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Refuse Collection Foreman
City of Detroit
Dept of Public Works
Location
Detroit, Michigan, 48226
Salary
$48,801 - $57,694
per year
Type
Full-Time
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April 17, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team that picks up garbage and rubbish from city routes, cleans streets and alleys, and handles related tasks like snow removal and equipment maintenance in Detroit.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in waste management who enjoys supervising workers, solving on-the-job problems, and ensuring routes stay on schedule.
It's ideal for a reliable leader who can manage teams and keep public areas clean and safe.
Key Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Two years of experience planning and supervising groups of workers in municipal waste removal and street cleaning
- Ability to inspect work, report route changes, and request additional help to meet schedules
- Skills in preparing time records, trip logs, and reports on yardage, tonnage, and completed work
- Experience handling complaints, correcting issues, and performing minor equipment repairs
- Knowledge of instructing employees on duties, equipment operation, and monitoring attendance with disciplinary recommendations
- Familiarity with overseeing street sweeping, snow removal, salting, sanding, and dump ground management
Full Job Description
Under general supervision, supervises the collection of garbage or rubbish and the cleaning of streets and alleys.
Requirements
- Supervises the work of a moderately large group of subordinates employing trucks designed for a one-person and/or multiple person crew engaged in the collection of garbage or rubbish along designated routes in assigned section of the City or at a specified location.
- Makes periodic inspections of work performed, reports on physical changes in routes to be covered, and requests additional help with necessary to maintain schedule.
- Prepares time records on workers, trip records on trucks, and simple reports of yardage, tonnage, and work completed.
- Checks and follows up on complaints and corrects deficient condition.
- Locates minor malfunctions in equipment and makes repairs when appropriate.
- Reports equipment in need of repair and schedules preventive maintenance.
- Instructs employees in the performance of duties and in the care and operation of equipment.
- Monitors employee attendance records and recommends discipline as needed.
- Assists in the layout and determination of district pick ups, as assigned.
- Closely watches, directs, and/or subsequently inspects the sweeping of streets, snow removal, and salting and sanding of icy streets.
- Performs other duties concerned with collection and disposal of refuse such as locating dump grounds, seeing that dump grounds are kept in a usable condition, investigating complaints, and collecting tickets for removal of commercial rubbish.
Qualifications
- High School graduation or GED.
- Two (2) years of experience in planning, and supervising the work of several groups of workers engaged in removing municipal waste and cleaning streets.
Additional Information
Evaluation Plan- Interview: 70%
- Evaluation of Training, Experience & Personal Qualifications: 30%
- Total of Interview and Evaluation T.E.P: 100%
- Veteran Points: 0 – 15 points
- Detroit Residency Credit: 15 points
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