Universal Waste Technician, Cell Recycling
Tesla · Sparks, NV · Today
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
What You'll Do
- Operate safety sensitive and heavy equipment such as forklifts, tuggers, pallet jacks, flatbed carts, and more
- Load and unload hazardous waste material onto or from delivery vehicles, trailers, pallets, conveyor system carts, balers, and/or load gratings
- Assemble crates and containers, and prepare materials for transport by palletizing, wrapping, loading, and moving
- Conduct inventory audits
- Provide emergency spill response/cleanup and perform decontamination of equipment
- Breakdown/processing and packaging of universal waste streams such as battery packs, modules and cells
- Measure the condition of each incoming battery material to determine whether it meets conditions for safe storage, including taking voltage measurements with a multimeter
- Follow safety guidelines & procedures and report accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to Supervisor or area lead
- Report any equipment damages or repairs needed to repair shop and Supervisor or area lead
What You'll Bring
- Required to work with and around hazardous areas and hazardous chemicals (RCRA Regulations) and confined spaces
- Experience with chemical handling and water distribution is desired
- Command of English language, both written and verbal with strong attention to detail
- Open to schedule flexibility that will allow for a variety of shifts, including days, nights, or weekends as needed
- Maintains confidentiality of sensitive and proprietary information
- Basic computer skills to log inventory
- Multitasks and adapts to constant change
- Has basic mechanical aptitude
Essential Physical Demands
- Ability to perform physically demanding work for extended periods of time, up to 12 hours a day including but not limited to:
- Ability to work outside in the elements ranging from -10F up to 110F in the wind, rain, and snow
- Lift, push and carry up to 50 lbs. for up to 20 feet in distance frequently and repetitively
- Bend, lift and reach frequently and repetitively stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist and crawl for extended periods of time
- Climb and maintain balance on ladders, scaffolding or other high structures
- Ability to find issues in a work process and receive safety signals using sight, touch, and hearing
- Demonstrated ability to handle and manipulate tooling, quickly and accurately during new hire training and maintaining ability throughout employment
- Wearing Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to: safety glasses, safety shoes, hardhat, and adhering to prescribed safety rules and guidelines
- Wearing a full-face air-purifying respirator while performing mildly or moderately exertional tasks for 4 consecutive hours, up to 12 hours per day
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
- Fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
- Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Employee Stock Purchase Plans
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program