Recycling Sorter

Germantown WI

Description

The Sorter is responsible for ensuring proper placement and sorting of recyclable materials on the conveyor line by performing the following duties. Essential Functions • Manually sort paper and other recyclable materials such as glass, plastic bottles and aluminum cans. • 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. • Distinguish between various grades of paper for sorting. • Dump boxes and totes of material. • Stack boxes and skids. • Feed material, such as wastepaper onto conveyor. • Keep surrounding work area clean. • Wear proper PPE at all necessary times. • Read monitor for machine start up and ensure machine is operating properly and at a moderate speed. • Clean up conveyor and surrounding sorting line. • Safely operate and maintain tools and equipment. • Perform work and maintain work area • 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. • Attend training on work-related topics. • Other duties as assigned. Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee regularly works in an unheated and non air-conditioned environment