Yard Utility/Classer Helper
- Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
Full-time
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- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
Stella-Jones is a leading manufacturer of essential infrastructure products focused on serving utilities and railroads, as well as supplying big box home improvement stores across North America. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada and publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Stella-Jones operates a vast network of facilities that employs more than 3,000 employees across the United States and Canada. Built on strong foundations with a coast-to-coast reach, we offer real opportunities for career success and community impact.
Position Summary
Stella-Jones Inc.’s production yard in Maple Ridge, BC is seeking motivated employees to join their team and assist in the manufacturing of wood utility poles. Regular duties include inspection, cleaning, measuring, and cutting as directed. The work is physical and requires walking on uneven ground outdoors in all weather conditions. Position may require overtime, and/or afternoon hours.
Principal Responsibilities:
This is a full-time union position with benefits offered after successful completion of probationary period.
As a Stella-Jones employee, you will enjoy access to excellent benefits and incentives, including:
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Stella-Jones makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Position Summary
Stella-Jones Inc.’s production yard in Maple Ridge, BC is seeking motivated employees to join their team and assist in the manufacturing of wood utility poles. Regular duties include inspection, cleaning, measuring, and cutting as directed. The work is physical and requires walking on uneven ground outdoors in all weather conditions. Position may require overtime, and/or afternoon hours.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Operates hand tools to cut, brand, tag, clean and prepare poles for shipping to treatment plants.
- Documents and reports in computer material as processed.
- Maintains tools, equipment, supplies and work areas.
- Assists in shipping and receiving of materials, tallying, identification, records and information.
- Participates and contributes to company safety program.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Ability to speak, read and write basic English is required.
- Must possess basic math skills.
- Experience utilizing hand tools-drills, peaveys, chainsaws, wizards, hammers, tape measures etc.
- Ability to lift 50-75lbs continually.
- Knowledge of wood products and defects.
- Able to learn and acquire new skills.
This is a full-time union position with benefits offered after successful completion of probationary period.
As a Stella-Jones employee, you will enjoy access to excellent benefits and incentives, including:
- Extended health and dental coverage
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D)
- Short-Term and Long-Term disability coverage
- Company Share Purchase Program with Company contribution match
- Career advancement opportunities
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Stella-Jones makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Operate hand tools to cut, brand, tag, clean, and prepare utility poles for shipment, and document processed materials. Maintain tools and work areas, assist with shipping and receiving, and contribute to the company safety program.
Requirements
Applicants need basic English and math skills, experience using hand tools, knowledge of wood products and defects, and the ability to repeatedly lift 50–75 pounds. The role requires physical outdoor work in all weather; additional forestry or machine-operation skills are valuable, and in-house training is provided.
Skills
- Hand Tool Operation
- Pole Inspection
- Measuring and Cutting
- Wood Product and Defect Knowledge
- Basic Mathematics
- Material Documentation
- Shipping and Receiving
- Material Tallying and Identification
- Tool and Work Area Maintenance
- Safety Practices
- Physical Stamina
- Learning New Skills
Benefits
- Extended Health Coverage
- Dental Coverage
- Life Insurance
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- Short-Term Disability Coverage
- Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Company Share Purchase Program with Matching Contribution
- Career Advancement Opportunities
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Manufacturing
- Trades
- Logistics
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Wood Utility Poles
- Manufacturing
- Production Yard
- Hand Tools
- Drills
- Peaveys
- Chainsaws
- Hammers
- Tape Measures
- Pole Cutting
- Pole Branding
- Pole Tagging
- Wood Products
- Wood Defects
- Material Processing
- Shipping and Receiving
- Material Tallying
- Inventory Identification
- Computer Documentation
- Workplace Safety
- Log Scaling
- Boom Boat Operations
- Loader Operation
- Log Peeling
- Machine Operations