Consumers Energy

Scalehouse Attendant - NorthStar Clean Energy

LocationLivonia, MI

About This Job

NorthStar Clean Energy decarbonizes the economy by providing clean energy and carbon management solutions to utility, municipal, commercial, and industrial customers enabling them to meet their sustainability and business goals. Additionally, we own and operate natural gas assets throughout the United States. To learn more about NorthStar Clean Energy, please visit www.northstarcleanenergy.com.


This position is with NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, and is not a position of employment with Consumers Energy.

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.


Duties & 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


Position Requirements:

High School Diploma or GED required
Experience with Operating and Maintaining Heavy Equipment (e.g., Front End Loaders, Bulldozers)
Experience in handling cash, credit card, and charge account payments from customers
Basic computer skills
Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work overtime and weekends, as needed seasonally
Must be able to gain CMS certification to operate heavy equipment and machinery within two weeks of start date


Physical Demands:

Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized
Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist. Requires full use of lower extremities and back muscles
Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on one knee or both knees
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine
Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
Sitting: Sitting upright in the work area to perform duties
Crawling: Positioning the body so that weight is evenly distributed on both hands and knees on a flat surface
Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time
Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances
Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward
Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion
Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Requires substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles
Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling
Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions


Physical Requirements of this Position:

Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
Visual Acuity Requirements Including Depth Perception & Field of Vision Machine Operator (including inspection)
This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals largely with visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines (including inspection), using measurement devices, assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes

Conditions the Worker will be subject to in this Position:

The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes
The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: Minimal protection from weather conditions and temperature changes
The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperature above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour during a work shift
The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures below 32 degrees for period of more than one hour during awork shift
The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level
The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, and exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals
The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that may affect the respiratory system or the skin: Fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation
The worker is required to wear personal protective equipment
The worker is subject to prolonged, irregular working hours


Why should you join our team?

At NorthStar Clean Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.



What we offer:

Competitive compensation packages
Medical, Dental and Vision
401k with company match
Paid parental leave
Up to 13 paid Holidays
Paid time off
Educational Assistance Program


Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We, at NorthStar Clean Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women’s Advisory Panel (WAP), Women’s in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capable, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.


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