Labourer

Working at Walker

At Walker your contribution matters. Become part of a team you can count on and where your health and safety are our priority. Our team of more than 1200 people work in environmental waste management and recovery renewable energy paving and construction aggregates and emulsions chemistries.We are a fifthgeneration familyowned company founded in 1887 operating from our base in the Niagara Region with facilities across Canada and the United States.We care about the environment each other and our neighbours and give back to our communities.Join us on our journey to build a sustainable future together.

About the Job

We are looking for a Labourer at Walker Waste & Recycle Dropoff depot Burlington location.

This is a unionized fulltime role reporting to the Operations Manager. Our site runs on various shifts from as early as 4:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturdays with potential for Sunday work your work could happen at 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 $27.99/hour with overtime being paid out in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.

What Youll Be Doing

As our new Labourer you will provide a variety of duties to support site operations. This includes:

• Greeting and directing customers in a polite and serviceoriented manner.
• Coordinating traffic flow to ensure the 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 the 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 cleaning the stationary compactors sweeping litter collection controlling odours and occasionally painting.

From time to time you could be required to operate a mobile loader to load solid nonhazardous 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 preinspection of the equipment fuel grease and safely operate the heavy equipment machine using the steering wheel foot pedals and hand controls.

Heres What You Need

• 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 drivers license with a driving record free of any charges.
• Previous experience operating a front end loader or skid steer.

Whats in it for you

• You become part of a team you can count on
• A comprehensive benefits package as per your union and collective agreement
• A workplace that provides the best health & safety practices in industry
• Give back to our community with two paid volunteer days annually and opportunities to become involved in events

At Walker your contribution matters. If you share our commitment to giving back to your community and caring about the environment wed love to hear from you. Our workplaces strive to reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We welcome applicationsfrom qualified candidates of all ethnicities race religions gender identities and expression Indigenous communities and persons with disabilities.

Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role or throughout the interview process please let us know when contacted and we will work with you to meet your needs.We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.