Yard Employee Continental Days

Yard Employee – Continental Days

Position Summary

The Yard Employee is responsible for maintaining the facility’s outdoor operations in compliance with Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) requirements and fire prevention standards. This position plays a critical role in ensuring the yard remains organized, clean, safe, and operationally efficient through housekeeping activities, tire management, and equipment operation.

Key Responsibilities

Environmental & Fire Compliance

• Maintain tire storage areas in accordance with ECA requirements and site operating procedures.
• Monitor tire pile sizes, spacing, and overall yard organization.
• Ensure fire lanes, emergency access routes, and designated safety zones remain clear at all times.
• Assist with inspections and corrective actions related to environmental and fire prevention requirements.
• Report compliance concerns, hazards, or unsafe conditions to management.

Yard Maintenance & Housekeeping

• Sweep roadways, processing areas, fire lanes, and storage areas to maintain a clean and safe facility.
• Collect and properly dispose of loose tire wire and other debris.
• Maintain general housekeeping throughout the yard.
• Support site appearance and cleanliness standards.

Tire Processing Support

• Operate an excavator equipped with a shear attachment to cut oversized tires into acceptable sizes for shredding operations.
• Inspect tires and segregate oversized or non-conforming material as required.
• Ensure a consistent supply of properly prepared material for processing operations.
• Follow all operating procedures while handling and processing materials.
• Follow all company health and safety policies and procedures.
• Wear required personal protective equipment.
• Report hazards, incidents, and near misses immediately.
• Participate in safety meetings and training programs.

Additional Operational Support

• Provide support to scalehouse operations as required.
• Assist with shipping and receiving activities, including trailer movements and load coordination.
• Support other departments during operational needs, vacations, absences, or peak workload periods.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Experience operating excavators or similar heavy equipment preferred.
• Experience working in an industrial, recycling, waste management, manufacturing, or logistics environment is considered an asset.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Strong understanding of safe work practices around heavy equipment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong attention to detail.
• Commitment to safety, housekeeping, and regulatory compliance.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work as part of a team.
• Ability to adapt to changing operational requirements.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work outdoors year-round in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to walk throughout the facility for extended 

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