Baler Operator
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Job Location:
Normal, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
14 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Posting Title
Baler Operator
Job Description
About Circular Services:
Circular Services is the largest privately held recycling and organics service provider in the U.S. It operates over 25 facilities serving major long-term municipal and commercial contracts. The mission of Circular Services is to keep valuable materials in circulation and minimize the cost and environmental impact of landfills. The company services municipal contracts with some of the largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. including New York City Austin San Antonio and Phoenix.
About the Role:
The Baler Operator is responsible for machinery that compresses and binds recyclable materials into bales for easy storage and transportation. This position requires the operator to monitor the machines performance and make necessary adjustments to ensure quality and safety standards are met. The Baler Operator is responsible for conducting basic preventative maintenance and inspections of the machine ensuring it is in proper working order.
Responsibilities:
Reasonableaccommodationsmay be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Monitor the flow of materials ensuring they are loaded correctly into the baler
- Performs duties in a safe manner in compliance with all local state and federal regulations and company policies.
- Operates industrial balers and automated bunker system in the recycling plant.
- Performs all assigned basic preventative maintenance on industrial balers and associated equipment.
- Makes minor repairs and adjustments to industrialbalersand associated equipment.
- Operates computer controlled automated bunker system.
- Properlyutilizebalers and bunkers to ensure single stream processing is not interrupted.
- Responsible for housekeeping in assigned area including equipment and work areas.
- Maintaintimelyappropriate and professional communications with plan operations maintenance department and balersupervisor.
- Provide daily baler production reports to plan operations.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Legally eligible to work in the United States.
- Valid Drivers License (if applicable).
- Must be able to readspeak and writebasicEnglish
- Mechanical aptitude
- Previousexperienceoperatingindustrial machinery
- Experience in the Recycling industry preferred.
Preferred Job Qualifications:
- Performs duties in a safe manner in compliance with all local state and federal regulations and company policies.
- Operates industrial balers and Loader in the recycling plant.
- Performs all assigned basic preventative maintenance on industrial balers and associated equipment.
- Makes minor repairs and adjustments to industrialbalersand associated equipment.
- Operates computer controlled automated bunker system.
- Properlyutilizebalers and bunkers to ensure single stream processing is not interrupted.
- Responsible for housekeeping in assigned area including equipment and work areas.
- Maintaintimelyappropriate and professional communications with plan operations maintenance department and balersupervisor.
- Provide daily baler production reports to plan operations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Other Duties:
All job requirements in this job description provided indicate the minimum level of knowledge skills and/or abilities deemed necessary to perform the job competently. Job descriptions are an overview of the duties responsibilities and requirements of the position. Employees may be required to perform other job-related assignments as requested.
Working Conditions:
- Regular use hands and fingers to handle oroperateobjectstoolsor controls and reach with hands and arms
- Exposureto high traffic conditions and/or tight driving areas.
- Exposure to residential and commercialrecyclables and waste.
- Ability to work flexible hours; overtime weekends and/or holidays.
- Ability to work overtime weekends and/or holidays.
Pay Rate: $20.00 Hourly
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.
Key Skills
- Forklift
- Calipers
- Basic Math
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Math
- Packaging
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Paving
- Fireworks
- Clamp Truck
- Excavator
- Manufacturing
About Company
Balcones Recycling is on a mission to recover as much valuable material from our waste streams as possible. Achieve sustainable future through recycling.
