Laborer

simsmetalm•Newark, NJ

24d•Onsite

About The Position

Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling. With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use. As a responsible corporate citizen, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as at any time in our long history.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or related experience.
Regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, and feel.
Reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear.
Occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Must be able to work outside under extreme temperature conditions. (Heat, cold, snow etc.)

Responsibilities

Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits
Operate machinery used in the production process or assist machine operators
Inspect materials and sort items or materials into piles or places in bins or barrels according to type, size, condition, coloring marking or other characteristics
Load and unload items from machines, conveyors and conveyances
Clean and lubricate equipment
Sweeps and shovels residual waste from process
Perform other duties as assigned