Sorter, MRF

Waste Management, Inc. (WM)•Detroit, MI

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The value of a WM job is more than a paycheck. It’s a way to create opportunities for you and your family. WM is stable, with team members performing essential and meaningful work. WM invests in its employees through benefits and annual education assistance. The Sorter is responsible for ensuring proper placement and sorting materials on the conveyor line. WM (WM.com) is North America's leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions, previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas. The company is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. Through its subsidiaries, WM provides collection, recycling, and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial, medical, and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. WM has innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics, and renewable energy, providing environmental solutions and collaborating with customers on sustainability goals. WM boasts the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials, and leads in beneficial use of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most landfill gas-to-electricity plants in North America. Its fleet includes over 12,000 natural gas trucks. Healthcare Solutions, a subsidiary, offers collection and disposal of regulated medical waste and secure information destruction services in the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe. WM is constantly working to make WM a great place to work and grow a career. We Are WM defines the perks of being in the WM family – from benefits, to resources and engagement activities. WM is People First, Committed to Your Growth, Investing in You, a Family, Stable, and Always Working for a Sustainable Tomorrow.

Requirements

No experience Required

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or GED (accredited).

Responsibilities

Inspect materials and sort items or materials into piles or places in container according to type, size, condition, coloring or paper grade.
Pull contaminants out of paper or off of floor.
Stack boxes and skids. Dump boxes and totes of material.
Feed material, such as wastepaper onto conveyor.
Clean up conveyor and surrounding sorting line. Keep surrounding work area clean.
Read monitor for machine start up and ensure machine is operating properly and at a moderate speed.
Follow appropriate standard operating procedures (SOPs) as guideline for operating and maintaining equipment.
Report any worker-public safety factors and/or equipment malfunctions.
Attend weekly/monthly safety/operations meetings.
Other duties as assigned.