General Labor Clean Up Crew People Wanted!! (Entry Level)

Job Description

General Labor Clean Up Crew People Wanted!! (Entry Level)

This is a non-exempt position with an hourly rate of $24.87.

Humboldt Sawmill Company is looking for a Clean-Up worker to join our Team in Scotia, CA. This position includes full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K matching, and life insurance.

About The Mendocino Companies

The Mendocino Companies (Mendocino Forest Products Company, Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, Humboldt Sawmill Company, and Allweather Wood) own nearly 450,000 acres of Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC® C031337) certificated redwood and Douglas-fir timberland. We constitute the largest waterborne wood treater in the Western USA and are the largest producer of redwood lumber in the world. Collectively, we provide 950 employees and their families with excellent wages and benefits in communities throughout the Western USA. Additionally, The Mendocino Companies own and operate a 25-megaWatt biomass cogeneration power plant and wood pellet plant.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Responsibilities

The Clean-Up Crew is responsible for keeping production areas clean and safe and assisting in other areas of the sawmill in a safe and productive manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Keeps designated areas, as assigned by supervisor, clean and clear of sawdust, wood chips, bark, strips, and other foreign objects.
• Operates a chainsaw to cut up scrap lumber and broken logs.
• Uses hand tools to move sawdust, chips, and bark into conveyors, bins, and scoop on a tractor.
• Operates Bobcat and forklift to transport debris to conveyors or disposal sites.
• May pull strips off of transfer chains into conveyors to chippers.
• May keep lumber straight on transfer chains to the trimmer.
• Empties all garbage cans in and around the sawmill.
• Provides assistance where needed.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Experience: 1 month of related experience and/or training.
• Preferred: Forklift license or ability to train to obtain a license.
• Skills:
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Ability to read and understand instructions and memos and write simple sentences.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly Required To: Stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and communicate.
• Occasionally Required To: Sit and climb or balance; smell.
• Lifting: Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision: Specific vision abilities required include close, distance, color, peripheral, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• Regularly Exposed To: Moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and vibration.
• Frequently Exposed To: Fumes or airborne particles.
• Occasionally Exposed To: Wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; and risk of electrical shock.
• Noise Level: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Eye protection, hearing protection, leather or rubber gloves, safety shoes, and hard hat.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on any, or a combination of, the following characteristics: race (including hair texture and styles), color, caste, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic conditions), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other characteristic protected by state or federal anti-discrimination law covering employment.