Mobile Equipment Operators (Forestry, Logging & Mill Operations)

Full Time

  L&M Wood Products

  Glaslyn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Job Description

L&M Wood Products is seeking 3 experienced Power Mobile Equipment Operators (PME).

We are looking for an individual who has been certified and trained in PME or who has enough experience and willing to be certified.  

The successful applicant must be willing to follow all safety and yard rules and regulations.  

They must be willing to complete daily checklists.  

No smoking is allowed in any equipment. We have articulating loaders, forklifts, skid steers and telehandlers.  

You will be responsible for loading decks with raw material (logs) to moving and stacking finished product (lumber or posts). 

1-2 years experience required.

Skills And Abilities

Own Tools/Equipment

 - Steel-toed safety boots

Type Of Work Experience

 - Snow removal

 - Material handling

 - Stock piling

Transportation/Travel Information

 - Own vehicle

 - Own transportation

Essential Skills

 - Finding information

 - Job task planning and organizing

 - Critical thinking

 - Decision making

 - Working with others

 - Writing

 - Reading text

Additional Skills

 - Calculate weight, distance, volume and length measurements

 - Complete onboard and other logs

 - Prepare accident reports

 - Utilize material safety data sheets (MSDS)

Specific Skills

 - Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks

 - Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment

 - Operate heavy equipment

 - Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment

 - Secure special attachments to equipment

Work Site Environment

 - Outdoors

Work Setting / Industry Experience

 - Forestry and logging

Type of Heavy Equipment Operated

 - Front end loader

 - Forklift

 - Gradall

 - Loader

Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)

 - WHMIS Certificate

 - Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification

Compensation

$18.00-$20.00 Depends on experience