Labourer

ABC Recycling Ltd.•Burnaby, BC

8d•CA$21 - CA$24•Onsite

About The Position

ABC Recycling Ltd. is seeking a General Labourer for their Burnaby, B.C. yard. The role involves processing, moving, sorting, cutting, and packaging scrap metal and vehicles for transport. The position also requires maintaining a clean and safe yard environment, ensuring all safety standards are met.

Requirements

Experience with sorting and allocating ferrous metals, preferably in a busy, high volume scrap yard is considered an asset.
Thorough knowledge of ferrous types and grades and able to assess and allocate most scrap by visual inspection.
Ability to use a forklift or skid steer is an asset.
Knowledgeable about general safety practices.
Willingness to work in an outdoor environment (rain or shine).
Able to communicate professionally.
Subject to an initial and then ongoing random drug and alcohol screening as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with sorting and allocating ferrous metals, preferably in a busy, high volume scrap yard.
Ability to use a forklift or skid steer.

Responsibilities

Receives metals from customer and assist in unloading if required.
Assesses and weigh various types and grades of ferrous metals.
Maximizes mix loads of scrap from customers by sorting, high-grading and segregating accordingly.
Ensures property, facilities, and equipment remain in good order.
Communicates with customers and ensure they receive professional service.
Cuts larger too thick pieces of metal into smaller marketable pieces.
Loads and unloads trailers using a forklift.
Drains fluids from vehicles and prepares them for baling.
Dismantles scrap materials and remove high value metals from them.
Ensures property, facilities, and equipment remain in good order.
Maintains inventory controls by collecting stock location orders, printing requests, recording amounts of materials or items received or distributed through a computer.
May also assist in counting of physical inventory.
Other duties as assigned.