Solid Waste Environmental Laborer - Thousand Hour (Summer)

Job Posted 3/26/2025
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Palmer, AK 99645
United States
Job Description
Salary: $20.24 Hourly
Location : Palmer, AK
Job Type: On-Call Summer or Winter Assignment
Job Number: 2025-00065
Department: Public Works
Division: Solid Waste
Opening Date: 03/24/2025
Closing Date: Continuous

Job Summary
This position assists with manual tasks related to the handling of solid waste and litter control.

Work is performed and duties are carried out in accordance with established policies, procedures, and Borough core values: Accountability, Customer Focus, Dedication, Integrity, Responsiveness and Teamwork.

This is a Summer Assignment position: May 1, through October 31, 2024.
Pay Grade
D1 - DOE

Minimum Requirements
High School diploma or equivalent.

Less than one year of experience. Experience working with and/or identifying hazardous or universal waste is preferred, but not required.

Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Alaska for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.

Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen, background check and physical.

Completion of required Incident Command System (ICS) courses in accordance with established Borough policy.

Duties/Responsibilities
  • Assists in maintaining the central landfill.
  • Processes latex paints and other universal wastes according to division policies and procedures.
  • Packs refrigerants into containers.
  • Transports universal waste from transfer sites.
  • Loads abandoned waste into vehicle for transport to landfill.
  • Assists in tagging vehicles for impound; takes photographs and collects data.
  • Cuts weeds and brush.
  • Assists with snow removal operations.
  • Answers customer questions and directs the public to waste disposal areas.
  • Performs related duties.

Temporary and Thousand Hour (1000) employees for the Mat-Su Borough do not receive a benefits package. Following is a brief description of the only benefit provided to this class of employee.
Alaska Supplemental Benefits System:

The Supplemental Benefits System (SBS) is in lieu of Social Security and is mandatory. An employee contributes at 6.13% of gross wages, matched by the Borough (6.13%), on the present wage base of $132,900.
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I understand that this position is a temporary summer assignment limited to 1000 hours between May 1, 2025 and October 31, 2025.
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