Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION: Solid Waste Supervisor

SEASON: Austral Summer (Oct 2025 - Feb 2026)

LOCATION : McMurdo Station, Antarctica

SECTOR/DEPT : Six Mile, LLC Antarctica

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Solid Waste Supervisor oversees operations at the solid-waste barn and the workflow of the department. The supervisor is responsible for the organization of the solid-waste barn, ensuring that applicable SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) are being followed, and that safety standards are being met.

The supervisor will maintain and update the Solid Waste Tracking spreadsheet and ensure quality control of the data being inputted. Depending on the skill set of the Waste Stream Coordinator's, the supervisor might be coordinating daily tasking.

The supervisor must have the proper training and be familiar with the established protocol for solid-waste barn activities. The supervisor will also serve as a Spill Team Member and is on call for one week out of every four, twenty-four hours a day.

Responsible for the safe and technically proficient operation of equipment such as; articulating loaders, graders, fork-lifts, tracked agricultural tractors, dump-trucks, excavators, etc.

Performs daily equipment checks to ensure all equipment is properly maintained and in safe operating condition.

Complies with all ASC Environmental Health & Safety and Quality Assurance requirements.

Performs physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of tall vehicles and heavy equipment, crawling as needed, working outdoors in extreme cold, and walking long distances daily. Snow shoveling, ice-chipping, and other forms of manual labor required.

Accurately records time worked, and equipment hours used daily in Maximo.

Performs other duties as required.

Reports to Manager, Solid Waste

REQUIREMENTS

Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods is required.

Must be willing and able to lift and move items, parts, assemblies and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum.

Must be willing and able to perform physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors.

Must participate in community programs, such as "house-mouse" (chores), "daisy-picking" (cleaning-up around the station), recycling efforts & safety objectives.

PREFERRED

Familiarity with Microsoft Office preferred.

Prior cold-climate equipment operations preferred.

EDUCATION: High school graduate or equivalent is strongly preferred.

CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS: Valid Driver's license required. Class A or B CDL preferred.

OTHER : US citizenship or permanent residency required.

A prerequisite of employment for this position is to successfully gain a favorable Elevated Background Investigation (EBI) result prior to deployment. Candidates hired for this position will be required to complete; online forms, written forms, fingerprint cards and provide additional details and information as requested by National Science Foundation (NSF) Personnel Security office.

Gana-A'Yoo, Limited (GYL), an Alaska Native Corporation, offers services with ongoing contracts in many facility types, such as; military training facilities, emergency management centers and temporary field sites.

We are committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers.

If you require assistance in the application process, please contact us at: GYLOpportunities@usap.gov

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status. EEO is the Law poster.

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