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  • 412,000 totes pulled back out of the waste stream
  • 24,700 tons of HDPE diverted from landfill
  • 61,800 tons of CO₂e avoided
  • 19.4M gallons of process water saved
  • Zero-landfill operation since 2016
  • 48 states served from one yard
  • A reused tote beats a recycled tote — every single time

§ 01.5Company / Careers

Work where the
waste stream
turns around.

Thirty-one people in one building in Harvey, Illinois. No remote roles, no open-plan ping pong, no mission statement on the wall. The mission is measurable in tons and it is printed in the footer of this website.

Team
31 people
Location
Harvey, IL — on site
Open roles
4
Shifts
Day shift only

Form 01 / Reclaim request

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Use Product Type for the role you want and Message for anything you'd like us to know. Quantity can be 1.

A real, permanent address — we reply here.

US or Canada · (XXX) XXX-XXXX

US state or Canadian province

ZIP 60426 · or Canadian M5V 2T6

Whole units · 48 fills a trailer

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Required. We use your details only to price and schedule your request — never resold, never shared.

§ 01.5.1Open roles

Four jobs, all of them on the floor.

Every role below reports to someone who does the same work. We have no managers who have not graded a tote.

R-01Full time · On site

Wash line technician

Run triple-rinse, caustic and solvent programmes; load and unload the line; log programme codes against lots. The most important job in the building — everything downstream trusts your work.

Mon–Fri, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM CT

What we’re looking for

  • Comfortable on your feet around water, steam and chemicals
  • Careful with records — a wrong programme code is a wrong product
  • Forklift certification helpful, we will train otherwise
Apply for this role
R-02Full time · On site

Intake grader

One technician, one tote. Inspect bottle walls, check cage geometry against the jig, assess valve and pallet condition, match residue evidence to the declaration, assign a grade.

Mon–Fri, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM CT

What we’re looking for

  • Genuinely detail-oriented — this role is pure judgement
  • Willing to downgrade a unit and defend the call
  • Some packaging, QA or inspection background preferred
Apply for this role
R-03Full time · On site

Freight dispatcher

Build loads, book lanes, capture backhauls, and tell customers the truth about lead times. You will own the relationship with our contract carriers.

Mon–Fri, 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT

What we’re looking for

  • Freight brokerage or dispatch experience
  • Comfortable saying 'nine days' when nine days is the answer
  • Enjoys the puzzle of filling an empty backhaul
Apply for this role
R-04Full time · On site

Fabrication technician — upcycled builds

Cut, fit and finish retired bottles into rain harvesters, aquaponics sumps, planters and livestock waterers. Part fabrication, part product development.

Mon–Thu, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT

What we’re looking for

  • Hands-on fabrication skills — cutting, fitting, sealing
  • Ideas about what else a 275-gallon bottle could be
  • Plumbing or irrigation fitting experience a plus
Apply for this role

§ 01.5.2What it's actually like

Industrial work, honestly described.

This is a yard and a wash line. It is wet, it is loud in places, and it is physically real. We think that is a feature, but we would rather you knew it before you applied.

  • Day shift only — we do not run nights, and we do not call people in on Sundays.
  • Paid training on forklift, chemical handling and UN/DOT marking requirements.
  • Health coverage from day 31, with the company covering the employee premium.
  • Quarterly profit share tied to tonnage diverted, not to units sold.
  • Steel-toe allowance, full PPE supplied, laundered workwear.
  • Promotion from the floor is the default — our QA lead started on the wash line in 2017.
“You can see the result of your shift. There is a stack of totes going out the door that came in as somebody's disposal problem.”
Wash line lead · With us since 2017
31
People

All on site in Harvey, Illinois.

7yrs
Median tenure

Most people who start here stay.

0
Night shifts

The line runs days only.

4
Open roles

All on the floor or at the freight desk.

How to apply

There is no applicant tracking system here. Use the form at the top of this page, or email us directly. Put the role code in the subject line and tell us in a paragraph why this work interests you.

Address
16751 Lathrop Ave, Harvey, IL 60426
Walk-ins
Welcome Mon–Thu, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT

Equal opportunity

We hire for judgement and care, and we train everything else.

IBC Pickup is an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation at any point in the process, say so in your message and we will arrange it.

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