What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recycling Center Associate. position at Abt?
Abt Electronics has an immediate opening for the position of a Recycle Center Associate. We are a family-owned company that has been in business since 1936 and continues to experience strong growth year after year. Abt Electronics specializes in electronics, appliance & furniture sales, delivery, installation, servicing, and recycling of all the products we sell. We are a perennial winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplace Award. We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible & friendly Recycle Center Associate to join our team. If this is you, we want to hear from you!
In addition, must be comfortable contributing/working in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and fun work environment. Primary duties include:
- Ability to dolly appliances on their own depending on the size/type of appliance
- Good multi-tasking skills
- Sorting TVs into different bins of either flat or tube TVs
- Neatly wrapping TVs on a skid
- Unloading the truck of electronics and sorting wire, metal, receivers, and misc. electronics
- Unloading/sorting recyclables such as plastic, cardboard, metal, and Styrofoam
- Maintaining the cardboard baler, Styrofoam machine, and garbage conveyor operational for the fleet to unload their recyclables
- Safely operate warehouse machinery & tools
- Maintaining a clean workplace
Job Requirements:
- Pass a physical & drug test
- Shift starts at 12 pm
- Forklift, squeeze truck & cherry picker experience desired but not necessary
- Able to lift/move products weighing 50-200lbs
- Able to stand for long periods of time
- Available to work 12 pm-9 pm (Sundays and 1 weekday off)
- Be friendly & respectful toward coworkers
We offer our team members:
- Full Time starting pay: $21/hr
- 4 performance-based bonuses throughout the year
- Yearly performance review
- Potential for advancement
- Medical/Dental (Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO Network) & Vision (VSP)
- 401(k) (Charles Schwab), which includes a matching program
- Life & Disability insurance (Lincoln Financial)
- Generous Paid Time Off/Sick Pay Program
- Continued on-the-job training & career development
- Employee discounts on all the products we sell
- Paid English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for team members who want to improve their English skills
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