Operations Generalist: Material Handling & Maintenance

SA Recycling; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

SA Recycling in Texas is seeking team members for a facility role focused on material handling, sorting, unpacking boxes, and assisting with recycling operations. You will push, pull, lift, and carry items, fill hoppers, and operate basic equipment as part of daily metal processing.

The job emphasizes safety, housekeeping, and reliability: proper tool use, debris cleanup, yard traffic direction, and continuous attention to keeping work areas neat.

Responsibilities

• Material handling / sorting – pushing, pulling, picking, lifting, carrying, and filling up hoppers, boxes, and conveyor belts
• Unpacking boxes using box cutters, separating plastics, zip ties, blister packs, and other packaging materials
• Disassembling small equipment, cutting wires, torquing pipefittings, removing bolts, automobile parts, and appliance parts.
• Work with recycling equipment for processing metal product e.g. metal shears, band saw and wire strippers
• Direct traffic of yard vehicles traveling through yard
• Light facility maintenance – painting, scraping, moving furniture and equipment
• Maintenance – selecting and using tools properly, pulling and installing parts for machinery, working with other employees to assist machinery repair
• Housekeeping – sweeping, cleaning, shoveling, and debris collection
• Moderate and Periodic landscaping work
• Clean up work area at the end of shift
• Keep work areas neat and orderly
• Regular attendance and punctuality are essential job functions
• Organizing materials to have more effective use of space
• Dispose of various waste materials in the appropriate manner
• Inspection to ensure cleanup is completed
• Effective housekeeping in workplace area is an ongoing operation for safety and better hygienic conditions for all team members.

Job description

SA Recycling in Texas is seeking team members for a facility role focused on material handling, sorting, unpacking boxes, and assisting with recycling operations. You will push, pull, lift, and carry items, fill hoppers, and operate basic equipment as part of daily metal processing.

The job emphasizes safety, housekeeping, and reliability: proper tool use, debris cleanup, yard traffic direction, and continuous attention to keeping work areas neat.