Sanitation and Trash Worker

About the Town of Palm Beach

The Town of Palm Beach is an internationally acclaimed destination known worldwide for its extraordinary beauty, small-town charm, and exceptional service standards. Our residents are some of the world's most influential people, choosing Palm Beach for its amazing quality of life. The Town is seeking key team members to perpetuate its values of excellence and reliability in this one-of-a-kind setting.

Town employees are driven by a vision to deliver the highest quality service by continuously improving and always striving to be the standard by which all others are measured. We are guided by core values including respect for everyone, the highest ethical standards, cooperation and teamwork, commitment to quality, a spirit of innovation, open and timely communication, and personal responsibility and accountability.

About the Role

This position involves semi-skilled manual work in the collection of solid waste materials. It is heavy-duty labor requiring special knowledge, usually acquired through experience on the job. While all work is subject to inspection by Foremen or Bureau Supervisors, employees are expected to work without close supervision on routine phases.

You will serve as a vital part of the Sanitation Bureau, working outdoors along established sanitation and vegetative waste collection routes. Your day will involve working in public right-of-ways as a vegetative trash pile sweeper for grapple-crane crews, separating and manually removing non-vegetative debris. You will direct pedestrian and vehicular traffic around work zones to ensure safe operations and spot bureau equipment as needed.

As a laborer on garbage and recycling collection crews, you will provide daily collection service to commercial and residential accounts. This includes ensuring containers are returned to storage areas with lids shut and picking up loose or spilled garbage. The role requires physically pushing and pulling heavily loaded containers, occasionally lifting cans weighing up to 75 pounds, and operating lift-bars and packing blades on 20-yard packers. You will ride the rear side-step of these vehicles, navigating congested streets and narrow alleys.

Additionally, you will assist the Foreman in routine vehicle maintenance, including refueling, washing, and cleaning vehicles with chemical cleaners and solvents. You will conduct daily equipment inspections, checking gauges, lights, brakes, tires, fluid levels, and mechanical components. You will also maintain safety equipment, operate two-way radios to maintain communication between crews and Central Operations, and may occasionally drive and operate sanitation vehicles and other light equipment.

Hiring Process

If you share our values and are ready for the challenge, apply to join our team.

Equal Opportunity

The Town of Palm Beach is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.