Metal Recycling Ops Leader — Drive Efficiency & Growth

AllSearch Staffing Group; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AllSearch Staffing Group in Boston, MA is seeking an experienced Recycling Operations Manager to oversee a high-volume metal recycling facility, including scrap handling, equipment maintenance, safety programs, budgeting, and production scheduling.

The role leads production teams across multiple shifts, coordinates with Maintenance, Commercial, and Transportation, ensures regulatory compliance, and drives continuous improvement in cost, quality, and throughput.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial, recycling, metal processing, or comparable heavy industrial experience.
• 2+ years of management experience leading production teams or work crews.
• Experience managing high-volume industrial, manufacturing, recycling, or metal processing operations.
• Knowledge of OSHA, industrial workplace safety, environmental compliance, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily scrap metal recycling operations, including stockpiling, fixed and mobile shearing, torching, baling, material handling, loading, and scale operations.
• Recruit, train, and manage production employees, supervisors, and operational work crews.
• Manage production schedules, staffing levels, labor productivity, and operational performance across multiple shifts.
• Develop and monitor production plans, throughput targets, processing volumes, and monthly operational projections.
• Coordinate scrap metal sorting, processing, preparation, grading, and shipment of ferrous and nonferrous materials as applicable.
• Monitor production KPIs, equipment utilization, inventory levels, processing backlogs, and operating costs.

Skills

Industrial ops

People management

Safety compliance

Budgeting

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

AllSearch Staffing Group in Boston, MA is seeking an experienced Recycling Operations Manager to oversee a high-volume metal recycling facility, including scrap handling, equipment maintenance, safety programs, budgeting, and production scheduling.

The role leads production teams across multiple shifts, coordinates with Maintenance, Commercial, and Transportation, ensures regulatory compliance, and drives continuous improvement in cost, quality, and throughput.