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Job Description
Supervise curbside and drop-off recycling programs for municipal governments or private firms.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-1021.01
Also Known As…
- Waste Reduction Coordinator
- Solid Waste Division Supervisor
- Route Supervisor
- Recycling Specialist
- Recycling Program Manager
- Recycling Manager
- Recycling Director
- Recycling Coordinator
- Recycle Coordinator
- Heavy Equipment Supervisor
- Route Rider Supervisor
- Recycling Technician
- Recycling Operator
- Recycling Operations Manager
- Recycling Crew Supervisor
- Recycling Center Operator
- Corporate Recycling Manager
Tasks for “Recycling Coordinators”
- Provide training to recycling technicians or community service workers on topics such as safety, solid waste processing, or general recycling operations.
- Oversee recycling pick-up or drop-off programs to ensure compliance with community ordinances.
- Prepare grant applications to fund recycling programs or program enhancements.
- Prepare bills of lading, statements of shipping records, or customer receipts related to recycling or hazardous material services.
- Coordinate shipments of recycling materials with shipping brokers or processing companies.
- Operate fork lifts, skid loaders, or trucks to move or store recyclable materials.
- Create or manage recycling operations budgets.
- Coordinate recycling collection schedules to optimize service and efficiency.
- Implement grant-funded projects, monitoring and reporting progress in accordance with sponsoring agency requirements.
- Oversee campaigns to promote recycling or waste reduction programs in communities or private companies.
- Make presentations to educate the public on how to recycle or on the environmental advantages of recycling.
- Design community solid and hazardous waste management programs.
- Negotiate contracts with waste management or other firms.
- Develop community or corporate recycling plans and goals to minimize waste and conform to resource constraints.
- Inspect physical condition of recycling or hazardous waste facility for compliance with safety, quality, and service standards.
- Supervise recycling technicians, community service workers, or other recycling operations employees or volunteers.
- Maintain logs of recycling materials received or shipped to processing companies.
- Assign truck drivers or recycling technicians to routes.
- Schedule movement of recycling materials into and out of storage areas.
- Review customer requests for service to determine service needs and deploy appropriate resources to provide service.
- Identify or investigate new opportunities for materials to be collected and recycled.
- Operate recycling processing equipment, such as sorters, balers, crushers, and granulators to sort and process materials.
- Investigate violations of solid waste or recycling ordinances.
Related Technology & Tools
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Personal computers
- Recyclable material sorters
- Crushing machines
- Cardboard balers
- Skid steer loaders
- Handheld calculators
- Laser facsimile machines
- Hand trucks
- Pallet jacks
- Computer laser printers
- Granulators
- Laptop computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Desktop computers
- Forklifts
- Web browser software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Email software
- Work scheduling software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- SAP