Department:

Solid Waste

Start Here. Grow Here. Stay Here.

Make a difference while protecting the environment!

Join Sarasota County's Hazardous Waste team and play a vital role in safely receiving, sorting, packaging, and managing hazardous and regulated waste collected through County programs. Your work helps protect our community, preserve our natural resources, and provide residents with a safe alternative to hazardous waste disposal.

Apply today and help keep Sarasota County clean, safe, and beautiful!

• Greet customers, verify disposal receipts, and direct customers to the Chemical Collection Centers
• Perform preliminary chemical analysis on unknown materials
• Lab Packs and consolidates hazardous materials and wastes into drums for transportation and disposal in accordance with regulatory requirements and established contractor guidelines
• Prepare container inventory sheets and track materials in spreadsheets
• Load, deliver, and off-load containers of waste at approved disposal facilities
• Perform scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on all collection facilities and surrounding areas 
• Use, maintain, and calibrate environmental monitoring instruments such as gas detectors and organic vapor analyzers
• Pick up and transport waste to the main collection facility for processing

Work Hours/Days:  

• Working 40-hours Weekly
• ​Operating Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
• Days will either be Monday - Friday or Tuesday - Saturday
• Both schedules have two consecutive days off

About You

Minimum Qualifications:  

• A High School Diploma or its equivalent
• Must pass OSHA 40-Hour Hazwoper and DOT HM 181/126 certifications within six (6) months from the time of hire
• The ability to obtain a Florida Class "C" CDL driver's license with Hazmat Endorsement within twelve (12) months from the time of hire
• A valid Florida Driver’s License at the time of hire

Physical Demands:

• May occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds
• Must be fit tested for a respirator. For more information on this requirement, please visit: https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2017/11/02/noshave/

Subject to Passing Substance Screening:  This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening.  An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.

About Everything Else

Starting Pay: $17.34 (Step 1)

Potential higher pay (steps) for those with multiple years of experience

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

• If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)  

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)  

Benefits:

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
• For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.
• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations. 
• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)​​

A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.

We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally. 

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.