Scalehouse Attendant

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Work with Wood Procurement Manager regarding wood quality specifications and purchasing plans.
• Work with Shipping and Finance regarding finished product shipments and wood receipt payments.
• Coincide usage procedures with Wood Procurement Manager and Foresters to ensure proper inventory rotation.
• Perform visual quality assessment inspections of all delivered wood according to specifications and periodically perform physical quality assessment inspections.
• Periodically perform random audits inspecting wood quality.
• Identify culls and defects in raw materials.
• Identify various soft and hard wood species.
• Initiate corrective measures required of the delivering supplier according to procurement program.
• Complete all scale tickets including wood, board, and miscellaneous; and all other reports and paperwork as necessary or directed.
• Weigh all truck deliveries coming in and going out of mill.
• Aid in maintaining an accurate record of current inventory levels, storage locations, and ages of inventory.
• Use software system to assist with proper shipments and delivery locations for flatbeds.
• Check to verify that incoming flatbed trucks have current valid Huber numbers and valid customer purchase order numbers.
• May have to coordinate load problems and questions with Shipping.
• Check to ensure that all common carrier loads are tarped and secured and within legal weight limits.
• Maintain proper woodyard truck traffic flow and support short turn-around times.
• Responsible for all visitors coming onsite to be made aware of and compliant with safety and management system requirements, which includes PPE and fall arrest systems.
• Notify the proper department when inbound vehicles require assistance with reverse signaling.
• Responsible for all vehicular traffic in and out of the mill site during scale hours with the exception of Huber employees, preferred vendors, and those with identification numbers.
• Have all visitors identify themselves, state their business, and sign-in the logbook or equivalent application.
• Call the administration building and instruct the visitor where to go.
• Ensure all visitors sign out on their exit from the mill site.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Specialized/Technical Knowledge Or Required Skills

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Attention to detail is required at all times to complete accurate scaling and proper record keeping.
• Ability to work various shifts, weekends and holidays when requested.