Maintenance Facilities Helper

About the role

Performs a variety of duties to assist in facilities maintenance. Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides innovative products and diverse power solutions to help people get work done. Briggs & Stratton is the world’s largest producer of engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lithium-ion battery, standby generator, energy storage system, lawn and turf care products through its Briggs & Stratton®, Vanguard®, Ferris®, Billy Goat®, and Branco® brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in more than 100 countries on six continents.

Responsibilities

• Operates and monitors equipment for baling recyclable material according to prescribed procedures and keeps scrap areas clean and orderly.
• Regulates and assists with the loading, unloading and separation of recyclable material as instructed; schedules incoming loads of recyclable material; and orders, coordinates, and scales incoming and outgoing scrap trucks.
• Cleans and maintains equipment, such as; changing coils, greasing, unjamming, etc.
• Performs landscaping duties and landscape maintenance, including plowing, shoveling, removing snow and ice from main drives, parking areas, and all walkways. Salts/sands as necessary.
• Mounts and dismounts plows, tailgate spreader, and other attachments to and from trucks.
• Performs light mechanical duties.
• Turns in bills of lading.
• Operates and maintains industrial power truck to move scrap, clean shop areas, insures that scrap is placed in proper containers.
• Performs floor repair duties and general rough mechanical work.
• Mixes, pours, and trolls cement.
• Performs general janitorial duties, including sweeping, mopping, emptying trash receptacles, restocking supplies, and cleaning restrooms, break areas, and offices.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: High School diploma or General Education Degree.
• Experience: Previous operation of industrial power equipment preferred.

Skills

• Ability to operate industrial power and landscape equipment
• Knowledge of scale operations and scrap procedures
• Mechanical ability
• Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location

Requirements

• Moderate physical demand; often lifting/moving average weight (25 to 50 lbs/11-27 kgs), and occasionally lifting heavy weight materials (up to 70 lbs)
• Somewhat disagreeable or hazardous conditions.
• Ability to perform occasional to frequent pushing, pulling, bending, kneeling, twisting, crawling and/or reaching over a full work shift (8-12 hours)