Recycling Center Associate.

Description

Abt Electronics has an immediate opening for the position of a Recycle Center Associate. We are a family-owned company that has been in business since 1936 and continues to experience strong growth year after year.  Abt Electronics specializes in electronics, appliance & furniture sales, delivery, installation, servicing, and recycling of all the products we sell. We are a perennial winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplace Award.  We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible & friendly Recycle Center  Associate to join our team.  If this is you, we want to hear from you!

In addition, must be comfortable contributing/working in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and fun work environment. Primary duties include:

• Ability to dolly appliances on their own depending on the size/type of appliance
• Good multi-tasking skills
• Sorting TVs into different bins of either flat or tube TVs
• Neatly wrapping TVs on a skid
• Unloading the truck of electronics and sorting wire, metal, receivers, and misc. electronics
• Unloading/sorting recyclables such as plastic, cardboard, metal, and Styrofoam
• Maintaining the cardboard baler, Styrofoam machine, and garbage conveyor operational for the fleet to unload their recyclables
• Safely operate warehouse machinery & tools
• Maintaining a clean workplace

Job Requirements:

• Pass a physical & drug test
• Shift starts at 12 pm
• Forklift, squeeze truck & cherry picker experience desired but not necessary 
• Able to lift/move products weighing 50-200lbs
• Able to stand for long periods of time 
• Available to work 12 pm-9 pm (Sundays and 1 weekday off)
• Be friendly & respectful toward coworkers

We offer our team members:

• Full Time starting pay: $21/hr
• 4 performance-based bonuses throughout the year
• Yearly performance review
• Potential for advancement
• Medical/Dental (Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO Network) & Vision (VSP)
• 401(k) (Charles Schwab), which includes a matching program
• Life & Disability insurance (Lincoln Financial)
• Generous Paid Time Off/Sick Pay Program
• Continued on-the-job training & career development
• Employee discounts on all the products we sell
• Paid English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for team members who want to improve their English skills