Job Description
The Mobile Equipment Operator is responsible for safely operating heavy industrial equipment to move raw materials and finished products in a renewable energy production environment, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency in the wood pellet manufacturing process.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate heavy industrial equipment such as front-end loaders, clamp forks, and caterpillar forest machine track loaders to unload logs and load production equipment.
- Inspect equipment regularly and report unsafe or improperly functioning machinery.
- Understand and manage fiber mixing processes, including mix piles and targets.
- Perform daily checks and basic maintenance on equipment, including cleaning and greasing.
- Monitor and adjust control room parameters to meet safety, quality, and productivity goals.
- Maintain accurate paperwork related to operations.
- Perform housekeeping duties to keep the work area clean and safe.
Requirements
- Internal company certification required.
- Ability to understand and follow written and verbal job instructions.
- Proficient in mathematics and measurement.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Willing and able to operate heavy material moving equipment requiring extended periods of sitting.
- Willing and able to perform tasks such as occasionally pushing and or pulling and lifting up to 50 pounds, walking, climbing, stooping, and standing.
- Ability to operate levers with both hands while seated for long periods.
- Ability to bend, squat, climb and lift items above shoulders occasionally.
- Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery.
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and or quantitative productivity standards.
- Climb ladders and work off elevated surfaces up to 50 feet on an occasional basis during each shift.
- Must be able to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees, in all types of weather conditions.
- Occasionally walk on slippery or uneven surfaces.
- Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule details not specified
Work environment includes outdoor conditions and elevated surfaces up to 50 feet
Safety equipment provided and safety rules must be followed
Physical requirements include lifting up to 50 pounds, climbing, and working around moving equipment
Opportunities for internal certification and skill development
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