# Recycling Team Lead (Bilingual English & Spanish)

**Company:** [Polytech Fibers](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/vS7sGXo427WksPcA7d1km2.md)
**Location:** Chatsworth, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time

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## Description

### **Position Overview**

Polytech Fibers is seeking a hands-on **Recycling Team Lead** to support daily operations while driving a strong culture of **safety, teamwork, and accountability**. This role works closely with the Recycling Manager to meet production goals, support team development, and ensure efficient, high-quality operations.

This is a **working leadership role**, meaning you will actively participate in material handling, machine operation, and quality control alongside your team.

_**Position Details**_

_**FLSA Status: Non-Exempt (Hourly)**_

_**Schedule: TBD; must be flexible to work weekends and overtime (approximately 60 hours per week)**_

### **Key Responsibilities**

-   Lead shift start-up meetings to communicate goals, expectations, and safety priorities
-   Promote and enforce a strong **safety culture** and ensure compliance with all procedures and PPE requirements
-   Foster a **team-oriented environment** built on communication, respect, and accountability
-   Assign tasks and coordinate workflow to meet production and quality targets
-   Monitor team performance, provide coaching, and support employee development
-   Assist with training and onboarding of new team members

**Hands-On Operations:**

-   Inspect and evaluate incoming raw materials for **quality, contamination, and usability**
-   Sort, stage, and prepare materials for processing
-   Operate forklifts to move raw materials and finished goods throughout the facility
-   Feed materials into recycling machines and monitor output quality
-   Identify and address material or process issues in real time
-   Maintain accurate production logs and communicate operational updates
-   Ensure work areas remain clean, organized, and safe

## Requirements

**Required:**

-   Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate and guide a team
-   Strong communication and interpersonal skills
-   Commitment to workplace safety and continuous improvement
-   Experience in a **hands-on manufacturing, recycling, or warehouse environment**
-   Ability to assess material quality and make sound decisions
-   Comfortable performing physical work and operating equipment in a fast-paced setting
-   **Bilingual in Spanish and English**

**Preferred:**

-   Previous supervisory or team lead experience
-   Forklift experience or certification
-   High school diploma or GED

### **Work Environment**

Industrial warehouse setting with exposure to heat, cold, dust, and noise. Role requires standing, lifting (up to 50 lbs), and repetitive physical activity.

## Benefits

### **Polytech Fibers Benefit Package** _(Eligibility Requirements Apply)_

-   Health, Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D, Short-term Disability, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurance
-   401(k) with company match
-   Paid Time Off (PTO)
-   Discretionary Bonus Program