Utility Equipment Operator I - Solid Waste Management

City of Lincoln, NE
Lincoln, Nebraska
Full Time

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Salary

$24.73 - $29.93 Hourly

Location

Lincoln, NE

Job Type

Full time/probationary or status

Job Number

202500406

Department

Transportation & Utilities Department

Division

Solid Waste Management

Opening Date

06/30/2025

Closing Date

7/13/2025 11:59 PM Central

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The Solid Waste Management Division is one of 11 divisions in the City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU) Department. The LTU team provides transit, transportation and utilities services year-round to the citizens of Lincoln. Nearly 600 team members make up LTU. We fuel the importance of building relationships within our divisions and department and with our community partners. We value our team's forward-thinking attitude and pride ourselves on good stewardship of our environment. We celebrate our individual strengths that in turn take our teams to new levels of accomplishment. We commit ourselves to offering additional training opportunities and a variety of paths for professional job growth. Our teammates enjoy benefits that include, but are not limited to, a retirement match, paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, and health, dental, and vision plans. Join the largest department at the City of Lincoln today. We are excited to enhance our community's quality of life together.

We are currently seeking to fill the role of Utility Equipment Operator I to join our Solid Waste Management team. This position requires skilled work in the operation and maintenance of light and heavy equipment at public solid waste facilities such as landfill, waste transfer, composting and recyclables collection sites.

Schedule: Four 10-hour days, one of which will be either Saturday or Sunday. Some holidays.

THIS SAFETY SENSITIVE POSITION IS SUBJECT TO MANDATORY DRUG TESTING POLICIES AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.

Qualifications: Graduation from high school or equivalent and six months of experience in the operation and maintenance of trucks and construction equipment heavier than pickup trucks; or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the desirable knowledge, abilities, and skills.

Necessary Special Requirements: Valid driver's license. Valid commercial driver's license (CDL) is required or the ability to obtain within 90 days of appointment.

IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A CDL, PRIOR TO BEING HIRED FOR THIS POSITION YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER WITH THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION DRUG AND ALCOHOL CLEARINGHOUSE AT:

We value each City of Lincoln employee and one way we demonstrate this is by providing an attractive and competitive total compensation package that adds value to our employees' professional and personal lives. The following benefits are available for this position:

Pay increases are available upon completion of the 6-month new employee probationary period, and annually thereafter based on performance.
We encourage a healthy work-life balance by offering 10 days of vacation leave, over 12 days of sick leave, 11 paid holidays, and 2 personal convenience days annually that you begin accruing upon hire.
All medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family begin the first of the month following hire, no need to wait!
30 days of Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Programs offering work/life services, wellness coaching, short-term counseling, legal assistance, and financial coaching.
5 days of Funeral and Bereavement Leave
$71,000 of Life Insurance
$1,213 of Tuition Reimbursement
401(a) Retirement Plan. If you make a 7% contribution, the City will contribute 9%
Employer provided Post Employment Health Plan for eligible medical expenses for after you leave City employment.
Optional benefits include:
Medical and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Allstate Voluntary Plans
Supplemental Term Life
Deferred Compensation Plans

APPLICATION COMPLETION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To successfully complete your application, please make sure you read each statement below and check ALL boxes prior to submission.

This application is hand scored.
ALL questions must be fully answered to receive full credit.
"See Resume", or answers such as "See ___" are not acceptable responses and will not receive full credit.
Copied/Pasted answers will not receive full credit.
ALL employers and education referred to in answers must be listed in the Work History and Education sections of the application for verification and to receive full credit.
I understand I am responsible for the accuracy and completeness of my application.
I Acknowledge that I have read and understand each of the above statements.

I understand, as a condition of my employment for the position for which I am applying with the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County, that I must at all times be legally licensed to operate a motor vehicle. I understand state law requires operators possessing a driver's license from another state must obtain a valid Nebraska driver's license within 30 days of change of residence. Further, I understand that I must notify my immediate supervisor the next working day following a motor vehicle conviction which results in loss, revoked, impounded or suspension of my driver's license. Further, I understand that this document is an official City/County record, and that falsification of this document, or failure to properly notify the City/County of driving convictions or loss of driving privileges will result in discipline, up to and including termination. This applies any time driving privileges are revoked, suspended or limited in any way by any court or the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles or any other Administrative agency of the state of Nebraska or any other state jurisdiction. Do you have a valid driver's license and/or commercial driver's license?

Driver's License
Commercial Driver's License
No License

For verification purposes please list your driver's license number, the state that issued the license, date of issue, and date of expiration. If you have a Commercial Driver's License, please also list any endorsements. Note: a driver's license check will only be made on the top candidate.

This position may require serving in an on-call assignment/rotation and performing work after normal work-hours. Are you willing and able to be available for the after-hours work?

Do you have experience in the operation and maintenance of trucks and construction equipment heavier than pickup trucks?

No experience
Yes, less than 6 months experience
Yes, 6 months to 2 years experience
Yes, more than 2 years experience

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience. If no, enter N/A.

Do you have experience working in the solid waste field? (Refuse hauling, transfer stations, composting, landfill, material recovery facility, litter pick up, load inspections, traffic direction, explaining to customers why materials are not acceptable, etc.)

Indicate if you have experience in the following: (You must list employers below to receive credit for the work).

Performing daily operator inspections and operator level maintenance on construction or truck/automotive type equipment
Performing grounds maintenance such as mowing, landscaping, fence installation or repair, etc.
Performing field work related to gathering data from pumps, monitoring points, ground surface or taking samples from water or groundwater, etc.
None

Please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience. If none, enter N/A.

Please describe examples your work duties. If none, enter N/A.

Indicate if you have operated and/or maintained the following equipment: (You must list employers below to receive credit for work experience).

Front-end loaders
Semi-tractor and trailer
Dump truck or garbage/roll-off truck
Backhoe or skid steer loader
None

Please list the employers where from your application you acquired this experience. If none, enter N/A.

Please describe examples your work duties. If none, enter N/A.

Do you have experience documenting information via electronic devices or on paper? Examples may be work activities, equipment inspections or repairs, data related to instrument readings, observations of physical conditions, etc.

If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience. If no, enter N/A.

I understand that I will be required to obtain a valid Nebraska Commercial Driver's License with endorsements, if applicable, within 90 days of appointment or I will be terminated. Further, I understand that if my driving privileges and/or license is at any time suspended, revoked, impounded, or in any other way removed by the State of Nebraska, that I must, as a condition of future employment with the City/County, report that fact IMMEDIATELY to my supervisor. Forms are available in each department. Further, I understand that this document is an official City/County record, and that falsification of this document, or failure to report loss of driving privileges and/or license in the future is grounds for my being disciplined, if hired, or removed from the list of certified eligibles.

I Understand

I understand that in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Department of Transportation Regulations, each individual conditionally hired for a safety sensitive position is subject to mandatory drug and alcohol testing. Any applicant who refuses or fails to execute the City/County's general consent and release form to be drug and alcohol tested, who refuses or fails to execute the City/County's authorization to obtain past drug and alcohol test results forms, who refuses or fails to submit to a pre-employment/pre-duty drug and alcohol test as directed, or whose result is positive for either test, will not be considered eligible to work for the City/County. Existing workers who test positive will not be considered qualified for the position for which they are applying and will also be subject to the City/County discipline, up to and including discharge. All pre-employment job applicants covered by this policy who test positive will not be hired. I understand that any applicant has the right to have their original split sample retested (by a DHHS certified laboratory, the original laboratory will follow approved transfer procedures) at their expense, if requested in writing to the City/County Human Resources Director within 72 hours of the final result provided by the Medical Review Officer. If upon retest the results are found to be negative, the City/County will reimburse the costs involved with the retest. (If the second test is found to be positive, the applicant will not be hired, and the cost of the retest will not be reimbursed.) Current employees transferring, promoting, or demoting into a position requiring drug testing who test positive have the right to have their sample retested (by a DHHS certified laboratory, the original laboratory will follow approved transfer procedures) at their expense, if requested in writing to the City/County Human Resources Director within 72 hours of the final result provided by the MRO. If upon retest the results are found to be negative, the City/County will reimburse the costs involved with the retest. If the results of the retest, are positive, the cost will not be reimbursed.

I Understand

I understand, if hired to a safety sensitive position, I am subject to Random, Post Accident, Reasonable/Suspicion, Return to Duty and Follow-Up drug and alcohol testing. Failure to comply with federal mandates and City/County Policy could result in discipline up to and including termination.

I Understand

Have you failed or refused a Department of Transportation drug or alcohol test within the previous two years?

I understand if I currently have a CDL I must register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Drug and Alcohol Clearing house at: prior to being hired.

I Understand

Are you currently registered in the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse?

Yes
No (If No, you must register)

I understand that before I can be hired, I must give consent for my prospective employer to conduct a query of the FMCSA Commercial Driver's License Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse to determine whether a drug or alcohol violation has been reported.