Scale Operator

Scale Operator / Laborer Company: Foss Recycling Location: As Assigned Job Type: Full-Time About the Role & Our Core Values Foss Recycling, North Carolina's largest recycler and one of the East Coast's fastest-growing metal recycling companies, is seeking a dependable and hardworking Scale Operator / Laborer to support daily scale and yard operations.

Our Mission is "Excellence in Recycling," and we work toward that goal through our Core Values. To succeed in this position, employees are expected to demonstrate these values in their daily work: Honesty: Accurately recording weights, grades, customer information, transactions, and supporting documentation. Accountability: Taking responsibility for assigned work, following procedures, and promptly reporting discrepancies, hazards, and operational concerns.

Customer Service: Providing courteous, professional, and responsive service to customers and vendors. Hard Work: Maintaining productivity and supporting scale, material-handling, and yard operations as needed. Teamwork: Communicating effectively and working cooperatively with management, coworkers, customers, and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

Scale Operations & Documentation Operate scales accurately and safely in accordance with company procedures. Verify customer information, material type, gross weight, tare weight, and other required information for incoming and outgoing loads. Ensure scale tickets, photographs, and supporting documentation are complete and accurate.

Accurately record scrap, vehicle, and transaction information. Follow company procedures regarding scale entries and adjustments and do not make unauthorized manual overrides. Complete required paperwork and documentation in a timely manner. Report discrepancies, documentation issues, or unusual transactions to the Location/Scale Manager.

Material Identification & Yard Operations Identify, sort, unload, and grade various types of scrap metal in accordance with company procedures. Assist with processing, sorting, grading, baling, and boxing materials as assigned. Assist with loading and unloading materials safely. Help maintain safe and efficient vehicle, customer, and material flow throughout the yard.

Keep work areas clean, organized, and free of avoidable hazards. Use available work time productively to support efficient yard operations. Assist the Location/Scale Manager with operational duties as needed. Safety & Environmental Compliance Follow all Foss Recycling safety policies, procedures, and training requirements.

Follow applicable OSHA and federal, state, and local safety and environmental requirements. Properly use required personal protective equipment (PPE). Operate forklifts, skid steers, bobcats, loaders, or other assigned equipment only when properly trained and authorized. Maintain awareness of moving vehicles, heavy equipment, machinery, scrap materials, and other workplace hazards.

Follow established pedestrian, vehicle, and equipment traffic procedures. Promptly report unsafe conditions, injuries, near misses, equipment concerns, and environmental incidents. Never bypass, disable, or remove required safety guards or protective devices. Follow applicable safety procedures when working around equipment requiring servicing, maintenance, or energy isolation.

Maintain a clean and orderly work area. Customer Service & Communication Provide courteous, professional, and responsive service to customers and vendors. Assist customers with questions regarding weighing, material identification, grading, and unloading procedures. Maintain professional communication with customers, vendors, coworkers, and management.

Communicate customer or vendor concerns to the Location/Scale Manager. Promptly report operational, equipment, safety, or customer-service concerns. Participate in team meetings and operational communications as assigned. Equipment & Facility Support Operate assigned forklifts, skid steers, bobcats, or other yard equipment when trained and authorized.

Safely move materials and assist with loading and unloading activities. Support organized and efficient material flow throughout the facility. Maintain clean, safe, and orderly scale and yard work areas. Report equipment problems or maintenance concerns promptly.

Qualifications

Demonstrated honesty, accountability, commitment to customer service, strong work ethic, and ability to work effectively as part of a team. Ability to accurately identify, sort, and grade scrap metals in accordance with company procedures. Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations involving measurements and weights.

Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English as necessary for job duties, safety, documentation, and customer service. Ability to follow written and verbal instructions. Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation. Ability to work safely around heavy equipment, moving vehicles, scrap materials, and industrial machinery.

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced recycling-yard environment. Skills Strong attention to detail and accuracy. Effective communication and customer-service skills. Basic mathematical and recordkeeping skills. Ability to follow established operating and safety procedures. Ability to work cooperatively with coworkers and management.

Physical Requirements Ability to stand and walk for extended periods. Ability to bend, twist, reach, crouch, and use hands and arms as required by assigned duties. Ability to work around forklifts, loaders, bobcats, balers, trucks, and other heavy equipment. Ability to move, sort, handle, load, and unload scrap materials.

Ability to lift and carry materials or objects weighing up to approximately 45 pounds when required by assigned duties. Ability to work outdoors in changing weather conditions and in environments that may include machinery noise, dust, debris, and scrap materials. Ability to use required PPE and safety equipment. Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Education

& Credentials No specific minimum education requirement is established for this position. High school diploma or GED preferred. Preferred Two (2) years of experience in a scrap metal recycling or similar industrial environment. Experience identifying and grading various types of scrap metal. Experience operating forklifts, skid steers, bobcats, or similar yard equipment.

Conversational Spanish language skills. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Foss Recycling is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Foss Recycling provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities when required by applicable law, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

Applicants and employees who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process or perform the essential functions of the position may contact the appropriate Foss Recycling representative.