TerraVest Tanks MI LLC manufactures and refurbishes propane tanks that support homes and businesses across North America. We are building a workplace where people communicate, help one another, and share responsibility for safety and quality. Our goal is for employees to feel supported by their team, take pride in what they accomplish, and return home safely at the end of each workday.

If you enjoy working outdoors, staying active, learning different skills, and having a three-day weekend every week, this may be the job for you!

• $18.00 per hour
• $1,000 sign-on bonus
• Monday–Thursday, 6:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
• Three-day weekends every week
• Stable, year-round work

As a Yard Laborer, you will help keep propane tanks and materials moving safely through our outdoor yard operation. Depending on your daily assignment, you may:

• Help load, unload, stage, and prepare propane tanks
• Assist with tank pump-out and preparation
• Install or remove valves, gauges, plugs, and other tank components
• Receive, inspect, organize, and stock vendor materials
• Help prepare tanks and materials for outbound shipments
• Operate authorized yard and material-handling equipment after completing company training
• Maintain an organized yard by repositioning materials, removing garbage, trimming vegetation, shoveling, sweeping, and completing other 5S projects
• Communicate with coworkers using two-way radios and established signals

During your first six months, you will receive hands-on training across the yard’s primary work areas. Employees generally work in one assigned area during a shift but may occasionally help in another area based on staffing, production, or refresher-training needs.

This is an active, primarily outdoor position. Team members work throughout the year in Northern Michigan heat, cold, rain, wind, snow, mud, and changing conditions.

TerraVest provides required rain gear and winter wear, allows additional recovery breaks during extreme weather, and suspends outdoor work during lightning.

No prior propane-tank, manufacturing, or powered-equipment experience is required. TerraVest provides hands-on, job-specific training.

A successful Yard Laborer will be:

• At least 18 years old
• Dependable and ready to work as part of a team
• Safety-minded and willing to follow work instructions
• Comfortable learning to use hand tools and yard equipment
• Able to communicate clearly and ask questions when something is unclear
• Willing to stop work and report an unsafe condition
• Comfortable climbing ladders, working from trailer decks, and maintaining balance while assisting with elevated tank loads

This position requires the ability to:

• Stand and walk for nearly the full 10-hour shift
• Lift and carry tools, parts, packages, and materials weighing up to 50 pounds
• Frequently push, pull, slide, or reposition materials, including dunnage weighing up to approximately 75 pounds, with powered assistance used whenever practicable
• Bend, squat, stoop, crouch, reach, grip, grasp, twist, and use hand tools
• Walk and work on gravel, sand, mud, snow, ice, ruts, and other uneven outdoor surfaces
• Repeatedly get on and off authorized yard equipment
• Climb ladders and access trailer decks while maintaining balance

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

• Four-day workweek with Fridays off
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Company-paid dental coverage
• Company-paid short-term disability
• Company-paid $50,000 life insurance
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Stable, year-round employment
• Hands-on training and opportunities to learn additional skills

We review applications regularly and work to keep the hiring process moving. Apply today to learn more about joining TerraVest Tanks MI LLC.

The $1,000 sign-on bonus is paid in installments and is subject to the terms and eligibility requirements of the TerraVest Tanks MI LLC Signing and Referral Bonus Program.

TerraVest Tanks MI LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.