employees. Each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including, weprovidehourly pay dependent on experience and paid overtime, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and more. Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. This position will be a member of a Union and benefits will beprovidedas outlined in the collective bargaining agreement.

Salary Range Minimum

USD $21.00/Hr.

ID 2024-2899

Job Locations US-NY-Bronx

Category Scale House

Position Type Regular Full-Time