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**CAREER DESCRIPTION**:
**LANDFILL LABORER**

In addition to performance-based merit increases, this position is scheduled to receive salary range increases on the following dates:

- Effective June 28, 2024 - 4.00% increase
- Effective June 27, 2025 - 3.75% increase

**SALARY INFORMATION**

**OPEN TO THE PUBLIC**
- This recruitment is being held to establish an **open to the public **eligible list to fill current and/or future Landfill Laborer positions within OC Waste & Recycling.

**DEADLINE TO APPLY**

**Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST.**

**Please note this is a cyclical recruitment and will reopen every 3 months as needed by the department.**

**OC WASTE & RECYCLING**
OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) is an organization dedicated to providing waste management services, protecting the environment, and promoting recycling in order to ensure a safe and healthy community for current and future generations. OCWR operates three active regional landfills, four household hazardous waste collection centers, monitors 20 closed landfills, and administers municipal solid waste collection, recycling and planning for County unincorporated areas. OCWR is a nationally renowned waste management department responsible for a network of sanitary landfills. The Department is committed to its exceptional record of regulatory compliance and excellence.
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**THE OPPORTUNITY**
OCWR is seeking individuals who are enthusiastic and highly motivated; display initiative and positive attitude; communicate professionally and work cooperatively with co-workers, supervisors, contractors, and the public; and promote awareness of safety in self. Landfill Laborers perform routine unskilled heavy manual laboring work as members of a crew. The job duties include, but are not limited to:

- Vegetation control or litter pick-up activities, such as, hoeing and cutting weeds; cleaning debris from ditches, culverts, drains and channels and other drainage structures;
- Safely using various hand and power tools;
- Installing chain link and wire** **fences and guard rails;
- Assisting with spreading and compacting asphalt, setting forms, and mixing, wheeling and pouring concrete;
- Laying down straw matting, netting, place gravel bags and flumes;
- Installing culverts, fences, road signs and guard rails;
- Working with the traffic paint crew, moving stencils, and picking up warning cones and signs;
- Directing traffic in unloading areas and around job locations; and
- Other duties as assigned.

**Landfill Laborers are expected to perform the above-mentioned duties at one of the County's three active Regional Landfills located in Brea, Irvine, and San Juan Capistrano or at a closed landfill assigned to one of the regions.**

**The incumbent will work one of the following 4/10 shifts**:

- Olinda Landfill (Brea, Ca) - Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 7:00 am - 5:30 pm
- FRB Landfill (Irvine, Ca) - Thursday, Friday, Saturday 7:30 am -6:00 pm, Sunday 6:00 am -4:30 pm
- Prima Landfill ( San Juan Capistrano, Ca) - Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 7:30 am -6:00 pm

**DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND CORE COMPETENCIES**
- Concrete grinding/patching
- Minor asphalt patching
- Traffic sign installation, repairs, and replacement
- Reading plan specifications and traffic control plans
- Operation of light commercial vehicles and stake bed trucks
- Using small hand and power tools for set-up, maintenance and repairs
- Using gas powered tools for trimming and cutting trees and vegetation
- Using high-pressure spray equipment to pressure wash various surfaces

**Technical Expertise**
- Knowledge and ability to operate power tools including hedge pruner, pole pruner, pole saw, chain saw, leaf blower,** **generator, cement mixer and paint sprayer.

**Safety Savvy**
- Ensure safe work practices associated with the appropriate use of tools and equipment.
- Use of appropriate Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) such as safety glasses/goggles, gloves, vest, and hard hats and task specific PPE.
- Knowledge of traffic safety regulations, and work site safety.

**Interpersonal Skills (Teamwork / Customer Service)**
- Ability to work in a team environment and provide assistance to others when needed.
- Display a positive attitude and maintain effective working relationships.
- Express disagreement constructively and work with others to achieve a common goal.
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers verbally and present a positive and professional demeanor.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
- Six (6) months of experience performing maintenance and repair work in open spaces or facilities.

**REQUIRED LICENSE**
Possession of, or the ability to obtain and maintain, a valid California Driver License, Class C or higher, by the date of appointment is required.
**PHYSICAL & MENTAL REQUIREMENTS**
Vision sufficient to read fine prin