Manager in Training Metals

General Position Summary & Responsibilities

The Manager in Training - Metals is a hands-on development role for individuals interested in growing into operations leadership. Reporting to the Recycling Operations Regional General Manager, Recycling Operations General Manager, or Recycling Operations Director, this role rotates through key parts of the business, including safety, environmental, operations, commercial, logistics, maintenance, purchasing, and finance.

• Learn Radius Recycling’s culture, safety expectations, facility layout, material flow, customer and supplier touchpoints, and key operating risks.
• Practice leading daily routines, communicating priorities, coaching others, solving problems, and following up with different teams to ensure work gets done.
• Show readiness by owning work, making good decisions, recognizing risks, improving processes, understanding how decisions affect cost and profit, and following through on commitments.

Essential Functions

• Environmental, Health & Safety: Learn and follow Radius Recycling safety and environmental expectations. Help identify hazards, prevent incidents, report concerns, support corrective actions, and protect employees, customers, suppliers, visitors, company property, and the community.
• Operations & Field Leadership: Work with operations teams to learn daily routines, material flow, scale and inspection work, facility operations, production needs, staffing coordination, equipment use, shipment readiness, and problem solving.
• Commercial & Customer/Supplier Alignment: Learn how buying, selling, freight, processing costs, material quality, supplier relationships, customer service, and market conditions affect business decisions and profit.
• Maintenance & Reliability: Learn how maintenance keeps operations safe, reliable, and cost-effective through preventive maintenance, downtime response, work orders, vendor support, documentation, and clear communication with operations leaders.
• Inventory, Quality & Business Results: Understand how inspection, metal identification, production records, inventory reporting, quality control, budgets, forecasts, business reviews, and key measures connect daily decisions to safety, cost, profit, and business performance.
• Leadership, Communication & Continuous Improvement: Take part in coaching, team communication, meetings, check-ins, stretch assignments, and improvement projects that build readiness to lead people, solve problems, keep commitments, and improve results.
• Internal Control Responsibilities: Support Internal Control process by understanding, communicating, and complying with defined internal controls, suggesting, and making modifications to policies, procedures, and controls to better match the business.
• Communicate Upward: Communicate upward problems in operations, non-compliance with the code of conduct, or other policy violations or illegal actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel as required for training, field exposure, and business needs.
• Ability to learn and follow safety, environmental, operational, commercial, financial, approval, and documentation expectations in an active industrial environment.
• Strong communication, math, organization, follow-through, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under deadline pressure, analyze information, use sound judgment, and communicate professionally with employees, customers, suppliers, peers, and leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• One or more years of scrap, manufacturing, metals recycling, or related industrial experience.
• Three to five years of experience in a heavy industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of fabrication, tools, maintenance equipment, equipment parts, repair practices, or production environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn business systems, reporting tools, and operational documentation requirements.
• Ability to review operational, technical, and financial information and recommend practical actions that improve safety, service, productivity, cost, quality, or profit.

Job Conditions

• Regular work in office and active industrial environments, including outdoor recycling yards with uneven surfaces, noise, dust, weather exposure, moving equipment, and heavy machinery.
• Schedule flexibility during peak periods.
• The ability to adapt to changing operational priorities.
• Travel may be required based on business needs.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, climb, traverse uneven surfaces, and work safely around active industrial operations.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Use hands for writing, keyboarding, and documentation.
• Visually inspect materials and review data.
• Communicate effectively in person, by phone, and electronically.

Salary Range

$75,000 - $95,000/year

Additional Information

• PLEASE NOTE: The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills.
• All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Radii Recycling Industries, Inc. participates in E-Verify for all U.S. new hires.
• An offer of U.S. employment by Radii Recycling Industries, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries is contingent on the satisfactory completion of a post-offer drug screen and background check.
• All new hires must review and sign an Arbitration Agreement.
• This applies to all U.S. non-union employees.
• Radii Recycling Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, marital status, disability status, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, age, prior industrial injury, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected status under local, state, or federal law.