Manager in Training Metals
- Compensation
- $75K–$95K / yr
- Location
- Oakland, California, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel as required for training, field exposure, and business needs.
- Ability to learn and follow safety, environmental, operational, commercial, financial, approval, and documentation expectations in an active industrial environment.
- Strong communication, math, organization, follow-through, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work under deadline pressure, analyze information, use sound judgment, and communicate professionally with employees, customers, suppliers, peers, and leaders.
Nice to have
- One or more years of scrap, manufacturing, metals recycling, or related industrial experience; or three to five years of experience in a heavy industrial environment.
Full description
General Position Summary & Responsibilities
The Manager in Training - Metals is a hands-on development role for people who want to grow into operations leadership. Reporting to the Recycling Operations Regional General Manager, Recycling Operations General Manager, or Recycling Operations Director, this role rotates through key parts of the business, including safety, environmental, operations, commercial, logistics, maintenance, purchasing, and finance. The program helps the trainee learn how the business works, support daily operations, work with people, serve customers and suppliers, manage costs, and improve results.
This is an active, field-based opportunity for someone who wants to learn, lead, and make a visible impact. Through coaching, job shadowing, field assignments, business reviews, check-ins, and stretch assignments, the trainee will learn safe work practices, material flow, scale and inspection work, shredder and recovery operations, maintenance, transportation, commercial basics, business results, communication, and accountability.
This role helps prepare future leaders by combining classroom-style learning, field experience, coaching, and real work. The trainee will learn how the metals recycling business creates value, how strong leaders keep people safe, and how daily decisions affect service, quality, cost, profit, and team success.
Leadership Development Journey
Learn the Business - Learn Radius Recycling’s culture, safety expectations, facility layout, material flow, customer and supplier touchpoints, and key operating risks.
Lead the Business - Practice leading daily routines, communicating priorities, coaching others, solving problems, and following up with different teams to make sure work gets done.
Own the Business - Show readiness by owning work, making good decisions, recognizing risks, improving processes, understanding how decisions affect cost and profit, and following through on commitments.
Essential Functions
Environmental, Health & Safety
- Learn and follow Radius Recycling safety and environmental expectations.
- Help identify hazards, prevent incidents, report concerns, support corrective actions, and protect employees, customers, suppliers, visitors, company property, and the community.
Operations & Field Leadership
- Work with operations teams to learn daily routines, material flow, scale and inspection work, facility operations, production needs, staffing coordination, equipment use, shipment readiness, and problem solving.
Commercial & Customer/Supplier Alignment
- Learn how buying, selling, freight, processing costs, material quality, supplier relationships, customer service, and market conditions affect business decisions and profit.