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Operates conveyors, skid steers, mowers, compost turners, tractors, floaters, trucks and construction or power equipment, such as mechanized broom, grapple, dump truck, snow-plow, front-end loader, and other equipment and tools to maintain company property and equipment. Operates welders, gas torches, chop saws, grinders, drills, drill presses, impact wrenches, presses and other small equipment and tools to maintain equipment and operations.

POSITION SUMMARYThe Equipment Operator is a critical position in Return's fertilizer and compost production operations.  The Equipment Operator operates a variety of medium to heavy duty equipment and trucks used for fertilizer application, compost production, storage, management and maintenance. May operate a variety of hand and power tools to maintain Return equipment, Return facilities, and job sites.  ABOUT RETURNWe're a leader in Good-for-the-Earth Growing Supplies that cares deeply about our people, planet, and soil. We provide a viable alternative to synthetic growing products that encourage soil regeneration to help grow healthier food, people, and planet. Be part of a team transforming agriculture with regenerative, good-for-the-earth growing solutionsYOUR SCHEDULE Monday–Friday schedule with 40–50 hours/week. Opportunity for paid overtime and potential weekend shifts. COMPENSATION & BENEFITSHourly pay rate is based on experience, between $18.00 and $24.00 per hour. After 60 days of employment, you are eligible for company health benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as 401k, paid time off, and paid company holidays.POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES As an Equipment Operator, you'll play a vital part in our production of high-quality, regenerative fertilizer and compost. Your responsibilities include:  <ul><li>Operates equipment of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling and unloading of various equipment, materials and supplies.</li><li>Operates conveyors, skid steers, mowers, compost turners, tractors, floaters, trucks and construction or power equipment, such as mechanized broom, grapple, dump truck, snow-plow, front-end loader, and other equipment and tools to maintain company property and equipment.</li><li>Operates welders, gas torches, chop saws, grinders, drills, drill presses, impact wrenches, presses and other small equipment and tools to maintain equipment and operations.</li><li>Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and refers defects or repairs to the supervisor; cleans equipment.</li><li>Assists in the installing and maintenance of traffic control devices.</li><li>Cuts trees and brush, and remove trees and weeds.</li><li>Controls traffic at work sites by flagging to guide traffic through work areas, as required or assigned.</li><li>Plows snow. Fixes Driveways and roads.</li><li>Performs a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor.</li><li>Maintains a clean job site: picks up all tools and equipment and secures job site each day to eliminate potential hazards.</li><li>Performs materials handling and storage.</li><li>Assists in training lower-level employees performing the maintenance and repair duties as required or assigned.</li><li>Performs all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.</li><li>Properly follows company and OSHA safety procedures. Ensures that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed. Brings problems to the attention of the supervisor, manager or HR manager.</li><li>Perform any other tasks assigned to support and improve the overall team operations.</li></ul>REQUIREMENTS<ul><li>Graduation from high school or GED equivalent.</li><li>Two to four years of experience involving the use of medium and heavy equipment, two of which must have been related to construction, agricultural or fertilizer application.</li><li>Valid Minnesota Driver’s License; CDL License preferred.</li><li>Proficient with iPhone and or Android email, messaging and navigation applications.</li></ul>WORK ENVIRONMENTWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions including extreme heat and cold. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, dust, and risks of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.The employee must frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. EEO StatementReturn is an equal opportunity employer. We dig in to cultivate a healthy environment, at work and beyond, where all people can bloom—regardless of similarities, differences, or what's growing in their garden. We’re rooted in the idea that a diverse workforce, made up of various perspectives, will help us grow as individuals, and as a team. We hope you’ll share your unique variety to help breathe new life into our selves, soil, food and planet.Powered by JazzHR

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Diversification over the years has opened up vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation. Utilizes hose and spray nozzle from truck mounted spray equipment which includes tank, pump, hose reel, 200 feet of ½ inch hose, or utilizes back-pack to treat remote areas.

Description<div><div>Equipment Operator (Driver License Required)This position operates heavy equipment of various types to remove branches and tree material from electrical lines.Are you a real go-getter looking for an amazing opportunity with a nationwide  full-service-utility contractor offering competitive wages and incredible benefits? Keep reading because this job might be for you!Since 1928, Asplundh has been dedicated to safe, efficient and innovative line clearance services to the utility industry. Reliable, uninterrupted power is an important service provided by the world's electrical utilities and Asplundh has the expertise to help keep the power flowing. Diversification over the years has opened up vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation.A family-owned and operated corporation headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Asplundh has grown to employ over 36,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.Job Type: Full-Time +, Non-ExemptPay: Competitive, HourlyBenefits:<ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:5pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">Competitive wages/Paid weekly – Direct Deposit</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">Paid Vacation and Holidays</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">Individual/Family Health, Dental, Eye Care, Prescriptions</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">Insurance premiums paid by Company</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">FMLA and Short term disability benefits.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">Retirement packages, paid by Company</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">Prescription safety glasses</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">All tools provided by the Company to do job</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">DOT Regulated Drug Free Workplace</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 5pt 27.2pt;padding-left:8.8pt;text-indent:0pt">First Aid & CPR Training provided</li></ul>Essential Functions & Responsibilities:<ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Operates operate heavy equipment such as Bulldozers-Backhoes-Skid steers-Excavator-Loaders-Dump trucks, Mowers and Stump grinders.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Transport equipment to and from multi state job locations.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Install and remove gates, fences, barb wire.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Install and remove culverts, rocks and base.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Works on spared rock and base by Highways, side roads and on the right-of-way.</li></ul><ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Uses a chainsaw to cut brush, logs and stumps of larger trees.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Gathers brush and feed brush into wood chipper.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Applies chemical herbicide to right-of-way, following brush removal when (APP)</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Utilizes hose and spray nozzle from truck mounted spray equipment which includes tank, pump, hose reel, 200 feet of ½ inch hose, or utilizes back-pack to treat remote areas.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Services truck, chipper, and equipment, maintaining them in neat, clean, and specified mechanical order. </li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Assists senior spray person in mixing herbicide in holding tank. When (APP)</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Works around hazardous equipment.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Works around excessive noise from machines, chain saws, wood chipper, with hearing protection.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Works in all temperatures and weather and will be exposed to nature, i.e., irritating plants, biting or stinging insects, dust, etc.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Works on unleveled ground.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Works around falling limbs with protection.</li></ul>Minimum Qualifications:<ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Must be 18 years of age or older.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Possesses working knowledge and be able to identify tree and shrub species.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Familiar with electrical hazards.</li></ul>Education & Experience<ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.</li></ul>Pre-Screen<ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.</li></ul>License & Certifications:<ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Driver License Required.</li></ul>Travel Requirements:<ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">Must have transportation to and from the show up location.</li></ul>Physical Requirements:<ul style="margin:0pt;padding-left:0pt"><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">RARE (less than 10%): sitting, kneeling, crawling, color vision, climbing stairs.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">OCCASIONAL (up to 33%): stooping, squatting, climbing on/off truck, reading, pushing, climbing ladders, lifting up to 50 lbs.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">FREQUENT (up to 66%): walking, body twisting, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, hearing-speech range, lifting, carrying, pulling, balancing, lifting up to 10 lbs.</li><li style="font-family:serif;font-size:10pt;margin:5pt 0pt 5pt 26.5pt;padding-left:9.5pt;text-indent:0pt">CONTINUOUS (up to 100%): standing, sense of touch, seeing distant, climbing, gripping, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., seeing, reaching, range of motion, depth perception.</li></ul> </div></div> Benefits We offer a competitive range of benefits to support our employees’ health, well-being, and financial security. Medical, dental, and vision benefits are available to all eligible employees on the first day of employment. For more information on the benefits available for this role, please contact the recruiter or hiring manager. Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation can contact the ADA Coordinator by calling 1-833-222-3066. We partner with the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Immigration Service to e-Verify all newly hired employees. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Please note:<ul><li>All job offers are subject to pre-employment drug screening and a background check.</li><li>Unless otherwise noted, we do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.</li></ul>Notice to Agencies: We only accept resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing services if a Service Agreement has been signed and we have requested recruitment/staffing services for the specific position. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of the company, and no fees or compensation will be paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or staffing service.

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Tree Crew Equipment Operator

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We offer full-time employment, stability, competitive benefits, professional development, travel, diverse safety experiences, management support and the added benefit of working with a network of over 275 full-time HazTek safety professionals. HazTek is hiring a highly skilled and safety-driven Construction Crane Operator to support lifting operations on active construction sites.

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Crane Operator Safety Specialist Join a company that’s dedicated to building a culture of safety and excellence.HazTek is hiring a highly skilled and safety-driven Construction Crane Operator to support lifting operations on active construction sites. This role is critical to maintaining a safe work environment while executing precise and efficient crane operations. The ideal candidate demonstrates exceptional situational awareness, strong communication skills, and a proactive commitment to safety, compliance, and operational excellence.  <ul><li>Verify rigging configurations and ensure all loads are properly secured </li><li>Maintain clear, constant communication with spotters, riggers, and signal persons</li><li>Establish and maintain a secure lifting zone. Monitor weather conditions, site activity, and environmental risks</li><li>Exercise stop-work authority when safety concerns or hazards are identified</li><li>Perform daily pre-operational inspections of crane components</li><li>Ensure wire rope is properly seated and all mechanical systems are functioning safely and efficiently</li><li>Report equipment deficiencies promptly and coordinate necessary maintenance or repairs</li><li>Review lift plans, blueprints, and load charts to determine appropriate crane configuration, counterweight requirements, and safe lifting capacity</li><li>Safely operate cranes to lift, move, and position materials with precision while strictly adhering to load limits and manufacturer specifications</li><li>Ensure proper boom setup, swing radius awareness, and safe load path planning</li><li>Identify and mitigate hazards such as overhead power lines, obstructions, and congested work areas</li><li>Maintain accurate documentation in accordance with OSHA and company safety standards</li><li>Adhere to all federal, state, and site-specific safety regulations and protocols</li><li>Participate in safety meetings, audits, and ongoing training initiatives</li></ul>

Qualifications:
<ul><li>Minimum 5+ years of construction safety experience</li><li>Experience operating cranes on commercial or industrial construction projects</li><li>High level of situational awareness, attention to detail, and risk assessment ability</li><li>Proven ability to read and interpret load charts, lift plans, and crane capacity manuals</li><li style="color:black">• NCCCO (or equivalent) Crane Operator Certification preferred</li><li style="color:black">Excellent verbal and written skills</li><li style="color:black">Embody HazTek's Core Values of Integrity, Compassion, Dependability, Leadership, Accountability</li></ul>#ZR

Overview:
HazTek Safety Management is a full-service, objective safety partner, founded in 1997. The health, safety and well-being of employees and companies is our highest priority. We offer full-time employment, stability, competitive benefits, professional development, travel, diverse safety experiences, management support and the added benefit of working with a network of over 275 full-time HazTek safety professionals.  At HazTek, We Stand Together for Safety We are committed to building an environment of inclusion and acceptance which values diversity across all areas of the organization; an environment in which all employees can contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Pay Range:
$90,000 - $110,000

Travel | Relocation:
Travel and or Relocation will be considered

HazTek Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive safety management services designed to protect workers by enhancing workplace safety. Partnering with companies to eliminate accidents and create a culture of safety reduces costs related to accidents and improves employee productivity and morale. We specialize in full-time on-site safety management, safety audits and inspections, site assessments, corporate health and safety programs, exposure monitoring, and OSHA compliance safety training.
			Our clients are primarily engineering and construction firms that support pharmaceutical facilities, refineries, power plants, aerospace sites, automotive manufacturers, pulp/paper firms, and heavy industries; environmental remediation companies performing hazardous waste site cleanups; and dredging and marine services.
			HazTek services customers nationwide with office locations in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and Gulf Coast. We currently employ a total of 170 employees including 140 full-time, salaried field professionals with various certifications and experience levels. As our market reach expands, our reputation and guiding principles remain the same. We are a full-service, objective safety partner that protects people, property, and the environment.

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