Laborer at Sims Municipal Recycling – Southington, Connecticut

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 Warehouse Laborer will focus on and assist with day-to-day operations at a single site facility with the purpose of maximum function and quality of time and effort during the daily process. The qualified candidate is familiar with day-to-day warehouse plant operations. The successful candidate will become part of an operations team supporting our large-scale food waste processing systems and onsite cogeneration plant to ensure they operate at peak efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Product breakdown and sorting of material for further production.
• Working with others on the warehouse floor to meet projected goals.
• Cleaning and organizing work areas.
• Being aware of work environment and surroundings.
• Responsible for use of safety PPE and adhering to company safety guidelines.
• Communicating with team members effectively.

Minimum Job Qualifications:

• Must have a positive attitude.
• Must be punctual.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must work well and communicate with others.
• Must be able to understand and communicate in the English language.
• Must have a strong work ethic; be a self-starter motivated by the company’s mission.
• Must be able to pass all pre-employment requirements including pre-employment drug test and all I-9 requirements

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Must be willing to learn, interact and adapt to new operating processes and environments.
• Must have a level of organizational and problem solving skills.
• Must adhere to health, safety and environmental regulations.

Other Duties:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactively establish trust and credibility with coworkers by maintaining accountability
• Contribute to the team dynamic by promoting inclusion, support, and collaboration amongst coworkers
• Take initiative, self-manage time and productivity through multitasking
• Ability to be a team-player for overall company success

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

Must be able to perform physical activity such as standing, walking without assistance, bending, reaching and lifting during approximately 90% of work shift

• Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach, and lift in an outdoor environment for 90% of the time.
• Ability to use hands and fingers, kneel, crawl, talk, hear, climb, and balance.
• Ability to regularly lift/move up to 65 lbs and perform physically demanding tasks.
• Must be able to work in varying weather conditions (low/high temperatures, humidity, etc.).
• Be comfortable working at elevated heights up to 30 feet.

Job Type: Full-time

• Monday – Friday 7AM -3:30PM (Possible OT and occasionally on Saturday)

Benefits:

• Paid Parental Leave
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 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.