Retail & Recycling Facility Industrial Athlete - Starting at $24/hr

Hours: M-F 7:00am - 3:30pm, no nights or weekends

Job Summary

CW Metals is a trusted leader in the metal recycling industry, driving sustainability by keeping valuable materials in circulation and reducing environmental waste. We are committed to building long-term partnerships, fostering employee growth, and creating meaningful opportunities to promote from within.

The Retail & Recycling Facility Industrial Athlete is a cross-trained, customer-facing team member who supports both retail drop-off and yard operations. This role greets and assists customers, inspects and assists with grading inbound materials, and documents load details accurately while helping maintain an efficient, safe flow of traffic and materials throughout the site. The Technician safely operates yard equipment such as forklifts, skid steers, and balers, keeps stockpiles organized and the work area clean, and communicates consistently with the scale house and coworkers to ensure smooth coordination. The position also contributes to daily operational readiness by performing light mechanical support, including basic troubleshooting, minor repairs, and routine maintenance. With additional in-house training and demonstrated competency, the role may expand to assisting with cranes or excavators to move, sort, process, and load materials.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Follow safety protocols; maintain situational awareness in active yard environments
• Greet and communicate with customers, visitors, and drivers; direct traffic and support safe unloading.
• Provide courteous assistance during drop-offs; explain basic material handling expectations.
• Inspect, analyze, and help grade inbound materials; identify contaminants and non-recyclables.
• Record weights/notes, capture photos, and communicate deductions/percentages to the scale house per company standards.
• Safely operate excavators, forklifts, skid steers, balers/conveyors, and related equipment to sort, stage, and load/unload materials; maintain clean, accurate stockpiles.
• support daily operations, including basic troubleshooting, minor repairs, and routine maintenance.
• Where trained, assist with crane/excavator operations to move and load scrap; complete daily equipment inspections and report issues promptly.
• Follow PPE rules
• Use two-way radios to coordinate movements, relay safety concerns, and share load details; verify accurate entries in the purchasing system.
• Collaborate with scale staff, supervisors, and teammates to resolve issues and sustain efficient operations.
• Keep work areas clean and organized; assist with routine equipment cleaning and shutdown procedures.
• Cross-train across duties and perform additional tasks as assigned to support operational needs.

Skills/Experience/Education

• 1-3 years’ experience analyzing/grading metals
• 1-3 years’ experience operating excavators, forklifts, skid steers, and balers/conveyors, certification is preferred
• High School diploma is preferred
• Preferred 1-3 years’ experience within our industry or closely related industry
• Must have excellent open communication style to carry out ongoing dialogues in a way that creates trust and confidence within all levels of the company

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Outdoor industrial yard experiences exposure to seasonal weather, dust/fumes, loud noise, moving vehicles/equipment; strict PPE and safety protocol compliance required. Pace and priorities may shift with incoming volume.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $24.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $24