Washington Staffing is hiring: Solid Waste Collector/Driver in Tacoma

Solid Waste Collector/Driver Position

The City of Tacoma is seeking highly motivated people devoted to public service to join our team in providing exceptional service to the citizens, and rate payers of Tacoma. Solid Waste Collector/Drivers provide garbage, recycling, and yard/food waste services for single-family residential homes, multi-family units, and commercial businesses. The utility also operates a Recovery and Transfer Center, a Household Hazardous Waste Facility, as well as a popular bulk item collection service, Call-2-Haul, and the Tidy Up Tacoma Program. This is a great opportunity to join the City of Tacoma and serve our community in providing an essential service.

Our ideal candidate will be a person who exemplifies the following competencies:

• Being Resilient -- Is confident under pressure, handles and manages crisis effectively. Maintains a positive attitude despite adversity and bounces back from setbacks.
• Collaborates -- Works cooperatively and partners with others to achieve shared objectives. Represents own interests while being fair to others and their areas.
• Communicates Effectively -- Is effective in a variety of communication settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among diverse styles and position levels. Attentively listens and encourages open expression of diverse ideas and opinions.
• Customer Focus -- Builds and delivers solutions that meet customer expectations. Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.
• Nimble Learning -- Learns quickly when facing new situations. Takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks and experiments to find new solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes -- Identifies and creates the processes necessary to get work done. Seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering.
• Self-Development -- Shows personal commitment and takes action to continuously improve. Accepts assignments that broaden capabilities.
• Situational Adaptability -- Picks up on situational cues and adjusts in the moment. Readily adapts personal, interpersonal, and leadership behavior. Understands that different situations may call for different approaches.
• Values Safety -- Promotes a safe work culture and work environment.

The City is establishing a civil service list for Solid Waste Collector/Drivers. This list will be used to fill all Solid Waste Collector/Driver vacancies that occur for a minimum of one year. Solid Waste Collector/Drivers may perform heavy manual labor involving the collection of solid waste, yard waste, and recyclable materials and includes the operation of solid waste collection equipment (approximately 34,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight).

Essential Duties:

• Drive and operate solid waste collection vehicles including automated side-load trucks, front-load trucks, rear-load trucks, roll-off trucks, grapple trucks, and other equipment as assigned.
• May also require driving semi-tractor, and trailer as assigned (requires a Class A Commercial Driver's License).
• Efficiently route collection stops and safely navigate.