Traverse City, MI
(231) 632-2272

Open roles

Four openings at BARC, from the Kaleva floor to a route truck.

BARC has 20 full-time employees, eight trucks and two sites, one in Traverse City and one in Kaleva. It started in 2008 with one man and one truck. The roles below are the ones listed as open on BARC's own employment page, in BARC's own words.

The openings list

What is open right now

  • Kaleva

    Mattress/Electronic Waste/Industrial worker (Kaleva)

    Kaleva is the plant that processes and ships out electronic waste, mattress materials and industrial recycling. This role works those streams.

    How BARC handles mattresses

  • De/Re

    De/Re Construction worker with experience

    De/Re Construction takes homes slated for demolition apart and sends the salvage on to tiny homes and repurposed products. Experience is part of the title.

    How De/Re Construction works

  • Traverse City

    Residential Route Driver (Traverse City)

    This is a driving job on the residential side of BARC, based in Traverse City, where the fleet runs to eight trucks.

    Residential recycling routes

  • Events

    Part-time event workers

    Zero waste events need hands on the bins, on the hauling and on the sorting at the end of the night.

    Zero waste events

For pay, hours and start dates, ask when you call.

The crew

20 full-time employees, eight trucks and a semi fleet

The work is done by a crew of 20 full-time employees, eight trucks, and for bigger projects 4 semi trucks and 15 semi-trailers. Read how the company is run on the about page, or meet the people on the community page.

The BARC team gathered on and around an orange tractor in front of a blue building
The BARC team, 2022.