**Overview**

Interstate Waste Services is the most progressive and innovative provider of solid waste and recycling services in the country! We primarily service Northern New Jersey, Southern New York State, New York City, and recently expanded our operations of transfer stations into Pennsylvania and Ohio, where we also own and operate a state-of-the-art rail-served landfill. We cater to a diverse range of residential, industrial and commercial customers. Our mission has always been to provide our customers with the highest quality waste, recycling and environmental services, while keeping focus on employee, customer and environmental safety.

What makes our company culture unique is we have mastered the ability to balance the standards of a large corporate company while maintaining our small business family style culture.

**Essential Job Functions: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.**

Operate Top Pick (also known as Container Handler or Reacher-Stacker) to move containers from a rail car to a truck and from a truck to a rail car.

Maneuver large containers around rail yard and load onto rail cars

Industrial Forklift or container handler experience preferred

Follow all required safety policies and procedures

Effective communication with drivers, employees, and management via hand held radios and CBs

Complete pre and post trip inspections on equipment daily

Have knowledge of machine capabilities and limitations

Observe hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating machines to perform work duties in compliance of safety specifications

Receive written and oral instruction regarding material movement

Maintain an efficient flow to reduce traffic congestion

Follow OSHA safety standards and wear required PPE

**Requirements and Qualifications:**

· Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and legally eligible to work in the United States.

· Must be able to lift/push/pull up to 50 pounds

· Minimum 2 years' experience as operating a Top Pick/Container Lifter/Reacher-Stacker.

· Experience from the sanitation industry is strongly preferred.

· Able to work in an outdoor environment on a constant basis while being exposed to variable weather conditions, temperatures, chemicals, dust, fumes, smells, and loud noises.

**Additional Information**

We believe in providing the training and development you need to grow your career with IWS. Many of our Supervisors, Managers, and other leadership staff, started their careers as Helpers, Drivers, or Dispatchers. IWS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

**Salary Range Minimum**

USD $22.08/Hr.

**Salary Range Maximum**

USD $22.08/Hr.

**ID** _2025-3178_

**Job Locations** _US-OH-Amsterdam_

**Category** _Heavy Equipment Operator_

**Position Type** _Regular Full-Time_