Conveyor Waste Sorter — Team-Focused Recycler

Waste Pro; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Waste Pro in the United States is hiring a Recycle Center Sorter to efficiently sort materials on the conveyor line and ensure correct placement by type and grade. The role emphasizes safety, SOP adherence, and teamwork on a fast-moving sorting line.

Responsibilities include identifying contaminants, feeding materials, maintaining cleanliness, and reporting equipment issues during shift meetings. This position requires physical stamina and the ability to read and follow daily instructions.

Qualifications

• Be able to follow safe operating practices.
• Be able to learn and use interpersonal skills relating to good customer service
• Be able and willing to work in a team environment
• Be able to read, write and comprehend reports well enough to complete daily assignments.

Responsibilities

• Inspect materials and sort items or materials into piles or places in container according to type, size, condition, coloring or paper grade.
• Pull contaminants out of paper or off of floor.
• Feed material, such as wastepaper onto conveyor.
• Clean up conveyor and surrounding sorting line. Keep surrounding work area clean.
• Read monitor for machine start up and ensure machine is operating properly and at a moderate speed.
• Follow appropriate standard operating procedures (SOPs) as guideline for operating and maintaining equipment.
• Report any worker-public safety factors and/or equipment malfunctions.
• Attend weekly/monthly safety/operations meetings.
• Stack boxes and skids. Dump boxes and totes of material.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Reading/writing basics

Safety awareness

Job description

Waste Pro in the United States is hiring a Recycle Center Sorter to efficiently sort materials on the conveyor line and ensure correct placement by type and grade. The role emphasizes safety, SOP adherence, and teamwork on a fast-moving sorting line.

Responsibilities include identifying contaminants, feeding materials, maintaining cleanliness, and reporting equipment issues during shift meetings. This position requires physical stamina and the ability to read and follow daily instructions.