Operations Management Trainee
About The Position
Sims Metal is hiring an Operations Management Trainee for a one-year paid program that prepares participants to manage a front-line team within its North American operations. The program includes field-based training, shadowing experienced staff in Operations, Commercial, and Support functions, leadership training, and professional development. Travel within Northern California and Nevada is required, with occasional travel to other U.S. locations possibly required. Upon completion, participants will be considered for a full-time role on the SM Operations team. The role offers the opportunity to build a career in metal recycling and circular solutions at a company that emphasizes employee development, internal promotion, safety, sustainability, and teamwork. The position involves working in an outdoor industrial environment that can be dusty, dirty, loud, and exposed to inclement weather. PPE is required, and the job requires the ability to lift 50 pounds.
Requirements
- No experience required.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
- PPE is required in the work environment.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Experience in an industrial environment preferred.
Responsibilities
- Supervise production team members, including laborers and equipment operators, performing production operations.
- Apply the union contract, employee handbook, safety manuals, and applicable rules, programs, and procedures consistently.
- Familiarize team members with company policies, rules, and regulations.
- Promote positive employee relations through clear expectations, coaching, and proper application of employee relations policies.
- Orient and train team members in the safe and efficient operation of equipment.
- Promote good housekeeping and compliance with quality specifications.
- Evaluate probationary team members and recommend hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, or termination decisions.
- Maintain production within the assigned department at authorized levels.
- Monitor production for compliance with methods, quality standards, safety regulations, production standards, and efficient equipment operation; take corrective action as needed.
- Participate in job hazard analyses and develop safe work procedures.
- Analyze production methods, tool design, communication, reporting, and cost controls, and recommend improvements to the production manager.
- Communicate on-the-job problems to employees and work with them on corrective action plans; document problems and review plans with the manager.
- Arrange for proper maintenance of machines and equipment and recommend equipment and process improvements.
- Investigate operations that are not meeting cost standards and implement corrective action when applicable.
- Coordinate assigned functions with other departments or shifts when appropriate.
- Build teamwork among assigned employees to support departmental and company goals.
- Support and carry out the management philosophy and vision.
- Conduct safety and quality meetings and communicate policies and regulations to subordinate personnel.
- Direct team members to their assigned safe area in an emergency.
- Promote plant-wide teamwork and positive morale.
Benefits
- Health coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Life insurance
- Other voluntary benefits
- Competitive pay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
