PLANT OPERATOR/TRUCK DRIVER WASTE

Are you an experienced Plant Operator / Truck Driver looking for your next challenge while balancing lifestyle? Join our Waste team in an award-winning local government organisation.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Are you looking for variety in your work and are flexible with change? Do you have experience driving HR trucks and operating a range of plant including loaders, skid steers and compaction equipment?
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic team within the Mid-Western Regional Council?

• Ensure communications with all other staff prior to their shift to ensure work plans are explained/ understood.
• Carry out manual tasks as required and ensure that all work areas including trucks and plant are kept in a safe, clean and tidy condition.
• To actively promote and demonstrate the core values and behavioural requirements of the Workplace Environment Statement.
• Operate and maintain plant to complete routine waste collection tasks, under limited direction, both in compliance with both Council Standards, Procedures and Policy and Environment Protection Authority (EPA) requirements.
• Operate the waste collection truck, water truck, sidearm, front lift, rear loader, sweeper, hook lift, tilt tray and bale truck (with recycling team) in a safe and effective manner, knowing the limit of the trucks to ensure safe operation.
• Monitor waste stream collected during collection and customer drops off areas to manage or report any issues relating to contamination in accordance with council policy and EPA requirements.
• Collect all waste in and around waste collection containers to ensure the area is left in a clean and tidy condition.
• Ensure all material collected is transported and delivered/disposed of in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Drive with safety and be conversant with and observe transport regulations which apply to truck operations.
• Report to senior staff, any infringements to Councils policies for landfill and transfer station operations.
• Be flexible, adaptable and responsive to change, demonstrating a willingness to do what is required to deliver quality outcomes, within your skills, competencies and training.
• Proactively participant as a team player to contribute towards the achievement of team goals.
• Actively multi-skill across other areas of Council works, as required, and apply a flexible and adaptable approach to deliver on Councils commitments outlined in our delivery and operational plans e.g. upskilling as Waste Attendant – Gulgong, Mudgee, Kandos weighbridges.
  If you are interested in developing your career through on the job training and opportunities to expand into different departments within Council and want to make a real difference to your Community please read the fine print in the attached position description and apply now! (Previous applicants need not apply, thank you).