Blow Down Crew - Weekends - Roseburg, OR

Position Title: Weekend Blow Down Crew

Reports To: Lead Cleanup

Department: Sawmill/Planer

Hours per shift: Employee works 10-hour shifts, with three 10- minute breaks, and a 30- minute unpaid lunch break. 

Wage: TBD

Position Purpose: Perform cleanup throughout the mill to maintain a safe work environment and maximize production.

Works closely with Clean Up Lead, maintenance, and production workers.

Position Functions:

Cleanup Level 2: Essential Functions

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These duties are designated as ADA Essential Functions and must be performed in this job.

Clean up sawdust, chips, shavings, bark, broken boards around machinery using shovel, broom, air hose, forklift, rake, wheelbarrow, conveyors, etc.

May require moving small or broken logs infrequently.

Requires repetitive use of hands, arms, upper body, back, legs.

Worker will bend, twist, squat, push/pull (back legs) using waist, shoulders, arms, hands, and wrists to manipulate a variety of tools.

Crawl under machinery occasionally.

Climb ladders occasionally and stand/walk for long periods of time.

Identify and save useable pieces of lumber.

Feed unusable broken boards into the chipper

Assist in clearing jam ups in conveyor systems.

This may involve climbing ladders.

Report all broken machinery and oil leaks to maintenance immediately.

Keep aisles and catwalks clear of boards and debris.

Empty waste boxes into dumpster.

Maintain catch basins.

Basic forklift operation and Bobcat operation.

Non-Essential Functions

These duties are secondary in nature and are not classified as ADA essential.

Perform other duties and functions as assigned by supervisor for production and cleaning purpose.

Steam clean hydraulic units.

Assist co-workers or Maintenance personnel in basic maintenance procedures.

 

 

Working Environment: (1) Inside 90%, average temperature 80 degrees, extreme low temperature 10 degrees F, extreme high temperature 120 degrees F.  (2) Outside 10%.  Noise or vibration:   Machine noise to include machine being operated as well as other machines close by including Forklifts.  Hazards: See Job Hazard Analysis.

(3)  Atmospheric conditions:  Dust: Limited, Mist: Water, Odors: Dry wood, Gasses: None, Poor Ventilation: None.

The worker in this position will be standing on a slightly elevated wooden platform with rubber mats.  The worker will move back and forth on this platform in front of an elevated dry conveyor measuring 3 ½ to 4’ above the ground.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Personal Protective Equipment Required: (1) Eye Protection.

(2) Hearing Protection.  (3) Blue Atlas gloves.

(4) Approved Footwear (5) High Visibility Clothing.

Physical Demands:  See the attached Job/Task Evaluation and Physical Capabilities portion; this position requires constant use of hearing and vision, frequent bending, twisting, pushing/pulling and reaching, and occasional lifting/carrying/pushi...