Forklift Operator/ Material Sorter

There’s more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent.

Benefits

• Day 1 benefits coverage with low-cost medical, vision, and dental
• Day 1 paid-time off and vacation
• 4.5% company match 401(k) plan
• $500 annual company-paid lifestyle benefit
• Competitive compensation and bonuses
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and advancement opportunities

About the role

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel, construction reinforcement, and ground stabilization industries and to grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day brainstorming in an office cubicle, operating a crane, running manufacturing equipment, or troubleshooting technical obstacles, at CMC, you’ll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

Responsibilities

• Grading and inspecting in-bound loads of material; to include making deductions in loads that have excess such as dirt, trash, and/or plastic
• Identify and sort various metals
• Keeping records of incoming loads, specific materials, customers' specific materials
• Looking for and eliminating hazards from in-coming loads prior to processing, including chemicals, flammable material, and explosive items
• Sort, transport, pack, remove, and dispose of materials as regulated by law
• Assist in performing inventory on materials

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year working with heavy industrial environment experience preferred but not required
• Communicate effectively – oral and written
• Possess a strong work ethic and practice safe working habits
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds, climb ladders and steps
• Must be able to work overtime, either planned or unplanned for emergency situations
• Must be able and willing to cross train as required
• Must be able to work outside under all weather conditions to include working in the heat and cold weather
• Stand for long periods of time
• Perform the rigorous manual labor required by the trade and have a natural ability to work at high elevations
• Have a good sense of balance
• Follow the proper OSHA regulations

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• Completion of an apprenticeship program from the local union hall

We are CMC, a Fortune 500® company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We’ve built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years — and we’re just getting started.