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Are you a Heavy Equipment Operator with leadership experience? Then we want to hear from you! Our client, a fourth-generation family-run scrap metal recycling company, is seeking a Lead Hand Equipment Operator for their location in Campbell River, BC. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the workforce in the yard is aligned and efficiently operating, while also performing processing of metals through the operation of a mobile shear, excavator or other heavy equipment as required. This is a great opportunity for a full-time, unionized position with a BC-based company that treats its staff like family. To learn more, give us a call at 1-855-733-7325 or text 250-483-5954. Send in your resume online today to get started on your path!
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: $24.25 / hour to start. This is a unionized position.
Benefits: Comprehensive
Shifts: Mon-Fri 7 am – 4 pm. Some variation to the schedule to be expected, including weekend and overtime, as well as working offsite.
Location: Campbell River, BC.
Number of Vacancies: 1
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Sort and process materials to customer specifications.
• Provide guidance and direction to rest of yard staff as required.
• Relay directives from Foreman and General Manager to yard staff.
• Load and unload materials from and into various bins, dumps and trailers.
• Assess situational risk and mitigates safety and environmental concerns.
• Perform minor maintenance tasks such as lubrication, blade alignment and tensioning
• Self-manage when operating off site.
• Participate in the development and design of operations processes and improvements in the yard.
Qualifications & Experience:
Education:
● Training and certification for excavators, mobile shear or other heavy equipment required.
Experience:
• 3+ years of experience operating equipment. Knowledge of operating a mobile shear an asset.
• Exposure to metal recycling operations with demolition experience is an asset.
• Experience leading and motivating a team.
Skills and Abilities:
• Able to lead meetings, project teams and working groups.
• Ability to carry instructions received from management and relay it in a coherent and professional way to yard staff.
• A strong personal commitment to customer needs.
• Safety and environmentally conscious.
• Ability to work outdoors in all types of weather.