What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Specialist position at Garfield Refining?
Garfield Refining is a 130 -year-old precious metal refinery located in Philadelphia, PA. A leader in precious metal refining, Garfield provides award-winning refining solutions to the dental, jeweler, pawnbroker, manufacturing, and death-care industries. We believe that recycling is essential, and work hard to provide a valuable service to our clients around the world. We pride ourselves on driving industry leading practices, serving generations of customers, and doing our part to keep precious metal out of landfills. Beyond that, we are a family business that values our culture and strives to balance profitability with sustainability to ensure that we will be in business for another century.
We are looking for a dependable, jack-of-all-trades Operations Specialist to join our team. As part of our operations team, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our refining process running smoothly!
What You'll Do:
- Inventory Management: Track and manage metal inventory to ensure metal flow throughout the refining process; identify and prioritize delayed returns.
- Shipping & Receiving: Pack and prepare outgoing metal shipments to our refinery partners, ensuring proper labeling, documentation and compliance with shipping standards. Receive and inspect incoming materials, recording details accurately in our tracking system.
- Quality Control: Perform quality checks for hand sorted materials to verify accuracy and consistency.
- Refining Operations: Process melts and hand sorts following established quality and safety standards.
- Daily Workflow Review: Finalize and review daily bins to confirm completeness, accuracy, and readiness for processing.
What We’re Looking For:
- 4 years previous work experience in an operations or maintenance environment;
- Knowledge of facilities, maintenance programs, and operational procedures;
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail;
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines;
- Excel communication and interpersonal skills
- Project and change management experience;
Why Work with Us:
- Full-time, exempt position
- Competitive Pay
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability plans for employees and their family members
- Paid Time Off
- 401(K) employer contributions