Driver - NorthStar Clean Energy

Overview

North Star Clean Energy decarbonizes the economy by providing clean energy and carbon management solutions to utility, municipal, commercial, and industrial customers enabling them to meet their sustainability and business goals. Additionally, we own and operate natural gas assets throughout the United States. To learn more about North Star Clean Energy, please visit

This position is with North Star Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, and is not a position of employment with Consumers Energy.

Mid-Michigan Recycling is responsible for operating a wood receiving yard for the purpose of collection and processing biomass fuel to be utilized at a wood fired power plant. The fuel consists primarily of waste industrial wood and urban forest wood. The wood is used to generate power and support the health of the forests, mitigate greenhouse gases (is “carbon neutral”), conserve landfill space and support the electric grid.

The Driver is responsible for operating semi-tractors, chip vans, and lowboy trailers and the loading/transporting wood chips and heavy equipment for the purpose of collection and processing biomass fuel to be utilized at a wood fired power plant within established procedures. Also responsible for various housekeeping and maintenance tasks.

• The Driver shall be responsible for operating commercial vehicles (semi-truck, low-boy, excavator, and wheel loader) operation and record keeping duties inclusive of maintaining shift logs and equipment records
• Maintain strict adherence to Equipment Safety, Fuel Processing and Administrative programs and procedures. Monitor the operation of such yard equipment and systems and takes appropriate action to ensure they are operated safely, in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
• Communicating with personnel to obtain loading times and locations
• Provide equipment cleaning, filter changes, and adjustments. Maintain a clean and orderly work area. Maintain a safe work environment through job planning, housekeeping, and adherence to company safety rules and procedures, and identification and correction of hazards
• Maneuvering vehicle off road to properly load, transport, and unload equipment
• Driving to various chip loading locations and utilizing wheel loaders to self-load wood chips
• Operate heavy equipment including wheel loaders and excavators for the purpose of loading and unloading from lowboy
• Operate lowboy trailer to load equipment and properly secure load for transport
• Writing up or communicating repair request
• Maintaining cleanliness of vehicle and providing basic maintenance of vehicle
• Other non-essential duties as assigned or may be necessary

• Maintaining records, logs, and maintenance activities for communication to correct deficiencies
• Have a thorough knowledge of Large Mobile Heavy Equipment (wheel loaders, excavators, semi trucks, lowboys, bulldozer) operation and established procedures
• Previous experience operating and/or maintaining heavy equipment, including wheel loaders, excavators, semi trucks, lowboys, bulldozer
• Ability to effectively communicate with co-workers and take direction from others
• Ethics and standards of conduct
• Ability to operate tractor trailer, loader, dozer, excavator and for the purpose of loading onto lowboy
• Ability to utilize a wheel loader for the purpose of loading wood chips into a chip van
• Ability to work overtime, as well as weekends
• Capable of performing several routine duties
• Ability to effectively communicate oral and written with co-workers and customers while providing direction to people on site

• High School Diploma or GED is required
• DOT CDL Class A certification is required
• 2+ years experience in operating and/or maintaining heavy equipment (e.g., construction, farming equipment, bulldozer) required.
• Driving experience with excellent driving record

• The working conditions for this position may include, but are not limited to, the following requirements and environmental exposures. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The working conditions for…