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Equipment Operator

Sierra Pacific Industries
Oroville, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/29/2025 CLOSED ON 4/1/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Equipment Operator position at Sierra Pacific Industries?

Equipment Operators earn $32.57 per hour

We train and promote from within

Excellent low-cost health benefits

Retirement plan with employer-paid contributions

Paid vacation and 10 holidays

At Sierra Pacific Industries, we understand our greatest strength is the people who choose to build a career with us. We are a third-generation family-owned company that has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the United States. Our more than 6,000 employees are proud to work at our state-of-the-art sawmills and other facilities, including: manufacturing, custom wood-framed windows, fabrication, millwork, veneer, cogeneration, trucking, forestry, and other operations.

Our Forestry Division, North Sierra Region, has an opening for a qualified Equipment Operator to help sustainably manage the Company's Road Systems in Lassen, Plumas, Tehama, Butte, Yuba, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, and Sierra Counties. This position will involve working with California Registered Professional Foresters (RPFs) and performing road work on Timber Harvest Plans and USFS contracts. Work will be out of our Oroville, California office, requiring living in one of the surrounding communities. During the Logging Season, the Road Crew will on occasion stay out of town to work on projects.

About The Position

  • Safely operate, maintain, and repair heavy equipment including excavator, backhoe, grader, roller, dump truck, and water truck
  • Perform daily equipment maintenance and safety checks
  • Identify and report equipment maintenance and repair needs
  • Perform road work on Timber Harvest Plans and USFS contracts
  • Forestry-related road project work in a wide range of weather and field conditions
  • Work may consist of overtime during busy seasons
  • Occasional overnight travel may be required

Qualifications

  • 1 year experience operating trucks, dozers, graders, backhoes, and / or excavators
  • Current valid driver's license and Class A License, or ability to obtain Class A License within one year
  • Proven experience towing trailers
  • Demonstrated ability to operate a four-wheel drive vehicle and safely negotiate steep mountainous roads
  • Heavy Equipment Certification from an accredited school or program is preferred
  • Basic understanding of logging, road construction and forestry operations
  • Knowledge of road, watercourse crossings, drainage, and erosion control construction and maintenance
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate mountain areas using maps, GPS device, and tablet
  • Excellent communication skills, self-motivation, and strong work ethic
  • Proven commitment to safety
  • Ability to successfully work both independently and as a team member

Why Join Our Team?

Because this is more than an invitation, it's a commitment to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth to everyone! We ask people to grow with us and make the company even better.

We provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance. Every year since 1979, the Sierra Pacific Foundation has provided an average of $500,000 in scholarships to help the children of our crew members with education expenses.

How to Apply

If you are qualified and would like to join our team,

please send a cover letter referencing this position and a resume

no later than March 28th 2025 to

Sierra Pacific Industries

Amy Sarti, Human Resources

PO Box 496014

Redding, CA 96049

(530) 378-8107

or apply online and view all our career opportunities at: spi.careers

Celebrate our 300th million seedling planted with us!

spi-ind.com/OurForests/ThreeHundredMillion

Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

About Our Company

Sierra Pacific Industries is a third generation family-owned company based in Northern California that started in 1949 and has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the U.S., employing more than 6,000 crew members. Sierra Pacific continues to be a company where its employees are proud to work at state-of-the-art facilities and others strive to become part of the team.

We own and sustainably manage more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington. Our forests are managed under a 100-year plan by Registered Professional Foresters, Wildlife Biologists, Botanists, and other professionals. We are growing forests for our future, planting over 6 million new trees every year. In Spring 2024, we planted our 300 millionth seedling on our timberlands. This milestone was decades in the making, reflecting our commitment to sustainable forest management and ensuring we have forests not just for today, but for generations to come.

Sierra Pacific effectively uses nearly 100% of every piece of wood we bring to our facilities. In fact, any small amount that isn't turned into hand-crafted doors and windows, millwork, lumber, or landscaping material is actually converted into electricity in our seven biomass-fueled power plants.

We are proud that all Sierra Pacific facilities follow our drug-free and tobacco-free policies. As part of our safety in the workplace policy, an offer of employment is subject to a negative drug screen result. We use E-verify to verify the social security number and work authorization of all newly hired employees. Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

At Sierra Pacific Industries, we understand our greatest strength is the people who choose to build a career with us.

What does it mean to be part of the Sierra Pacific family? It means you are a valued team member and part of a growing, third-generation family-owned, forest products company built on hard work, innovation, and wise investments.

With nearly 6,000 crew members in over 30 states, Sierra Pacific offers many opportunities for personal and professional growth; from entry-level to skilled trades, from truck drivers to sales managers, from foresters to engineers - for everyone! We invite you to learn more about our history, our 2.4 million acres of forestlands, and our state-of-the-art wood product and window manufacturing facilities at www.spi-ind.com/AboutUs.

As part of our safety in the workplace policy, an offer of employment is subject to a negative drug screen result. We are also proud that all Sierra Pacific facilities follow our tobacco-free policy. Sierra Pacific adheres to E-verify to verify the social security number of all newly hired employees. Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans. If you are an individual with a disability and need accommodation to complete the application process, please call 800-378-8001 or write to Sierra Pacific Industries at PO Box 496011, Redding, CA 96049.

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