Technician Pollution Control
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 17, 2026. Monroe County, FL scores B on the Alion truth index.
Join a workforce where innovation and teamwork provide support to the community and citizens of Monroe County.
Compensation:
$22.99 - $35.63Job Description:
The primary function of this position is to clean up illegal dump sites and rights-of-way throughout Monroe County. Additionally, it assists with emergency clean-ups, including those caused by hurricanes and tornadoes, as well as hauling operations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Cleans illegal dump sites.
Operates heavy equipment in the performance of daily duties.
Mows grass and trims trees.
Operates weed eater, chainsaw, etc., in the performance of daily duties.
Prepares and processes recyclable products for shipping.
Completes paperwork.
Performs basic repair and maintenance of equipment.
Prepares for upcoming storms.
Cleans up storm debris after major storms.
Ensures correct payment is being made for trash receptacles.
Ensures that contractual services perform the required duties.
Performs preventive maintenance on work truck.
Segregates and stores household hazardous waste.
Performs other related job duties as assigned.
In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or GED. Three (3) years minimum of prior related work experience.
Special Qualifications:
Valid Florida Commercial Driver License (CDL).
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to work from a general outline of duties and responsibilities.
Ability to perform technical or trades-based work that requires a solid understanding of basic algebra and statistics OR use of heavy equipment. Some of the tasks performed include participating in data collection and detailed analysis; reporting on the accomplishment of specific departmental goals and tasks; OR operating or repairing heavy equipment (bulldozers, cranes, graders).
Ability to work in a responsive environment where co-workers or citizens bring problems for resolution; ability to determine problems and create individual solutions for issues.
Ability to work with less than ten co-workers who are mostly engaged in the same activities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is heavy and requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Visual Acuity: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in an environment with heavy equipment and machinery that could result in bodily harm to co-workers or others.
Monroe County has the right to revise this job description at any time.This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment
Equal Opportunity Employer: Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, or military service in employment or the provision of services.
Empleador de Igualdad de Oportunidades: El Condado de Monroe no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, género, religión, edad, discapacidad o servicio militar en el empleo o la prestación de servicios.
Veterans Preference according to Florida State Statute 295.07: Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of the servicemembers and veterans, receive preference and priority in employment by the state and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled.
Preferencia de Veteranos de acuerdo con el Estatuto del Estado de Florida 295.07: Ciertos miembros del servicio y veteranos, y los cónyuges y familiares de los miembros del servicio y veteranos, reciben preferencia y prioridad en el empleo por parte del estado y se les alienta a solicitar los puestos que se están llenando.