General Labor
About The Position
This General Labor position involves a wide range of manual tasks primarily within a scrap metal yard and outdoor environment. Key duties include unloading materials, extensive material handling and sorting, disassembling various equipment and parts, operating recycling machinery like metal shears and wire strippers, and directing yard traffic. The role also encompasses light facility maintenance, assisting with machinery repair, and maintaining a high standard of housekeeping and organization in the work area. Adherence to all safety, health, and environmental regulations is a core expectation.
Requirements
- Must pass a medical physical and drug test
- Must pass a background check
- Ability to: communicate with others effectively; understand direction (written or oral) and use basic math skills as the job demands
- Willingness to learn how to: sort metal, identify colors, shapes, and weights; properly maintain equipment; properly utilize PPE
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or GED and/or foreign education acceptable
- Bi-lingual (English & Spanish) language skills a plus
Responsibilities
- Unloading pallets, boxes, and bundles
- Material handling / sorting – pushing, pulling, picking, lifting, carrying, and filling up hoppers, boxes, and conveyor belts
- Unpacking boxes using box cutters, separating plastics, zip ties, blister packs, and other packaging materials
- Disassembling small equipment, cutting wires, torqueing pipefittings, removing bolts, automobile parts, and appliance parts
- Work with recycling equipment for processing metal product e.g. metal shears, band saw and wire strippers
- Direct traffic of yard vehicles traveling through yard
- Light facility maintenance – painting, scraping, moving furniture and equipment
- Maintenance – selecting and using tools properly, pulling and installing parts for machinery, working with other employees to assist machinery repair
- Housekeeping – sweeping, cleaning, shoveling, and debris collection
- Moderate and Periodic landscaping work
- Clean up work area at the end of shift
- Keep work areas neat and orderly
- Regular attendance and punctuality are essential job functions
- Organizing materials to have more effective use of space
- Dispose of various waste materials in the appropriate manner
- Inspection to ensure cleanup is completed
- Effective housekeeping in workplace area is an ongoing operation for safety and better hygienic conditions for all team members
- Comply with all applicable federal, state, local, & SA Recycling safety, health, & environmental rules, regulations, policies, & procedures
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
