Senior Driver-NorthStar Clean Energy

NorthStar 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 NorthStar Clean Energy, please visit www.northstarcleanenergy.com.

This position is with NorthStar 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, mitigates greenhouse gases (is "carbon neutral"), conserves landfill space and supports 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. The senior driver is responsible for overseeing the activities of their team of drivers. They will be responsible for ensuring that our drivers are adhering to our safety policies and procedures, as well as investigating any accidents or incidents. The Senior Manager will also be responsible for training new drivers and maintaining records. Also responsible for various housekeeping and maintenance tasks.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• The Senior 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 for their vehicle as well as insuring team vehicles has up to date records and logs
• Ensure that all drivers are properly trained and have the necessary licenses and permits for their route. Maintain strict adherence to Equipment Safety, Fuel Processing and Administrative programs and procedures. Monitors 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. Communicate with customers to provide updates on estimated delivery times. Resolve customer complaints in a timely and professional manner
• Provides equipment cleaning, filter changes, and adjustments. Maintains a clean and orderly work area. Maintains a safe work environment through job planning, housekeeping, and adherence to company safety rules and procedures, and identification and correction of hazards. Keep track of vehicle maintenance and driver logs, and report any issues to the appropriate department
• Maneuvering vehicle off road to properly load, transport, and unload equipment. Stay up to date on changes in transportation regulations and industry best practices and distribute updates and training to team
• Other non-essential duties as assigned or may be necessary

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• 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
• Ethics and standards of conduct
• Experience training and overseeing teams of drivers
• 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.

Position Requirements:

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

Working Conditions:

• Indoor and outdoor work including in hazardous fuel yard environments including heavy machinery, large amount of traffic, and computer work.

Why should you join our team?

At NorthStar Clean Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Up to 13 paid Holidays
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We, at NorthStar Clean Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don't discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women's Advisory Panel (WAP), Women's in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capable, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.