**Overview** Interstate Waste Services is the most progressive and innovative provider of solid waste and recycling services in the country! We primarily service Northern New Jersey, Southern New York State, New York City, and recently expanded our operations of transfer stations into Pennsylvania and Ohio, where we also own and operate a state-of-the-art rail-served landfill. We cater to a diverse range of residential, industrial and commercial customers. Our mission has always been to provide our customers with the highest quality waste, recycling and environmental services, while keeping focus on employee, customer and environmental safety. What makes our company culture unique is we have mastered the ability to balance the standards of a large corporate company while maintaining our small business family style culture. **Responsibilities** **Must be flexiable with work schedule** **Position Summary:** The Baler Operator is responsible for operating baling equipment to compress, bind, and package materials into bales. This position is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the baler, as well as monitoring the flow of materials and ensuring they are loaded correctly into the baler **Principal Duties & Responsibilities:** **include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.** **Other minor duties may be assigned.** + Performing basic adjustments and preventative maintenance to ensure the machine is in good working order + Observing meters during operation and making adjustments to ensure bales meet quality and safety standards + Performs daily inspection of equipment. + Monitors levels of material in bunkers. + Change baler settings for each commodity to be baled. + Operate conveyors to bring materials from bunkers to baler. + Activate the controls of baler to compress and wire tie bales. + Trucks bales to storage place, weighs bales, and records weight + Keeping the work area and equipment clean and orderly + Keeps accurate production records on bales produced + Following safety regulations: Being able to work safely and accurately in a fast-paced environment + Report any worker-public safety factors and/or equipment malfunctions. + Attend weekly/monthly safety/operations meetings + Other duties as assigned. **Qualifications** **Requirements and Qualifications:** + Experience with heavy equipment is preferred. + Must be able to lift to 50 pounds or more with assistance. + Must be 18 years of age. + Required to read and review operators manual prior to operation of equipment **Additional Information** We believe in providing the training and development you need to grow your career with IWS. Many of our Supervisors, Managers, and other leadership staff, started their careers as Helpers, Drivers, or Dispatchers. IWS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. **Salary Range Minimum** USD $25.00/Hr. **Salary Range Maximum** USD $25.00/Hr. **ID** _2024-2454_ **Job Locations** _US-NJ-North Arlington_ **Category** _Management_ **Position Type** _Regular Full-Time_