Wm
Leading provider of comprehensive waste management services across North America.
Material Handler - San Diego, CA
Move and handle recyclable materials with equipment, load trucks, and document work.
Job Highlights
About the Role
Material Handlers are responsible for moving recyclable material through the facility, performing material grading, and evaluating items for their appropriate sale destination. The role requires operating various material handling equipment, loading and securing materials for transport, using tablets to capture inventory data, and ensuring proper tagging and documentation of all items. • Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, handcarts, hoists, or cranes to move recyclable material. • Load materials onto vehicles and secure them with strapping, bracing, or padding. • Use PC tablets to record part numbers, quantities, locations, and comments. • Transport materials from storage or work sites to designated areas. • Attach tags or labels and mark containers with identifying information. • Document work performed accurately. • Conduct material audits.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸forklift operation
- ▸material loading
- ▸tablet data
- ▸material transport
- ▸tagging
- ▸audits
What You Bring
No specific education, experience, or certifications are required for this position, making it accessible to a wide range of candidates. The job is physically demanding, involving frequent handling of objects over 50 pounds, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting, and working outdoors or in GPS‑monitored vehicles while being exposed to dirt, noise, and weather extremes.
Requirements
- ▸no degree
- ▸physical
- ▸heavy lifting
- ▸outdoor
- ▸gps
Benefits
Compensation includes a base pay of $19.65 per hour, and employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that features medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, a stock purchase plan, 401(k) matching, paid vacation, holidays, and personal days.
Work Environment
Onsite