Waste Collection Labourer Full-time Job

Looking for a great place to work? A place where our culture means safety, respect, quality and excellence and putting our customer’s interests ahead of our own? Then think City of Edmonton - City Operations. 

We are looking for people across all our rich diversity to Help keep the City of Edmonton clean as a Waste Collection Labourer.

The Waste Collection Labourer position offers the successful candidate variety in their work day. On most days you will be teamed up with another collector helping them collect waste from communal bins by assisting vehicle backing, swamping, and recording the work done.

What will you be doing?

• Provide guidance to the driver in backing up situations
• Load and clean excess materials in and around waste/recycling bins/carts
• Move and/or position empty waste/recycling bin/carts back to their original or designated locations at customer sites
• Perform manual swamper duties (including heavy lifting/pushing) associated with maneuvering full waste/recycling bins and carts to staging locations for collection
• Adhere to safety and environmental regulations and work procedures
• Maintain a positive customer service attitude in the performance of all duties
• Perform related duties as required including bin maintenance
• Maintain a clean and sanitary collection vehicle including cleaning hoppers/traps daily

Work Environment: 

• Driving for extended periods in all weather conditions. Physically strenuous labor is required when maneuvering bins/carts to pick-up areas and return them to their original locations

Qualifications

Qualifications required at the time of application:

• Completed Grade 12 and supplemented by some truck driving experience or equivalent combination of training and experience

Assets:

• Valid Alberta Class 3 licence is an asset
• Current Standard First Aid certification is an asset

Skills Required for Success:

• Ability to perform heavy, strenuous and agility intensive labour for extended periods of time and under extreme weather conditions
• Knowledge and application of correct weight lifting and handling techniques in order to minimize strain and lifting injury
• Knowledge of appropriate material handling practices to avoid skin and eye contamination, cuts, slipping, and associated mishaps
• Ability to deal with the public during pickup of refuse and to resolve complaints of a minor nature
• Ability to work alone with little or no supervision, as well as the ability to work with a small team
• Alignment to our Art of Inclusion: Our Diversity and Inclusion Framework 
• Alignment to our Cultural Commitments
• Alignment to our Leadership Competencies

Conditions of Employment:

• Valid Alberta Class 5 driver's licence (or provincial equivalent). Obtaining and maintaining a City Driver's permit is a requirement of this position.
• Hire is dependent on a Criminal Records Check (CRC) security clearance that is satisfactory to the City of Edmonton and is a requirement of this position, there may be a cost associated with this requirement
• Passing a physical strength evaluation (Functional Ability Recruitment Evaluation test ­ F.A.R.E.) and a pre-employment City medical examination is a requirement of this position
• Hours of Work: Various shifts, 40 hours per week. Overtime work may be required during peak operational periods

The City of Edmonton strives to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the application and selection process. If you would like to request an accommodation at any stage of the process, please contact [email protected].

Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region.