Forklift Operator

Description

We are a growing company based in Dallas, TX that offers its employees a company culture focused on customer service, continuous improvement, respect, safety, compliance, and honesty.

 The Company: With 34 locations across 4 major markets (Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Knoxville), Living Earth (LE) is one of the country’s largest producers of sustainable landscaping products, including mulch, compost and soils.  Its products are manufactured from recycled green waste materials – notably tree limbs, brush, leaves and grass clippings – and sold through a unique, closed-loop business model. 

Living Earth has built a strong, sustainable competitive advantage in the markets it serves through a network of convenient locations, unmatched delivery capabilities, and quality specialty products.  By partnering with Living Earth, customers also benefit from lower total disposal costs and the satisfaction they are doing their part to improve the environment.

Living Earth serves landscape contractors and municipalities, helping to ensure their products and services help beautify local communities and improve soil ecosystems.  The company combines premium compost, mulches, bedding mixes, sand, dirt and other high-performance soil amendments with the experience and knowledge that ensure landscaping projects have the perfect materials for a successful outcome.  LE works hand-in-hand with landscaping professionals and municipalities, making sure they receive fast, personal service coupled with product availability second to none.  In addition to providing contractors with the products they need, a growing number of LE’s products can be found at major retail stores including Lowe’s and Houston Garden Centers.

Founded more than 30 years ago in Houston, Texas, Living Earth is known for a diverse inventory and great customer service. The company currently has approximately 275 employees.

For more information, visit http://www.livingearth.net .

Description

Operate heavy equipment in compliance with the company's operating safety policies and

procedures

Provide recommendations for maintaining and improving environmental performance

Load mulch, soils, compost, sands and gravels into dump trucks and customer vehicles

Ensure company equipment and material is maintained, kept cleaned, and stored in a safe

manner

Check filters and grease equipment

Keep work area and equipment clean by collecting and disposing of scrap, excess

materials, and refuse

Proactively communicate with Site Manager and coworkers

Complete required paperwork, reporting, and other documentation as required

Benefits

Wage rate commensurate with experience. Living Earth offers a competitive array of

benefits including vacation and holiday time, medical, dental, 401K and a bonus plan.

Living Earth is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications

Requirements

Experience operating heavy equipment.

Hand and Foot Coordination: You need to be able to coordinate movements of your

hands and feet in order to guide very large machinery in tight places.

Operation Monitoring: The ability to read gauges, dials, and other indicators, adjust them

is necessary.

Coordination: On busy construction sites, you must be able to coordinate your actions

with those of other workers.

Troubleshooting: It is essential that anyone operating heavy equipment is able to detect

and fix operating problems.

Critical Thinking: Your job will require you to identify the strengths and weaknesses of

solutions to problems in order to choose the one that is most likely to be successful.

Must have the ability and willingness to work in all types of adverse conditions such as

extreme weather, enclosed spaces and heights up to 30 feet

Able to pass a drug test

Be able to recognize safety issues

Willing to accommodate a schedule that can require weekend work

Ability to work without close supervision once directed on task