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Waste Management

Collects waste and recovers reusable resources

Baler Operator - Material Recovery Facility

Machine & Process OperationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeEdmonton, AB, CanadaIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • 0–6 months of relevant work experience.
  • Complete initial training and annual training thereafter.
  • Read and review the operator’s manual before operating equipment.
  • The role is safety-sensitive, and the successful candidate must comply with safety rules and protocols.
  • The successful candidate may be subject to pre-employment, post-incident, reasonable-suspicion, and random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with government regulations and company policies.

Responsibilities

  • Perform daily equipment inspections.
  • Monitor material levels in bunkers.
  • Change baler settings for each commodity to be baled.
  • Operate conveyors to bring materials from bunkers to the baler.
  • When facility operations permit, perform quality control on material as it is conveyed to the baler.
  • Place materials in the compression chamber of the baling machine.
  • Activate baler controls to compress and wire-tie bales.
  • Thread tie bands around bales and twist or clamp the band ends to tighten them.
  • Open compression chamber doors and remove bales from the machine.
  • Truck bales to storage, weigh them, and record their weights.
  • Line the baling machine’s compression chamber with paper, burlap, or other covering before baling.
  • Sew or tie wrapping in place after baling and stencil the bales.
  • Keep accurate production records of bales produced.

Desired Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED (accredited).

About the Company

Waste Management

Collects waste and recovers reusable resources

Waste Management, branded WM, collects and treats waste for households, businesses and municipalities across the United States and Canada. Its subsidiaries run transfer stations, landfills and recycling facilities, connecting curbside pickup with final disposal and materials recovery. WM Healthcare Solutions handles regulated medical waste and secure information destruction in North America and Western Europe. Customers pay for pickup, disposal and rentals, while WM also sells recovered materials and renewable energy made from landfill gas. Its operating roots date to 1968; the present parent was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1968

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