Plant Associate
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Stericycle is seeking a Plant Associate at their BRAND NEW Medical Waste Incinerator facility in McCarran, NV!
Compensation: The expected base pay range for this position across the U.S is $16.10 to $22.22/Hourly + 10% Night Shift Differential This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location. Schedule: Rotating: 4/12s 5am or 5pm Start and 3/12s 5am or 5pm Start Required: Valid Driver's License Required: Dependable Transportation Join a culture that protects the communities we support and love. Join a company that will support you grow and advance your career. Have additional questions? Please text Amber Sparks @ 541-241-6693. Office Hours M-F 8am-5pm (Mountain Time) About Us: Stericycle is a U.S. based business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions that protects people and brands, promotes health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have grown from a small start-up in medical waste management into a leader across a range of increasingly complex and highly regulated arenas, serving healthcare organizations and commercial businesses of every size. Every day, we help our customers solve complex challenges by safely managing materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise one's identity. Join us on our mission to protect health and well-being in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Position Purpose: The Plant Associate will ensure all waste is unloaded from vehicles, the vehicles are decontaminated, and waste is properly staged for scanning and processing. The individual will perform the duties in a safe and productive manner. Key Job Activities: * Unloads small container trucks, loading containers on conveyor system. * Operates various conveyor systems, ensuring containers are sent to the proper area for receiving/ sorting. * Scans waste into the S4 processing system for proper record keeping purposes. * Place reusable containers on tub wash line for decontamination. * Operates tub wash unit ensuring the wash unit is operating properly. * Removes clean tubs from wash unit, inspects tubs and stacks for loading onto assigned vehicle for reuse. * Inspects/ repairs all bins to ensure they are serviceable, removing from service those that are not, replacing with new. * Decontaminates vehicles cargo-carrying portion, reloads assigned reusable tubs and ensures cargo-carrying portion of vehicle does not have free liquid on the floor. * Informs plant supervisor the vehicle is ready to be moved from dock area. * Perform other duties and responsibilities, as assigned. Scope of Work Plant Associate, Incinerator is responsible for ensuring all small containers are received and accounted for properly. This will be done in a safe and efficient manner, following all processes and procedures set by the leadership team. This role will report directly to the Plant Supervisor. Experience * Ability to communicate effectively and understand and follow health and safety directives and performance and conduct standards, policies and procedures that apply to the role and location * 1 Year of Experience, preferably in plant environment * Driver's License Required Licenses and Required Competencies * Identifies major activities of, and services provided by, the operations function. * Locates and interprets standard and management reports on plant activities. Physical Requirements * Climbing - occasionally ascend or descend ladders, stairs, ramps and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. * Crouching - occasionally bend the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. * Typing - frequently type with the fingers, and/or separate pages of documents, etc. * Grasping - frequently apply pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. * Hearing - constantly perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. * Kneeling - occasionally bend legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. * Lifting - frequently raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. Objects may weigh up to 75 pounds. * Pulling - frequently use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion, including wheeled carts weighing up to 500 pounds. * Pushing - frequently use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward, including wheeled carts weighing up to 500 pounds. * Reaching - frequently extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. * Repetitive motion - frequent substantial movements of the wrists, hands and/or fingers. * Seeing - constantly use visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations. * Sitting - rarely sit for sustained periods of time. * Standing - frequently stand for sustained periods of time. * Stooping - occasionally bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. * Talking - frequently expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. * Walking - constantly move about on foot to accomplish tasks. * Visual acuity - Must have close visual acuity to perform activities such as, preparing and analyzing data and figures, viewing a computer terminal, reading, filing papers, operating a vehicle, etc. * Work Environment - occasionally working in substantially hot or cold environments. Benefits: * Medical / Dental / Vision / Prescription Coverage * Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts * Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance * Employee Assistance Program * Tuition Reimbursement Program / CDL Program * Paid Vacation and Sick Time * 401k / Employee Stock Purchase Plan Participation in some programs requires that employees be regularly scheduled to work a minimum number of hours and/or to have fulfilled a waiting period after they begin employment with Stericycle. Our Promise: Stericycle is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce, and to valuing unique perspectives and identities. We foster a culture of belonging that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It fuels our innovation and strengthens our connection to our customers and the communities we serve. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Disclaimer: The above description is meant to provide a summary of the nature and level of work being performed; it should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and requirements of the job or person. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. Stericycle will consider requests for workplace accommodations for protected physical or mental limitations in accordance with its human resources policies and local laws. To the extent permissible under local law, and consistent with business necessity, Stericycle reserves the right to modify the content formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, at any time with or without advance notice. At Stericycle, we protect what matters and that includes your personally identifiable information (PII). We will never ask for personal or financial information during the recruitment process such as passport number, social security number, bank account number, or credit card information. We will never ask you to pay money during the recruitment process for equipment or in exchange for employment opportunities, gifts, or other services. We will never ask you to receive or ship packages or goods as part of the recruitment process. Our recruitment process takes place by phone or in person - not via text message. Any emails from Stericycle recruiters will come from an @stericycle.com email address. |