Laborer

SA RecyclingSan Diego, CA
$18 - $19Onsite

About The Position

This position involves a variety of manual labor tasks in a scrap metal yard environment. Responsibilities include material handling, sorting, unpacking, disassembling equipment, operating recycling machinery, directing yard traffic, light facility maintenance, and general housekeeping. The role requires adherence to safety, health, and environmental regulations, and effective communication and teamwork.

Requirements

  • Must pass a medical physical and drug test
  • Must pass a background check
  • Ability to communicate with others effectively
  • Ability to understand direction (written or oral)
  • Ability to use basic math skills as the job demands
  • Willingness to learn how to sort metal, identify colors, shapes, and weights
  • Willingness to learn how to properly maintain equipment
  • Willingness to learn how to 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
  • 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.
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