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Position:General Laborer

Location: Milford, VA

Job :880

# of Openings:1

General Laborer

Job Status: Hourly

Work Schedule: As Assigned
Reports to: As Assigned

Positions Supervised: None

The General Laborer assists in the performance of a variety of plant activities from clean-up, stick laying,packaging, maintenance support, etc.

• Ensure all environmental and safety procedures are followed and report all unsafe or non-compliant activities.
• Performs a variety of routine physical labor tasks, as assigned. Areas could include maintenance,stacking, kilns, shipping, receiving, treating, yard maintenance.
• Understand the job assigned and ask questions if uncertain.
• Perform cleanup at the end of the day or when the job is completed, including picking up tools, spills,and debris, cleaning work areas and performing touch-up work as needed.
• Perform Fire Watch duties as needed to support the maintenance team.
• May operate a vehicle, forklift, or tractor.
• Attend all training sessions and safety meetings
• Computer duties as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED).
• Basic understanding of mechanical and electrical maintenance is encouraged.
• Ability to take direction and learn in a hands-on environment.
• Ability to safely operate mobile equipment.
• Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or jobtype.
• Ability to demonstrate behaviors conforming to Hoover’s set of values and accepted standards.
• Ability to be self-motivated to perform a task using his or her own drive or initiative
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Basic computer skills with an ability to learn.

Indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions. It could be hot, cold, humid, and/or rainy. May require climbing ofheights up to 100 feet.

Immediately upon hire or assignment to the Forklift Operator position, training will take place in Safety and Environmental programs. Annual training over all programs.

Hoover Treated Wood Products, Inc. (HTWP), is the largest producer of fire-retardant treated wood in theworld. In business since 1955, HTWP has 10 plants located from coast to coast. HTWP offers acomprehensive compensation package that includes competitive wages, a pension retirement plan, medical,dental, life and disability insurance, paid holidays and vacation. HTWP requires background checks and drug testing.

The company reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements will be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

Hoover Treated Wood Products provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion,age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identityor expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement,
promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.