Title:  Shredder Assistant Manager

Sims Limited (Sims) is a global leader in metal and electronics recycling, and an emerging leader in the municipal recycling and renewable energy industries. 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.

Sims is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value the diversity of all of our employees, and we are committed to creating a working environment that is built on a foundation of respect and inclusion where everyone can contribute, advance on merit, and realize their full potential.

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.

Major Job Responsibilities/Duties

· 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.

Supervisory responsibility

Assist and supervise other supervisors/foremen and employees to install/fabricate/alter and

repair mill, conveyor, and metal separation components. Must be flexible to provide coverage.

during nights and weekends when needed.

Job Qualifications

Educational Background

· High school or technical school diploma required; undergraduate degree preferred

Job Related Experience

· 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

Other required skills/certifications

· 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

With a promote-from-within philosophy and a variety of programs available to support continuous learning, Sims offers the opportunity for a rewarding career. We are committed to the ecologically sound and sustainable use of resources and strive to operate in a manner that minimizes waste and protects the environment.

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.

Find Out More…

Please visit www.simsltd.com for more information on Sims and its commitment to sustainability.

SIMS LIMITED 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 LIMITED IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. THE COMPANY 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.