Driver/Laborer
Homer Companies · Lockport, IL · 2 mo ago
Management$20–$24/hrFull-time
Duties & Responsibilities
- Ensures proper use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
- Demonstrates defensive driving skills
- Able to park and back up vehicles
- Understands work-zone, landing-zone, drop-zone guidelines
- Performs job site hazard inspection
- Performs traffic control
- Sets up and positions woodchipper
- Demonstrates proper woodchipper operation
- Equipment preparation and start up
- Able to do basic knots and rope handling
- Being mindful about safety and avoiding struck-by injuries
- Dragging and stacking brush and other materials
- Operation and storage of chain saws, gas and oil, and other equipment
Qualifications
- MUST hold valid CDL A, B or C and willing to acquire one as a condition of employment
- Able to lift 50 pounds
- Able to bend and stand for long periods of time
- Diligent attention to detail and safety
- Excellent verbal communication and customer orientation
- Must pass a background check and drug test
Benefits
- Starting pay is $20-24/hr, pay determined by experience, skill, education, and other factors
- Able to enroll in benefits after 60-day new hire probation period
- Health Insurance
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) Retirement Plan and employer matching (up to a certain amount) and 100% vesting as soon as contributions are made
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays (6)
Working Conditions
- Sometimes includes both high heat and cold temperatures
- Physically demanding - requires considerable use of arms and legs and moving whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.