General Laborer

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting, and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

About the role

The general laborer position is responsible for performing physical and manual labor-related tasks such as facility maintenance, cleaning, and manually sorting material in a safe and efficient manner. This position requires the ability to work in outdoor conditions during all seasons and in various types of weather. The ideal candidate will have the flexibility to work overtime and various shifts, which may include weekends.

Responsibilities

• Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand
• Sort through soil and rocks to remove rocks, plastics, metals, trash, and other materials
• Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper, plastic, or trash, into appropriate containers for recycling
• Process materials in compliance with applicable safety or environmental regulations
• Monitor material flow or instruments to ensure optimal processing conditions
• Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting machines, conveyors, or other processing equipment or doing other preventive maintenance actions
• Remove clogs, defects, or impurities from machines, conveyors, or other processing equipment using lifts, hoists, or open gates
• Learn and follow safety regulations
• Notify supervisors of problems encountered with material or equipment
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintain them over time
• Apply and remove the area-specific locks and tags as identified on the equipment-specific lockout procedure
• Direct traffic movement or warn of hazards, using signs, flags, lanterns, and hand signals
• Help production workers by cleaning work areas and equipment

Requirements

• High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) required
• No prior experience is required; experience in operating small equipment preferred
• Prior experience on processing and/or construction sites is preferred/helpful

Pay

Hourly Rate: $18.50

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid volunteering
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan (commencing no later than January 1, 2027)
• Sick leave: 24 hours
• Observed Holidays: 2 floating days and 8 paid holidays
• Vacation: 112 hours

Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.