Shredder Manager

Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling. With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use. As a responsible corporate citizen, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as at any time in our long history.

Job Summary:

To oversee production & maintenance for Shredder while maintaining a high level of safety. This would include all aspects of daily production, maximize manpower performance and improve shredder maintenance to minimize downtime.

The employee may be assigned to special projects or required to perform other duties not listed above, which may vary from time to time as determined by management, to meet company needs.

Responsibilities:

• Enforce strict adherence to safety protocols, OSHA standards, and company policies
• Conduct regular safety inspections, audits, and training sessions
• Ensure compliance with environmental regulations and reporting requirements
• Shredder Production, including oversight over 3 shift shredder operations
• Coordinate maintenance & repairs of shredders and ancillary equipment
• Approving daily, weekly, monthly and annual reports & documentation for mill
• All material flow to and from the mill, including truck and equipment traffic
• Shredder improvement & special projects
• Develop & organize a system for tracking wear parts
• Increase production& decrease production costs, minimize downtime and improve yard maintenance
• Ensure all employees are properly trained and use proper procedures for operation and maintenance

• Develop and improve information reporting for production, downtime, wear parts costs, and tracking ferrous and non-ferrous recoveries

Job Qualifications/Experience:

• High school or technical school diploma required, undergraduate degree preferred
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience supervising employees in a similar scrap-handling work or comparable industrial operations desired
• Hands-on experience with the operation & maintenance of shredders and material handling equipment preferred but not necessary
• Knowledge of different types of scrap metal is a plus
• Must have exemplary safety record
• Employee must demonstrate good people skills in supervising the work of union employees
• Must be able to communicate with and motivate the work force to assure the completion of mechanical and maintenance repairs as expeditiously and cost effectively as possible, to avoid work stoppages while maintaining safety
• Must be able to take over (on an emergency basis) responsibility of the operations manager.
• Should have good understanding of the operation of equipment and be able to determine problems and be able to make decisions to solve the problem 
• Must be computer literate for communications, and to design & input various reports
• Must have good communication skills to interact with customers and commercial drivers

Job Conditions:

• Ability to lift and carry up to 40
• Able to walk or stand for long periods of time
• Must be comfortable around heavy machinery and outdoor industrial environment with exposure to noise, dust, and heavy machinery

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organization whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

Sims is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value the diversity of all of our employees and are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone can contribute, advance on merit, and realize their full potential. Sims does not discriminate with regard to race, sex, religion, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, housing status, source of income, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to any employment decision, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.  qualified applicants with a disability in need of a reasonable accommodation may request such without fear of reprisal or discrimination. 

To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Principles of Purpose: Be Safe + Well, Band Together, Be Accountable + Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate + Have Fun.