Posted 18 days ago
Plant Labourer
@ GFL Environmental Services Inc.
Bowmanville, Ontario
Overview
GFL Environmental Services Inc. is hiring full-time Plant Labourers for its liquid team at the Bowmanville location. The role covers receiving, handling, processing and disposing of waste, including loading and unloading waste vehicles and taking samples. Shifts rotate on a two-week cycle Monday to Friday, with one Sunday every four weeks, and emergency response availability including evenings and weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Receive, handle and process bulk and containerized client waste
- Load and unload waste vehicles including vacuum trucks and tankers
- Take samples from waste vehicles and containers for lab analysis
- Operate plant machinery and assist with general maintenance
- Prepare shipments of hazardous and non-hazardous waste
Requirements summary:
- Work rotating Monday-Friday shifts on a two-week cycle
- Lift upwards of 50 lbs
- Comfortable working in a mostly outdoor environment
- Emergency response availability including evenings and weekends
- Hazardous waste experience is an asset
- Propane forklift certification is an asset
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · workday
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-19
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | General labour |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Outdoors, Plant or factory, Vehicle |
| Position | On the move |
| Physical demands | physical high · lift 50 lb · computer none |
| Licences & certifications | Propane forklift certification |
| Background checks | drug and alcohol |
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GFL Environmental Services Inc.
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| Open jobs on Jobsy | 158 |
GFL Environmental is looking for Plant Labourers to join our growing liquid team out of our Bowmanville location. This position is full time, permanent.
The Plant Labourer will be primarily responsible for day-to-day operations with respect to waste receiving, handling, processing and disposal. The labourer will load and unload waste vehicles including vacuum trucks, tankers, straight trucks and van trailers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Receive all client waste – both bulk liquids/solids and containerized
- Take samples from waste vehicles and containers for lab analysis
- Load and unload waste vehicles including vacuum trucks, tankers, straight trucks and van trailers
- Operate plant machinery and assist with general maintenance
- Assisting in waste treatment and waste water treatment methods and processes
- Assist with preparing shipments of hazardous and non-hazardous waste for transport
- Gain a full understanding and working knowledge of the company’s standard operating procedures (SOPs), and ensure they are followed
- Notify the Shift Supervisor/General Manager of any defects, damages, mistakes, errors, contamination, spills, other incidents or accidents that are identified
- Document and report completion status of work assigned by the Shift Supervisor/Manager
Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:
- Must be able to work the following 2 shifts Monday-Friday on a 2 week rotation: 6:00am to 3:00pm and 2:30pm to 11:30pm. All labourers are also required to work one Sunday every 4 weeks.
- Previous hazardous and non-hazardous waste management experience is an asset
- Must be clean shaven.
- Previous experience operating air diaphragm pumps and bulk liquid transfer systems is an asset
- Ability to lift upwards of 50 lbs
- Offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of required drug testing.
- Propane forklift experience/certification is an asset
- Must be motivated, able to multi-task, and work effectively in a team environment
- Must be comfortable working in a mostly outdoor environment
- Emergency response availability including evenings and weekends
#GFLTalent
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
GFL is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, please contact [email protected]
Please note that GFL does not provide visa sponsorship for this position. Valid work authorization in the country where the job is located is required. Successful candidates will be required to provide valid documentation confirming their eligibility to work in the country where the job is located prior to their start date.
This hiring process may utilize machine-based systems to assist in screening and assessing applicants. Final selection decisions are made by our recruitment team.
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