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Plant Associate I

Balcones Recycling, Opelika, AL, United States


Plant Associate I

Circular Services is a leading developer and operator of circular economy infrastructure and services and the largest private recycling company in the U.S. with operations across the country. We help businesses and municipalities reduce and divert waste, lowering disposal costs and fueling local supply chains by ensuring materials are recovered, recycled, and reused.
The Plant Associate I is responsible for ensuring proper placement and sorting of materials on the conveyor line.
Benefits:
Paid parental leave
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
HSA/ FSA
Paid time off
Employee assistance program
401k matching
Tuition reimbursement
Responsibilities:
Stand at a station along a conveyor belt doing quality control on mixed recyclables.
Quickly identify non-conforming items for removal from a fixed station and safely remove them into designated chutes or bins.
General warehouse cleanup at the end of each shift.
Processing equipment cleanup at the end of each shift.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Minimum job qualifications:
Familiarity with the use of basic personal protective equipment like a hard hat, reflective vest, steel toe boots, ear and eye protection, utility gloves, and arm preferred.
Preferred job qualifications:
Previous experience in an industrial recycling facility preferred.
Working conditions and physical requirements:
Regularly use hands and fingers to handle or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms
Frequently required to sit, walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, squat, kneel, crawl, speak and hear.
Must frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
Must be able to stand for long period of time
Vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud
Circular Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Circular Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Circular Services are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Circular Services will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.