Job Information

Open to the Public, International Union of Operating Engineers (Local 302) members, and any current Municipal Employees.

Applicants shall be referred and considered for this position in the order as follows per the Collective Bargaining Agreement:

• Internal applicants currently working under the Operating Engineers - Local 302 Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Local union dispatched applicants
• External applicants and other current Municipal employees not covered under this agreement

Example of Duties

Operate heavy equipment at the Central Transfer Station and the Anchorage Regional Landfill such as, but not limited to, loaders, 
dozers, articulating dump trucks, landfill compactors, graders, solid waste cranes, water trucks, leachate tractor/trailers and
transfer tractor/trailers. Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds.

Minimum Qualifications / Substitutions / Preferences

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent and three (3) years of experience in the operation of solid waste transfer and disposal facilities.

OR

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent and three (3) years of experience in a related field, which includes the skilled operation of heavy motorized construction equipment, including at least two (2) of the following types: tractor trailers/tankers, front-end loaders, landfill compactors, bulldozers, graders, dump trucks, cherry pickers and backhoes.

Must possess and/or obtain a valid State of Alaska Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with tanker endorsement, and a Hazardous materials endorsement, no airbrake or transmission restrictions. Applicants with a restriction of "L-Vehicles Without Air Brake Systems Only" and “E-Automatic Transmission Vehicles Only” are not eligible.