Equipment Operator II

CLP Circular Services; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 46,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FSA

Vacation Time

401k matching

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Circular Services in San Antonio, TX is seeking an Equipment Operator II to manage the baling process and operate related machinery in a busy recycling plant.

You will monitor performance, perform basic preventive maintenance, ensure safety and quality, and communicate with the operations team. This full-time role offers benefits and steady hours.

Experience with industrial balers and loaders is preferred; candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

Qualifications

• Legally eligible to work in the United States.
• 1–2 years of experience operating industrial machinery.
• Experience in the recycling industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor bale flow and load materials into baler safely.
• Operate balers, bunker system, forklifts and related equipment.
• Perform basic preventive maintenance and simple repairs.
• Maintain housekeeping and clear communications with operations staff.
• Provide daily production reports to plan operations.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Industrial machinery operation

English literacy

Safety compliance

Basic math/measurement

Job description

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Equipment Operator II

Full Time Manual Labor San Antonio, TX, US

Salary Range: $22.00 To $24.00 Annually

Company Info

Circular Services is a leading developer and operator of circular economy infrastructure and services and the largest private recycling company in the U.S. with operations across the country. We help businesses and municipalities reduce and divert waste, lowering disposal costs and fueling local supply chains by ensuring materials are recovered, recycled, and reused.

About the Role:

The Heavy Equipment Operator II is responsible for machinery that compresses and binds recyclable materials into bales for easy storage and transportation. This position requires the operator to monitor the machine’s performance and make necessary adjustments to ensure quality and safety standards are met. The Equipment Operator is responsible for conducting basic preventative maintenance and inspections of the machine, ensuring it is in proper working order.

• FSA
• Vacation Time
• 401k matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions

• Monitor the flow of materials ensuring they are loaded correctly into the baler
• Performs duties in a safe manner in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations and company policies.
• Operates industrial balers and automated bunker system in the recycling plant, forklifts, machinery, and other equipment.
• Performs all assigned basic preventative maintenance on industrial balers and associated equipment.
• Makes minor repairs and adjustments to industrial balers and associated equipment.
• Operates computer controlled automated bunker system.
• Properly utilize balers and bunkers to ensure single stream processing is not interrupted.
• Responsible for housekeeping in assigned area including equipment and work areas.
• Maintain timely, appropriate, and professional communications with plan operations, maintenance department, and baler supervisor.
• Provide daily baler production reports to plan operations.

Minimum Job Qualifications:

• Legally eligible to work in the United States.
• Valid Driver’s License (if applicable).
• Must be able to read, speak, and write basic English
• Mechanical aptitude
• 1-2 previous experience operating industrial machinery
• Experience in the Recycling industry preferred.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Performs duties in a safe manner in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations and company policies.
• Operates industrial balers and Loader in the recycling plant.
• Performs all assigned basic preventative maintenance on industrial balers and associated equipment.
• Makes minor repairs and adjustments to industrial balers and associated equipment.
• Operates computer controlled automated bunker system.
• Properly utilize balers and bunkers to ensure single stream processing is not interrupted.
• Responsible for housekeeping in assigned area including equipment and work areas.
• Maintain timely, appropriate, and professional communications with plan operations, maintenance department, and baler supervisor.
• Provide daily baler production reports to plan operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

The normal work environment is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud, requiring necessary precautions, including PPE

The physical demands described here are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• Regular use hands and fingers to handle or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms
• Exposure to high traffic conditions and/or tight driving areas.
• Exposure to residential and commercial recyclables and waste.
• Ability to work flexible hours; overtime, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Ability to work overtime, weekends and/or holidays.

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.