Posting number: 05500
Department: Solid Waste & Recycling
Division: Solid Waste Collections
Job classification: Operator Heavy Equipment
Posting type: Open
Categories: Sanitation, Waste Management
Drive the Route. Power the Service. — Heavy Equipment Operator
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The City of Greensboro is seeking a skilled and dependable Heavy Equipment Operator to help keep our community clean and running smoothly. If you take pride in operating equipment safely, working outdoors, and being part of a strong team, this role offers meaningful work that residents see every day.
As a Heavy Equipment Operator, you will operate front-loader and side-loader collection vehicles, as well as a knuckle boom truck when needed. This is hands-on, production-driven work that requires focus, stamina, and a strong commitment to safety. Your performance directly impacts service reliability across the city.
Compensation and Benefits:
Estimated Hiring Salary Range $43,755.00 - $57,573.00 Full Salary Range $43,755.00 - $78,299.00 Annually
Benefits
The City of Greensboro offers an outstanding benefits package that supports your well-being.
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Work Schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 3:00 AM-1:00 PM OFF Wednesday
Some Saturdays (on a rotation basis).
Introductory Paragraph:
As a Heavy Equipment Operator, you will operate front-loader and side-loader collection vehicles, as well as a knuckle boom truck when needed. This is hands-on, production-driven work that requires focus, stamina, and a strong commitment to safety. Your performance directly impacts service reliability across the city.
About the Department:
Solid Waste Services plays a vital role in maintaining public health, environmental quality, and neighborhood pride. Our operators are on the front lines, providing dependable collection services in all weather conditions. Teamwork, safety, and accountability are core to our success.
Why You’ll Love Working With Us
About the Role:
The Heavy Equipment Operator is responsible for servicing approximately 150+ stationary containers (dumpsters) and up to 1,000 carts per day, safely and efficiently.
Key responsibilities include:
This position operates on a 40-hour flex schedule based on workload demands. Early morning start times, holiday work, emergency response, weekend shifts, and inclement weather operations may be required with little notice. Good attendance and reliability are essential.
Physical demands include standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, climbing, walking on uneven surfaces, shoveling, and lifting up to 50 pounds. Work is performed outdoors in all weather conditions.
A valid Class B Commercial Driver’s License must be maintained, along with a reliable means of contact.
Call to Action
If you’re ready to operate with purpose, work hard, and serve the community with pride, we encourage you to apply.
Join the City of Greensboro and help drive the service that keeps our city moving forward.
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
The City of Greensboro works with the community to improve the
quality of life for residents through inclusion, diversity, and trust. The
City has a professional staff of more than 3,000 employees who
maintain the values of honesty, integrity, stewardship, and respect.
Greensboro is governed by a council-manager form of government with
a mayor and eight council members.
For more information on the City, call 336-373-CITY (2489).
Description
We exist to partner with the community to build the desired quality of life for Greensboro. All of our actions are guided by our commitment to and measured by our success in building public trust and the future we and the community desires.
General Information
Greensboro is a city in of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Greensboro's population stands at 269,666.
