BARNWELL, SC
Order: 12215
Objective:
• Operation of front-end loader in a safe and productive manner.
• Perform light equipment maintenance and preventive
equipment maintenance duties as required and as scheduled.
• Operation of other mobile equipment as needed.
• Monitor bark (fuel) production and ensure adequate inventory in the fuel bunker.
• Respond and support any plant operational emergency, including potential fire threats.
• Other assignments at the discretion of MDF Plant Management.
Responsibilities:
• Troubleshooting and analyzing bark production and quality as it relates to optimal operation of the Energy Plant.
• Load trucks with bark.
• Manage 'housekeeping' expectations at all times in all plant areas.
• Thorough and complete adherence to the MDF Plant Quality Management System (QMS).
• Perform all duties in accordance with company policies, procedures and standards of quality.
• Comfortable with 'numbers,' basic mathematical calculations and measurements of bark inventory.
• Exhibit, promote and enforce all company safety expectations and requirements at all times.
Physical Demand:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and walk and talk or hear; and use hands to finger, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, ambient air, temperature extremes, combustible dust fumes or airborne particles, traffic, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but occasionally high in specific areas.
Qualifications/Requirements:
• High school graduate (or equivalent) minimum.
• Sound verbal/written/documentation skills, along with a basic understanding of personal computer usage for record keeping purposes.
• All-around heavy equipment operator experience preferred.
• Capable of being cross trained to operate other mobile and Wood Yard equipment, eventually becoming proficient in the operation of this machinery.
• Ability to work in outdoor environments, including rain, heat and cold.
• Strong work ethic, sense of duty and the ability to mentor/cross-train team members.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• A sense of urgency, a capacity for accurate decisions and the ability to exercise sound judgement in a demanding work environment.
• Availability to work rotating shift schedules, overtime, nights, holidays, and weekends, plus respond to occasional off-hours call-outs to ensure plant reliability of operations.
• Team player who works well with other company employees and associates; problem solver who is resilient and reliable.