Production Associate

Company Info

Circular Services the largest privately held recycling and organics provider in the U.S. strengthens this mission through its national scale and long-term municipal partnerships. 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 Plant Associate I is responsible for ensuring proper placement and sorting of materials on the conveyor line.

Responsibilities:

Reasonableaccommodationsmay be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions

• 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.

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:

The normal work environment is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud requiring necessary precautions including PPE

The physical demands described here are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• 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

Job Type: Full-time

Shift: Monday Friday 7AM-4PM

Location:

• Tuscaloosa AL 35401

Benefits:

• Paid Parental Leave
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• HSA/ FSA
• Paid time off
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k matching
• Tuition Reimbursement

EEOC: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.