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    Equipment Operator - Chesapeake, United States - Sims Metal

    Sims Metal
    Sims Metal Chesapeake, United States

    4 weeks ago

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    Description
    Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling.

    With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use.

    As a responsible corporate citizen, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as at any time in our long history.

    Sims is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

    We value the diversity of all of our employees, and we are committed to creating a working environment that is built on a foundation of respect and inclusion where everyone can contribute, advance on merit, and realize their full potential.


    • Learn and follow safety regulations.
    • Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.
    • Start engines, move throttles, switches, or levers, or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, or backhoes.
    • Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
    • Signal operators to guide movement of machines.
    • Repair and maintain equipment, making emergency adjustments or assisting with major repairs as necessary.
    • Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment.
    • Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
    • Connect hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkages, or power takeoff shafts to tractors.
    • Select and fasten bulldozer blades or other attachments to tractors, using hitches.
    • Operate loaders to pull perform operational funtions or general cleanup.
    • Operate equipment to demolish or move debris
    • Keep records of material or equipment usage or problems encountered.
    • Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms.
    • Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
    • Turn valves to control air or water output of compressors or pumps.


    With a promote-from-within philosophy and a variety of programs available to support continuous learning, Sims offers the opportunity for a rewarding career.

    We are committed to the ecologically sound and sustainable use of resources and strive to operate in a manner that minimizes waste and protects the environment.


    A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organization whose goal is to be the world's safest and most responsible recycling company.

    Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment.

    We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

    Find Out More...

    Please visit for more information on Sims and its commitment to sustainability.

    SIMS LIMITED IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

    WE VALUE THE DIVERSITY OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE, ADVANCE ON MERIT, AND REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

    SIMS LIMITED IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

    THE COMPANY DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE WITH REGARD TO RACE, SEX, RELIGION, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, CITIZENSHIP STATUS, DISABILITY, AGE, MARITAL OR FAMILIAL STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, VETERAN STATUS, HOUSING STATUS, SOURCE OF INCOME, OR ANY OTHER STATUS PROTECTED BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS.

    THIS APPLIES TO ANY EMPLOYMENT DECISION, INCLUDING RECRUITING, HIRING, PLACEMENT, PROMOTION, TERMINATION, LAYOFF, RECALL, TRANSFER, LEAVES OF ABSENCE, COMPENSATION, AND TRAINING.

    QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WITH A DISABILITY IN NEED OF A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION MAY REQUEST SUCH WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL OR DISCRIMINATION.

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