Equipment Operator

SCHEDULE:

First Shift: Monday - Friday + overtime as needed.

STARTING PAY:

$22.70+ with room to increase as you reach milestones or demonstrate exceptional performance.

JOB PURPOSE:

Operate the mobile heavy equipment in a careful, safe and efficient manner to move poles and various wood products to the different stations at the production plant.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

Hazardous Waste Management duties:

If you are assigned a job that requires you to be involved in hazardous waste relate duties, you must also read, understand, and sign the "Hazardous Waste Management" Team addendum. The addendum describes specific duties, policies, and training requirements that are in addition to your regular job description. If you have not signed off on this job description and received the hazardous waste training you are not authorized to perform any duties related to hazardous waste management.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience: Previous experience operating heavy equipment (front end loader is preferred, especially in the lumber industry)

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms and is occasionally required to walk, stand, hear, and to use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required by the job include peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus. The work environment characteristics are best defined as a small equipment cab environment with exposure to elements such as heat, cold, precipitation or toxic fumes. Employee will have steady exposure to noise as heard in a piece of mobile heavy equipment, at times noise levels will exceed safe working levels. Employee will have light exposure to the chemicals and solutions used in treating wood and cleaning the plant. The job may require overtime.

BELL LUMBER & POLE

Over its 100+ year history, Bell Lumber & Pole Co. along with its family of businesses (Bell Timber Inc, Bell Structural Systems, Alamco Wood Products) has built an incredibly strong reputation for excellence and is one of the largest producers of high-quality renewable wood poles for utility companies throughout North America and abroad. Bell has become a key partner to the expansion of our power grid to empower the move toward sustainable energy use. Bell is also a leading manufacturer of carbon positive mass timber architectural and structural beams for commercial and industrial applications. Bell Lumber and Pole is present in multiple states throughout the US and employs over 270 employees across 9 locations.

Since 1909, the Bell family has been committed to taking care of customers, the environment, and the communities in which we serve. This position is being created to help us advance our commitment to sustainable practices by optimizing our use of renewable materials while reducing the carbon footprint of our operations and that of our customer’s.

For the Bell family of companies, our mission statement is something that captures the heart of our employees at every level. We work hard so that the profit of the company is used: TO RADICALLY LOVE AND INFLUENCE LIVES. This mission is lived out internally through our values-driven workplace and externally through our passion for giving back and serving communities both near and far.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $22.70 per hour

Benefits:

Bell Lumber & Pole is an equal opportunity employer.

Bell Lumber & Pole is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

This applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Bell makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Bell is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please call 651-203-2719 or send an e-mail to HRTeam@blpole.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

For additional detail, you can read through our EEO Policy.

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