This position is responsible for assisting in directing the overall activities of the Waste Disposal Division.

• Assists in the direction and scheduling of operations at the landfill and ensures work is completed as scheduled in accordance with prescribed methods and procedures.
• Interviews, hires, trains, assigns, schedules, supervises, evaluates, and disciplines personnel.
• Inspects work for compliance with rules, regulations, and safety guidelines; conducts equipment and inventory inspections; checks vehicles for maintenance and repair needs.
• Approves purchases of supplies and replacement equipment; identifies and purchases new equipment.
• Approves and reviews environmental monitoring reports and maintains all division inventory of equipment.
• Assists in developing and monitoring budgets including equipment specifications, annual contracts, and the long-term goals of the division.
• Enforces environmental regulations to maintain compliance with state regulations.
• Submits payroll for all Solid Waste Division hourly and salary employees.
• Approves daily and monthly tonnage and revenue reports.
• Oversees small and large projects associated with the operation of a solid waste landfill
• Inspects incoming loads for prohibited waste and approves incoming special handling loads for disposal.
• Works to encourage waste reduction through recycling and diversion.
• Updates Public Works website and Integrated Waste section of website, updates Columbus GA Recycles app, runs CCG Integrated Waste Facebook page.
• Attends training seminars and conferences.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge in waste diversion and waste reduction practices.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques utilized in the performance of waste disposal activities.
• Knowledge of federal and state regulations concerning the operation of a landfill.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of report preparation, filing, and records management.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of public administration.
• Skill in developing and implementing policies and procedures.
• Skill in problem solving and decision making.
• Skill in management and supervision.
• Skill in operating standard office equipment including work related computer applications.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in budgetary development and management.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table or while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee occasionally lifts light objects, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and must be able to distinguish between shades of color. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing – use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Talking 2 – shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.