Department:

Solid Waste

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Join our dynamic team and support your community in the acceptance, preliminary sorting, segregation, and packaging of hazardous waste and regulated waste received through the County collection programs. You are a part of the household hazardous waste program which is to provide a safe solution for household hazardous waste processing rather than disposal. Apply today and help keep Sarasota beautiful and clean

• Greet customers, verify disposal receipts, and direct customers to the Chemical Collection Centers.

• Perform preliminary chemical analysis on unknown materials.

• Lab Packs and consolidates hazardous materials and wastes into drums for transportation and disposal in accordance with regulatory requirements and established contractor guidelines.

• Prepare container inventory sheets and track materials in spreadsheets.

• Load, deliver, and off-load containers of waste at approved disposal facilities.

• Perform scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on all collection facilities and surrounding areas.

• Use, maintain, and calibrate environmental monitoring instruments such as gas detectors and organic vapor analyzers.

• Pick up and transport waste to the main collection facility for processing.

  Work Hours/Days: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Days will either be Monday - Friday or Tuesday - Saturday.

• Both schedules have two consecutive days off.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• A High School Diploma or its equivalent.

• A valid Florida Driver’s License at the time of hire.

• Must pass OSHA 40-Hour Hazwoper and DOT HM 181/126 certifications within six (6) months of employment.

• Must satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation demonstrating the ability to use a respirator.

Physical Demands: Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening: This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.

About Everything Else

Starting Pay Range: $16.50 (Step 1)

Potential higher pay (steps) for those with multiple years of experience.

Benefits:

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Starting January 2024, choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!

• For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net (https://www.scgov.net/government/human-resources/employee-health-and-benefits) for additional information.

• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms and classes at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.

• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)​​

A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.

We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally.

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.

Do you like leaving things better than you found them? We serve the greater good! Our team is here to make Sarasota the premier community to live, work and play!

Sarasota has 37 miles of award-winning beaches, over 80 parks and 100 golf courses, and is known as the cultural capital of Florida with museums of art, theaters, an aquarium, botanical gardens and the annual international film festival. Unsurpassed beauty, rich cultural offering, diverse educational opportunities, wide-ranging recreational possibilities make Sarasota a great place to live and work!

We believe in work-life balance with a generous leave plan.

“US News & World Report: Sarasota is No. 1 in Florida and No. 18 in the country for best place to live.”

We need YOU to help create wonderful experiences for residents and vacationing guests enjoying Sarasota! Apply today!