Equipment Operator

Equipment Operators

Hiring immediately for equipment operators. Recycle all types of electronic waste including but not limited to, circuit boards, keyboards, CRT and flat panel TVs/monitors, computers, laptops, and smart phones.

Essential functions of position include, but are not limited to:

• Handling hazardous waste, including identification, labeling, storage, and management in accordance with all regulations and internal safety requirements.
• Handling waste batteries, and electronics for recycling, including identification, labeling, sorting, and storage.
• Unload trucks, stage equipment for processing.
• Document appropriate operation in logs.
• Operate fork truck, lifting mechanisms, drum dumpers, drum and pallet jacks.
• Reliable, regular attendance/punctuality is required to meet business need.
• Assure compliance with all applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Perform work safely, in accordance with all company policies and procedures to prevent injury.

Background requirements:

• High School diploma or GED required
• Good mechanical ability required.
• Must be able to read/write and understand English.

Working conditions:

• Medium to heavy working conditions.
• Lifting 50 pounds minimum on regular basis.
• Work with various materials with varying safety requirements.
• Tasks will rotate within different areas of the warehouse according to business needs.
• Ability to climb stairs, stands 8 hours/day, lift 60 pounds, move 55-gallon drums required.
• Ability to use personal protective equipment such as tyveks, goggles, hardhat, respirator.
• Ability to work overtime hours as required by business conditions.

In this role, you'll be trained to safely feed and operate equipment that processes lightbulbs into recyclable material. You'll open and empty containers of lightbulbs into three feed points, track and document daily throughput, and perform routine maintenance inspections on the machine. Depending upon daily workflow, you may be assigned to other areas/tasks within the warehouse.

Basic qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to read, write, and understand English.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds on a regular basis.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment such as Tyvek coveralls, protective goggles, hard hat, and a respirator.
• Ability to stand, bend, reach, squat, grasp, and walk, with or without reasonable accommodation.