Welder Conveyor Tech

A Welder / Conveyor Technician in a scrap yard is a dual-skilled role responsible for the preventative maintenance, heavy welding, and mechanical repair of industrial metal shredders and their downstream conveyor sorting systems. This heavy-industrial position minimizes operational downtime by ensuring that high-wear machinery can continuously process and sort tons of scrap metal daily

Key Responsibilities

Welding & FabricationHeavy Industrial Welding: Perform heavy-duty Stick (SMAW) and Flux-Cored (FCAW) welding on structural steel, hoppers, chutes, and shredder housings.Hardfacing Application: Apply wear-resistant welding layers (hardfacing) to equipment surfaces exposed to extreme metal-on-metal abrasion.Component Replacement: Cut, torch, and weld replacement liners, shredder grates, and structural supports.

Conveyor & Sorting System Maintenance Belt Mastery: Install, tension, track, and mechanically or chemically splice heavy-duty rubber conveyor belts.Component Repair: Replace worn rollers, idlers, pulleys, drive sprockets, and heavy bearings.

System Calibration: Maintain alignment on downstream sorting equipment, including magnetic and eddy-current separation lines

.Preventative Maintenance & Troubleshooting Routine Inspections: Conduct daily checks of "high-wear" zones to identify structural stress fractures before catastrophic failure occurs.

Mechanical Overhauls: Troubleshoot and rebuild gearboxes, fluid couplings, drive motors, and hydraulic systems.Lubrication Management: Grease moving parts and monitor automatic lubrication systems tied to the main shredder bearings.

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organization whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

Sims is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value the diversity of all of our employees and are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone can contribute, advance on merit, and realize their full potential. Sims does not discriminate with regard to race, sex, religion, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, housing status, source of income, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to any employment decision, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. qualified applicants with a disability in need of a reasonable accommodation may request such without fear of reprisal or discrimination.

To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Principles of Purpose: Be Safe Well, Band Together, Be Accountable Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate Have Fun.

Pay: From $25.50 per hour

Work Location: In person

Benefits:

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