Landfill Equipment Operator

$31.66 hourly (2026)

Reports To Supervisor, Waste Management Operations

Department Public Works

Location Waste Management Division, Various

Hours Normal Working Hours up to 24 hours per week, includes days, evenings and weekends.

OtherCurrent vacancy. Travel throughout the City of Kawartha Lakes in accordance with job requirements; work locations may vary

Job Description

- Operate and maintain front-end loader, roll off truck, waste compactor and any other landfill equipment
- Segregate incoming materials moving to appropriate location/bin, and/or manually stack or package items (i.e. tires, electronics, scrap metal, hazardous waste,) for shipment
- Ensure waste is disposed in proper location at the tip face and in accordance with design plans
- Ensure proper compaction of waste in accordance with standard operating procedures
- Apply cover material to exposed refuse in designated areas in accordance with standard operating procedures




- Load recycling into bins or trailers using high lift loader
- Prepare incident reports and other documentation
- Pick up, delivery and emptying of roll off bins to, from and at various City landfill sites
- Adhere to legislative requirements and standard operating procedures regulating all landfill operations including maintenance of required records
- Monitor and report change or substantive fluctuation in various detection systems located at landfill(s) (i.e. methane detection, leachate controls, etc.)
- Operate a commercial scale, enter load information in a computer system, weigh customer load, calculate fees, collect payments using both cash and debit transactions, prepare charge and cash tickets, and issue receipts
- Maintain a working float, prepare deposit slips and reconciliation forms as well as make

📌 Landfill Equipment Operator (Kawartha Lakes)
🏢 City of Kawartha Lake
📍 Kawartha Lakes