RECYCLING COORDINATOR
Responsibilities
Responsible for planning, implementation and management of all aspects of PGS’s Residential and Commercial Recycling Program
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Waste Audits/Field Work
- Technical Assistance - Provide technical assistance to businesses, apartments and schools via site visits, phone and email, including alerting businesses and schools to local container grant opportunities and assisting with the application process
- Waste Audits - Perform annual waste audits - For general assessment and SB1383, AB 341 and AB 1826 compliance.
- Contamination Issues - Inspect contaminated bins/carts reported by driver, follow up with customer, process all resulting work orders accordingly
- Outreach Campaigns - Implement new outreach campaigns and services
- Sign Up New Customers - Sign up new recycling and food waste customers and help customer right-size their trash service
- Trainings - Train customers and their employees as needed
- Distribute Resources - Distribute instructional materials and complimentary City-funded indoor recycling containers to businesses, schools and MFDs
- Attend and participate in festival/fair weekend events as necessary
- Presentations - Do recycling presentations at businesses, table events and on limited basis conduct school assemblies
- Monitoring – Check up on recycling at businesses, restaurants, schools and apartments. Frequent monitoring, as often as weekly, at key challenging sites (see list)
- Prepare Proposals - Prepare Cost/Savings estimates for customers adding recycling and/or organics collection (estimates done upon request).
- Scheduling - Schedule and conduct food waste trainings
Office/Reporting
- Follow Ups - Follow up with businesses on audits and site visits
- Processing - Processing/Tracking – Process/track audits performed and due
- Work Orders - Process work orders for new recycling and organics starts, contamination incidents, container repairs, driver issues, etc.
- Reports/Data - Prepare Recycling Program reports and provide program data for City, Cal Recycle, and StopWaste
- City quarterly reports, including quarterly Recycling Activity Report + list of businesses audited during quarter
- StopWaste data requests
- Cal Recycle data requests
- City data requests
- Assist in development of Public Education Budget and track budget expenditures
- Website - Revise and update website content as needed
- Monitor and update PGS Facebook page
- Attend monthly City coordination meetings
- Other Duties as Assigned
Education
High School Diploma or GED Required
Experience
Experience in related field
Must possess a valid California Drivers License
Bi-lingual in Spanish a plus
Please send resume to Debbie@pleasantongarbageservice.com