General Laborer - Grade

Liberty-Tire-Recycling,-LL; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Tire Recycling, located in Des Moines, IA, is seeking a General Laborer to support production in a very labor-intensive environment. The role requires handling tires from passenger cars to semi-trucks, moving and assisting with loading and stacking in all weather conditions.

Ideal candidates have 1-2 years of industrial manufacturing experience, can lift up to 50 pounds, and can stand for long periods while working as a cohesive team to maintain a steady production flow.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ experience in industrial manufacturing operations preferred.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Stand for 9 hours a day and perform manual tasks.
• Work in all weather conditions and function as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Stack finished products on pallets.
• Loading trucks.
• Moving, loading, and lacing tires.
• Work in all weather conditions.
• Collaborate effectively with shop teammates.

Skills

Teamwork

Physical endurance

Lifting up to 50 lbs

Industrial manufacturing

Safety awareness

Job description

Regular Full-Time Indirect Des Moines, IA, US

About Us:

Liberty Tire Recycling is a high-growth company and the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America with operations throughout the United States and Canada. Liberty Tire annually transforms more than 210 million tires into raw materials for smart, sustainable products that improve our environment and people’s lives. The Company is private equity owned, has approximately 60 sites in the US and Canada, and nearly 4,000 employees. With innovative tools, technologies and processes, Liberty Tire is a revolutionary American conservation enterprise – from coast to coast, and from whole tire to end products. The company’s commitment to finding new and better ways to RECLAIM, RECYCLE and REUSE bridges the sustainability goals of scrap tire generators nationwide with those of local scrap rubber consumers.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to join our manufacturing leadership team as a General Laborer. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in manufacturing operations, physical labor, and the ability to work well in a team environment and ensure the production process has a continuous and steady flow of the production of molded rubber goods. This is a very labor-intensive role that works in all types of weather, moving, lifting, and lacing all types of tires from passenger car to semi-truck tires.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Stack finished products on pallets
• Loading trucks
• Moving, loading, and lacing all forms of tires
• To work in all weather conditions.
• The ability to work as a team

Required Skills/Abilities:

• The plant environment will include extreme cold and heat (weather related), working near moving mechanical parts.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud when in the production area.
• The ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Frequently required to stand for 9 hours a day, walk; use hands to handle or feel, and talk or hear; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, climb or crawl.

Education and Experience:

• 1-2 years’ experience working in an industrial manufacturing operations environment, preferred.

EEO Statement:

Liberty Tire Recycling is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.