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About the Role
The Operator – Heavy Equipment is responsible for the safe operation of heavy equipment at a recycling facility, landfill or transfer station for the purpose of transferring, spreading, covering, loading and/or compacting waste or soil in an efficient and safe manner.
Responsibilities
- Perform pre- and post-operation inspection of equipment, ensuring windows, lights, mirrors, and rear-view camera are clean.
- Safely and efficiently operate equipment including forklift, excavator, bulldozer, front-end loader, and others using proper safety standards.
- Continuously monitor waste for unacceptable materials.
- Continuously monitor equipment condition to ensure operational readiness and minimize downtime; clean tracks or wheels as needed.
- Perform and document minor service on equipment; refer complex mechanical issues to the Maintenance Shop.
- Complete Equipment Condition Reports and other necessary documentation; report required repairs to supervisor.
- Adhere to all required safety policies and procedures.
- Ensure the shop is clean, serviced, and stored at the completion of each shift.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Good customer service skills to meet and exceed customer expectations.
- Professional, courteous, and cooperative demeanor towards customers and co-workers.
- Works with honesty and trustworthiness.
- Good time management skills to ensure assigned responsibilities are completed efficiently and safely.
- Good follow-through ability; ability to adhere to work schedule and follow through on challenges.
- Ability to adhere to Company policies and rules; promotes Company safety standards; does not take inappropriate risks.
- Maintains a feeling of pride in work; strives to achieve all goals.
Skills
- Heavy equipment operation
- Customer service
- Time management
- Following instructions
- Adhering to safety standards
Location
- Recycling facility
- Landfill
- Transfer station
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Two years of prior related experience in heavy equipment operation.
- One year of prior experience working at sites regulated by OSHA.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage
- Dental plans
- Vision coverage
- Health care spending accounts
- Dependent care spending accounts
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee discount programs
- 401(k) plan with a generous company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
About the Company
- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry.
- We provide customers with the most complete set of products and services, including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste and field services.
- Our industry-leading commitments to advance circularity and support decarbonization are helping deliver on our vision to partner with customers to create a more sustainable world.
- In 2025, Republic’s total company revenue was $16.6 billion, and adjusted EBITDA was $5.3 billion.
- We serve 13 million customers and operate more than 1,000 locations, including collection and transfer stations, recycling and polymer centers, treatment facilities, and landfills.
- By combining local operational management with standardized business practices, we drive greater operating efficiencies across the company while maintaining day-to-day operational decisions at the local level, closest to the customer.
- Our customers, including small businesses, major corporations and municipalities, want a partner with the expertise and capabilities to effectively manage their multiple recycling and waste streams.
- They choose Republic Services because we are committed to exceeding their expectations and helping them achieve their sustainability goals.
- Our 42,000 team members understand that it's not just what we do that matters, but how we do it.
- Our company values guide our daily actions: Safe, Committed to Serve, Environmentally Responsible, Driven, Human-Centered.
- We are proud of our high employee engagement score of 86.
- We have an inclusive and diverse culture where every voice counts.
- Our team positively impacted 5.1 million people in 2024 through the Republic Services Charitable Foundation and local community grants.
- Republic Services’ strategy is designed to generate profitable growth.
- Through acquisitions and industry advancements, we safely and sustainably manage our customers’ multiple waste streams through a North American footprint of vertically integrated assets.
- We focus on three areas of growth to meet the increasing needs of our customers: recycling and waste, environmental solutions and sustainability innovation.
- We continue to expand our recycling and waste business footprint throughout North America through organic growth and targeted acquisitions.
- Our comprehensive environmental solutions capabilities help customers safely manage their most technical waste streams.
- Republic’s recent innovations to advance circularity and decarbonization demonstrate our unique ability to leverage sustainability as a platform for growth.
- The Republic Services Polymer Center is the nation’s first integrated plastics recycling facility.
- Republic is committed to harnessing landfill gas, a natural byproduct of decomposing waste, and converting it to energy.
- Recent Recognition includes: Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies, CDP Discloser, Dow Jones Best-In-Class Indices, Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies, Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies, Great Place to Work, Sustainability Yearbook S&P Global.
Equal Opportunity
- Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- For any concerns relating to Republic Services’ commitment to equal opportunity employment, you may contact the AWARE Line at 1-866-3-AWARE-4.