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Job Description
The opportunity:
Route operators are essential to our team. As a Fertile Ground route operator, you will be responsible for safely operating a heavy-duty truck, collecting and dumping compost bins into the truck using hydraulic controls, removing contamination from containers, as well as preparing, loading, and transporting waste to our compost facility.
You'll navigate high traffic and congested roadways, driveways, alleyways and parking lots. Your highly skilled driving maneuvers will be put to the test! Don't worry, you won't just be sitting behind the wheel all day - you'll be jumping on/off loading and unloading the trucks, as well as working in the compost yard. We'll look to you for guidance on route efficiencies and best practices in order to build a stronger cooperative.
Hours: 35-40 hrs/wk.
Pay: $20-$23/hr starting pay based on skills, experience, certifications and licenses
Hours: 7:30am-4:30pm Monday thru Friday
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Knowledge of safe operations and safety precautions necessary in operation of equipment, including various types of solid waste collection trucks.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; understand and carry out written and oral instructions; value customer service; establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, fellow employees, and the public. App savvy in order to utilize our driver program.
Requirements:
Clean driving record
At least 5 years of commercial truck driving experience
Ability to lift bins weighing up to 50 lbs and roll bins up to 250 lbs
Ability to navigate under CDL commercial truck regulations through tight spaces, including alleyways
Ability to properly use, operate and care for tools, equipment and materials
Considerable knowledge of safety standard practices governing the operation of vehicles
Considerable knowledge of relevant traffic laws
Considerable knowledge of the principles, operation and servicing of trucks and related automotive equipment
Proven track record of reliability in previous employment
Preferences:
5 years of commercial driving experience
Experience using hydraulic controls
Ability to perform routine maintenance on vehicles
Ability to perform repairs to commercial and non commercial trucks and equipment
Knowledge of which items are compostable
Knowledge of OKC metro area
Up to date CDL without points deducted
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Complete assigned responsibilities in an efficient and safe manner.
Complete all stops on each route. Your shift is not completed solely based on time but on completion of all stops despite possible delays.
Work with a sense of honesty and trustworthiness.
Perform complete pre- and post-operation inspection of the vehicle to ensure tire pressure, fluid levels, safety equipment, gauges, and controls are in proper working order. Report any safety issues.
Perform routine maintenance on Fertile Ground vehicles such as oil changes, filter changes, taking it in for a tire change, etc. as needed by the truck.
Safely operate heavy truck(s) along their designated route, to and from the disposal site.
Use driving route app (on phone provided) to navigate to each customer as identified on the route list or as assigned by the dispatcher and/or supervisor.
Identify unsatisfactory waste containers, continuously monitor receptacles for unacceptable materials, sort through collected materials in some cases, and leave notes in the route system in accordance with applicable departmental procedures.
Follow all instructions on driver app, including service notes, driver actions, and necessary steps taken when a stop isn’t able to be completed successfully
Operate manual and/or automatic controls in accordance with Company safety policies and procedures to lift and load refuse, operate compactor and dispose of collected material at the designated facility.
Courteously interact with customers, dispatchers and others to ensure all customer routes are serviced in a timely and professional manner.
Clean area around an accidental waste spill, ensuring adherence to all applicable safety standards and policies.
Continuously monitor the condition of the vehicle to ensure it is operationally ready at all times to minimize vehicle down time.
Follow all required safety policies and procedures.
Keep work location and vehicle clean and orderly.
Tip and process compost in the yard.
Adhere to Company policies and rules set forth.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
About Us
Fertile Ground Cooperative is a worker-owned compost and recycling business based in Oklahoma City. We aim to improve and protect our social and natural environment through environmentally beneficial services and worker-owned jobs.
We are looking to hire individuals who are as committed to serving the community, our customers, and the planet as we are. We strive to create a workplace that's meaningful, empowering, and rewarding to our workers. In our cooperative, workers have the opportunity to become part owners of the company. We have found that when workers share ownership they are more likely to have a sense of fulfillment in their work, have a better work ethic, and be more willing to do what it takes to keep the business growing and thriving. Which helps all of us.
Benefits of Worker-Cooperatives (just to name a few)
Employment and the ability to generate income. A worker cooperative gives groups of people an opportunity to become economically independent in a mutually-beneficial way.
Workers have a say in the way their work is organized, performed, and managed. Worker cooperatives provide an opportunity to balance workers’ needs and concerns with the need for profits and efficiency.
Employment security. Worker cooperatives are managed to generate income and provide stable employment for their members. When faced with a tradeoff between pursuing profits and maintaining employment, worker coops often choose the latter.
A financial and ownership stake in the enterprise in which they work. Worker–owners contribute directly to building the enterprise and have the opportunity to accumulate wealth by sharing in its profits.
An opportunity to practice democracy in the workplace. Worker-members participate in decisions that affect them in their workplace as well as those that determine the growth and success of the business.
Job Benefits:
Quality of life
Paid time off
Your views are valued; as a cooperative, we strive to improve processes to make your job easier and more enjoyable
The statements used herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by an employee in this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required by an incumbent so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.
Fertile Ground Cooperative (F.G.C.) is committed to equality and strives to create a safe space for Black, indigenous, people of color, queer and trans people, women, nonbinary, gender non-conforming people and others who may be underrepresented to work and build wealth. F.G.C. is committed to equal opportunity for all persons without regard to sex, age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law. It is the policy of F.G.C. to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity. In keeping with that policy, F.G.C. is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Accordingly, F.G.C. will not tolerate unlawful discrimination against or harassment of any of our employees or others present at our facilities by anyone, including any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or customer of F.G.C.