Description
Summary
This position is responsible for operating a wood receiving yard for the purpose of collection and processing biomass fuel to be utilized at a wood fired power plant.
This position will be located at the CMS Enterprises Mid-Michigan Recycling receiving yard located in Livonia, Michigan. Shift is 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday, with occasional weekend work.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Operate the wood receiving yard store front and provide customer service.
- Inspect, receive, reject, unload, sort out undesirable material, and stage incoming wood in piles for processing.
- Track yard activity through writing of tickets, paperwork, and computer entries.
- Handle cash, credit card, and charge account, payments from customers.
- Operate heavy equipment including wheel loaders and excavators for the purpose of staging wood into piles.
- Maintain the appearance of the receiving yard.
- Maintain a clean and safe work area including mobile office, storage areas, and heavy equipment.
- Perform inspection and maintenance activities on heavy equipment in accordance with established schedules or as needed.
- Prepare and make regular deposits to the bank.
- Oversee yard activity including employees or contractors on site.
- Maintain a safe work environment through job planning and identification and correction of hazards, and adherence to safety and procedures.
- Occasional travel to work at other company sites required.
- Performs all other related duties as required.
- DOR/WOR Report out to supervisor on performance KPI's
Additional Duties and Responsibilities
- Operate a horizontal wood grinder, excavator, and wheel loader
- Perform and fill out daily inspection forms for equipment being operated
- Perform regular preventative maintenance on equipment
- Complete equipment service on time for regular service intervals
- Cutting of metals with oxygen acetylene torches
- Welding of metal using flux-cored arc weld (FCAW), shielded metal arc weld (SMAW), and gas metal arc weld (GMAW)
- Procurement of parts & materials to perform repairs as required on mobile grinding equipment & Yard equipment
- Maintain cleanliness of mobile chipping machinery and an orderly area of operations
- Movement of unprocessed and processed materials across challenging operating environments
- Orderly staging of processed material for pick up by contracted haulers
- Maintain constant communication (radio) with other yard operators in to ensure the safety of customers and yard personnel
- Maintain company service truck
- Maintain in an orderly condition assigned set of company tools on service truck
- Maintain grade at Yard while processing material to allow for proper run off
Requirements/ Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED
- Proficient with Caterpillar Excavators
- Proficient with Caterpillar Wheel loaders
- Basic experience with the service and repair of Caterpillar Heavy Equipment
- Basic exposure to forestry operations
- Basic exposure to the welding and cutting of metal in a field environment
- Basic computing skills with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Basic Use of Smart Phones, Tablets, and Laptop Computers
- Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work overtime and weekends, as needed seasonally
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ Years operating Horizontal Wood Grinders
- Experience operating Morbark Grinders
- Intermediate skill with one or more of the following welding techniques FCAW, SMAW, GMAW (maintenance welding)
- Intermediate skill with Oxygen Acetylene torches
- A Class A Commercial Driver's License
- Morbark Service Tech II Certification
- DOR/WOR Report out to manager on performance KPI's
Contact
Consumers Energy
1 Energy Plz
Jackson
Michigan United States
www.consumersenergy.com
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