Green Box LLC Compost Operator Sun Prairie, WI · Full time Company website

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Green Box is an organics collection and composting company, headquartered in Madison, WI with a presence throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Our mission is to divert organics, primarily food scraps, from the landfill, and to create high quality compost. Our vision is to create sustainable jobs that both fulfill our employee's needs, and help our community transition to a more just and circular economy. We do that by providing excellent landfill diversion services, customers support, and a stable, efficient work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Mix incoming feedstocks
• Manage carbon piles
• Create and turn windrows
• Take temperatures
• Maintain and update site records
• Clean and regrade site as needed
• Provide weekly updates
• Escalate issues appropriately
• Assist/execute stability and maturity tests
• Take samples to send to soil lab
• Screen compost
• Assist with site planning

Successful candidate will:

• Have proficient experience in small sized heavy equipment, such as skid steers and front-end loaders
• Be able to measure and maintain weekly records, keeping information neat and organized across multi-month periods of time.
• Have basic understanding of the composting process, being able to follow prescribed mixing ratios and willing to learn problem solving skills regarding successful composting.
• Show a willingness to work through all (safe) weather conditions and perform regular equipment cleaning and basic preventative maintenance.
• Have strong communication skills to give regular updates to drivers, managing staff, and regulators on site performance, and cleanliness.
• Be able to work independently reliably and safely.
• Show aptitude for basic customer service and be willing to politely address public visitors.

Compensation:

• Competitive hourly rate based on experience for 30-40 hours per week
• Health, Vision, Dental
• 401k + Match after 3 months
• Short- and long-term disability, and life insurance
• 10 days PTO that accumulates over the year