Waste Spotter

**About Walker**

Walker Industries, a fifth-generation, family-owned company founded in 1887, operates from its base in the Niagara Region with facilities across Canada and the United States. We employ more than 1,200 people in environmental waste management and recovery, renewable energy, paving and construction, aggregates, and emulsions chemistries.

Growth and transformation are a natural part of our business, and our employees evolve with us.

We are looking for a Waste Spotter at Walker Waste & Recycle Drop-off depot Halton location.

**Waste Spotter**

Walker Environmental serves over 400,000 people with two waste and recycling centres located in Niagara and Halton regions.

At our Waste Drop-off and Transfer Station site in Burlington, residential, municipal, and commercial users drop off materials of all types for disposal.

As our new waste spotter, you will provide a variety of job skills and duties to support site operations. This includes:

- Greeting and directing customers in a polite and service-oriented manner.
- Coordinating traffic flow to ensure safety of customers and fellow employees on site.
- Safely directing customers to the correct dumping locations.
- Checking for contamination in loads and pleasantly explaining approved wastes to customers.
- Politely interacting with public and commercial haulers.
- Handling and sorting waste for purpose of recycling and/or diversion, cutting cardboard and feeding it through the compactor.
- Kindly responding to customer inquiries or concerns and providing information.
- Working to maintain the grounds and facility. This includes such duties as sweeping, litter collection, controlling odours and occasionally painting.

From time to time, you could be required to operate a mobile loader to load solid non-hazardous waste into compactor trailers through a stationary compactor or recycling (plastics and SSO) into an open top trailer This responsibility will require you to conduct a pre-inspection of the equipment, fuel, grease and safely operate the heavy equipment machine using the steering wheel, foot pedals and hand controls.

**Qualifications**
- Passion for Health and Safety and Environmental Performance
- An enthusiastic team player with excellent customer service skills; including courtesy, tact, and diplomacy.
- Capacity to follow directives and fulfill requests.
- Ability to work with limited supervision.
- Physically fit; able to stand, bend, twist, and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Previous experience doing physical or outdoor work is an asset.
- Willing to complete a criminal background record as a condition of employment.
- Have a valid G driver's license with a driving record free of any charges.
- Previous experience operating a front-end loader or skid steer.

This is a full-time role reporting to the Operations Manager. Our site runs on various shifts from 4:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays - your work could happen any time between these days/hours. Based on weather and daily/weekly operations, hours may extend before and after listed hours of operations. Compensation for this role is $25.75/hour with overtime being paid out in accordance with ESA.

**Experience the Benefits of Working at Walker**
- Career Support_
- Education reimbursement, training, and professional development opportunities
- Internal advancement opportunities at all levels
- Reimbursement of professional dues and tuition
- Health & Well Being_
- Wellness subsidy to support healthy lifestyle
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Culture & Community_
- 2 paid volunteer days per year
- Social and networking events
- Salary/Wage & Benefits_
- Competitive wages
- Group health/dental/vision/prescription drug plans
- Paid vacation days
- Short-term and long-term disability plans
- Term life insurance
- Retirement programs including Pension, RRSP and TFSA

**How to Apply