Scrap Processing Specialist- Onsite OKC, OK

APMEX•Oklahoma City, OK

1d•$17 - $19•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located downtown OKC and is required to be onsite daily. Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm Extended hours and weekend OT may be required due to business needs. The Scrap Processing Specialist supports APMEX’s Scrap Buying operation by accurately evaluating and processing incoming scrap jewelry for melt, refinement, or secondary resale. This role is responsible for identifying metal types, verifying hallmarks, performing detailed purity and weight assessments, and preparing items for assay or refining according to APMEX standards. The processor ensures all products are handled with exceptional attention to detail, maintaining strict chain-of-custody, security, and documentation procedures within APMEX’s operational environment. This position plays a key role in supporting efficient product flow, accurate valuation, and maximizing precious-metal recovery, contributing directly to the reliability and reputation of APMEX’s operational standard. A Day in the Life of a Scrap Processing Specialist: Ensuring all incoming packages are located and held in the scrap processing area each day while working with the APMEX receiving team. Performs counterfeit-detection procedures, including verification of suspected plated or non-authentic jewelry, silverware, bullion and numismatic items, to help safeguard APMEX’s reputation and ensure proper handling of incoming material. Identify, test, and classify scrap materials items using APMEX’s approved tools, procedures, and testing equipment. Prepare scrap items for melt, assay, or refining, ensuring accurate documentation and proper chain-of-custody. Organize, label, and distribute processed scrap to the appropriate internal teams, including Operations, Product Management, and Numismatics. Maintain scrap inventory areas by ensuring materials are properly stored, tracked, and accounted for. Assist with resolving discrepancies or issues related to scrap orders, testing results, or documentation. Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor/team lead. Position Qualifications: Adaptability/Flexibility: Adapts to change, is open to new ideas, takes on new responsibilities, handles pressure, and adjusts plans to meet changing needs. Communication: Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills. Computer Skills: Skilled in the use of computers, adapts to new technology, keeps abreast of changes, learns new programs quickly, uses computers to improve productivity. Decision Making/Judgment: Recognizes problems and responds, systematically gathers information, sorts through complex issues, seeks input from others, addresses root cause of issues, makes timely decisions, can make difficult decisions, uses consensus when possible, communicates decisions to others. Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements. Initiative: Tackles problems and takes independent action, seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development. Product Knowledge: Knows and explains product features/benefits, understands/sells the full product line, understands customer's business operations and needs, understands/responds to the competition, applies market knowledge. Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems. Teamwork: Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team leader to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a team atmosphere. Other competencies include time management, integrity/ ethics, productivity, and a high quality of work. APMEX is a billion-dollar ecommerce company that is the leader in Precious Metals. Our customers love our selection and service – our employees love our values and culture. Our APMEX team is large enough to get the job done better than anyone else in the industry, while being small enough to listen to, and care about our employees. Without their dedication, APMEX would not continue to be named the #1 Specialty eRetailer by Internet Retailer Magazine! Come see why APMEX was "Voted as one of the Best Places to Work in Oklahoma!" Join the team today!

Requirements

Adaptability/Flexibility: Adapts to change, is open to new ideas, takes on new responsibilities, handles pressure, and adjusts plans to meet changing needs.
Communication: Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.
Computer Skills: Skilled in the use of computers, adapts to new technology, keeps abreast of changes, learns new programs quickly, uses computers to improve productivity.
Decision Making/Judgment: Recognizes problems and responds, systematically gathers information, sorts through complex issues, seeks input from others, addresses root cause of issues, makes timely decisions, can make difficult decisions, uses consensus when possible, communicates decisions to others.
Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.
Initiative: Tackles problems and takes independent action, seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development.
Product Knowledge: Knows and explains product features/benefits, understands/sells the full product line, understands customer's business operations and needs, understands/responds to the competition, applies market knowledge.
Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
Teamwork: Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team leader to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a team atmosphere.
Other competencies include time management, integrity/ ethics, productivity, and a high quality of work.
Education: High School or GED required
Experience in the precious metals industry
Experience working with Microsoft Office
Computer Skills: Intermediate skills with other Microsoft Office products

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred
Knowledge of US and World Coins a plus
Experience identifying coin types
Experience with scrap, such as silver ware, dinner ware, dental gold, jewelry

Responsibilities

Ensuring all incoming packages are located and held in the scrap processing area each day while working with the APMEX receiving team.
Performs counterfeit-detection procedures, including verification of suspected plated or non-authentic jewelry, silverware, bullion and numismatic items, to help safeguard APMEX’s reputation and ensure proper handling of incoming material.
Identify, test, and classify scrap materials items using APMEX’s approved tools, procedures, and testing equipment.
Prepare scrap items for melt, assay, or refining, ensuring accurate documentation and proper chain-of-custody.
Organize, label, and distribute processed scrap to the appropriate internal teams, including Operations, Product Management, and Numismatics.
Maintain scrap inventory areas by ensuring materials are properly stored, tracked, and accounted for.
Assist with resolving discrepancies or issues related to scrap orders, testing results, or documentation.
Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor/team lead.