The Yard Worker is responsible for completing a variety of labor tasks that include site clean-up, Metal Sorting, and transferring materials to designated locations at the job site.

Essential Duties:

• Clean recycling yard by sweeping, raking, picking up materials and debris, or moving barrels and bins.
• Clean, inspect, and assist with performing routine maintenance.
• Deposit recoverable materials into chutes or place materials on conveyor belts.
• Load and unload containers
• Clean up work sites from hazardous obsolete materials.
• Use Power tools and machinery (Forklift) when needed.
• Follow instructions from supervisors to perform manual labor task.
• Sorting materials and transferring to designated location at the job sites

Mathematical Skills:

• Basic math skills required.

Physical Demands:

• Physically able to conduct inspections and carry equipment used for inspections.
• Prolonged periods of walking and standing.
• Must be able to lift, push, pull up to 40 pounds at a time.
• Consistently climbs, balances, stoops, kneels, crawls or crouches.
• Consistently turning and moving of hands, arms, feet, and legs.
• Job Knowledge, Skill and Ability Preferences
• Strong attention to detail.
• Must be able to successfully complete assignments or tasks with little supervision.
• Must be able to work in a team environment and collaborate with coworkers to accomplish all work goals and assigned tasks.
• Aware of the alarm sound and signals for starting the equipment or systems.
• Knowledge of materials to be picked out from the conveyor, e.g.: copper, aluminum, and brass, steel, fluff, etc.
• Know about cleaning, sweeping and using the proper tools.
• Must be able to work safely in a fast-paced environment.