Non-Ferrous Laborer

SA RecyclingSt. Louis, MO
Onsite

About The Position

This position involves various labor tasks in a scrap metal yard environment. Responsibilities include material handling, equipment operation, facility maintenance, and ensuring a safe and clean work area. Regular attendance and punctuality are essential.

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

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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