Scale House Operator- 6am-3:30 Monday - Friday - Interstate Waste Services

Overview:

Interstate Waste Services is the most progressive and innovative provider of solid waste and recycling services in the country! We primarily service Northern New Jersey, Southern New York State, New York City, and recently expanded our operations of transfer stations into Pennsylvania and Ohio, where we also own and operate a state-of-the-art rail-served landfill. We cater to a diverse range of residential, industrial and commercial customers. Our mission has always been to provide our customers with the highest quality waste, recycling and environmental services, while keeping focus on employee, customer and environmental safety.

What makes our company culture unique is we have mastered the ability to balance the standards of a large corporate company while maintaining our small business family style culture.

Responsibilities:

Day Shift

6am until 2pm 

 

Job Highlights: Scale Operator 

The Scale Operator will be mainly responsible for weighing in and weight out solid waste vehicles from both company drivers and third party vendors/haulers. They will be in charge of receiving payments, checking loads, and ensuring the safety of the landfill and scale at all times. 

Additional Responsibilities: Scale Operator 

• Serve as first point of contact for any drivers, customers, or other traffic at the scale house 
• Accurately calculate and process payments, weights and other measurements 
• Verify incoming loads do not contain any unnecessary or inappropriate material 
• Various administrative tasks including regular filing, data entry and reporting 
• Provide general upkeep of the scale house 

• Additional duties as assigned. 

Work Environment: Scale Operator 

• This Scale Operator will be based out of Newark, NJ. 
• This shift will be an overnight position with 3 days on 4 days off, 4 days on 3 days off schedule. 
• Required to use motor coordination such as typing, machine operating, etc. throughout the greater part of the work day 

• Daily exposure to physical environment including odors, loud noises, weather elements, etc.Performs other duties as assigned

 

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Qualifications:

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Requirements: Scale Operator 

Scale Master Certification

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and legally eligible to work in the United States. 
• High school/GED education completed, higher education is a plus. 
• Minimum 2 years of warehouse environment experience. 

• Experience from the sanitation industry is strongly preferred. 
• Experience working with scales is strongly preferred. 
• Working knowledge of general computer skills. 
• Knowledgeable in the safe operation of all garage tools, diagnostic equipment, lifts, hoists, and jacking equipment 
• Consistently capable of working independently to safely analyze and resolve problems. 

• Fluency in English required, Spanish bilingual is a plus. 

 

Additional Information:

We believe in providing the training and development you need to grow your career with IWS. Many of our Supervisors, Managers, and other leadership staff, started their careers as Helpers, Drivers, or Dispatchers. IWS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

Salary Range Minimum:USD $20.00/Hr.Salary Range Maximum:USD $20.00/Hr.