Fire Watch & Safety Attendant
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Industrial Safety Project: Fire Watch & Safety Attendants Wanted in Longview!
Looking for a high-paying, steady industrial outage project with great hours this fall? American Workforce Group has partnered with a premier industrial manufacturing and processing facility in Longview, WA to hire dependable, safety-conscious Fire Watch & Safety Attendants for an upcoming maintenance shutdown. In this critical safety role, you will monitor active hot-work zones while welders and millwrights perform machinery overhauls, maintain fire prevention readiness, and handle general industrial cleanup including sweeping, hosing down work areas, and vacuuming debris. If you are attentive, detail-oriented, and ready to lock in $25.00/hour straight time on a consistent schedule, let's get you registered!
Description for Fire Watch & Safety Attendant:
- Maintain continuous visual observation of active hot-work zones while welders, pipefitters, and millwrights perform structural repairs and cutting operations.
- Monitor for stray sparks, smoldering materials, slag, and potential fire hazards in surrounding plant equipment and structures.
- Ensure fire extinguishers, water hoses, and emergency safety equipment are staged, inspected, and ready for immediate deployment.
- Conduct post-work cooldown monitoring to ensure hot-work areas remain 100% safe after welding operations conclude.
- Perform essential industrial maintenance and housekeeping: sweeping work bays, hosing down surfaces, operating industrial vacuums, and clearing scrap debris.
- Strictly adhere to facility safety standards, hot-work permit requirements, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) protocols, and PPE compliance.
Details for Fire Watch & Safety Attendant:
- Pay Rate: $25.00 / hour (Straight time).
- Location: Longview, WA industrial facility.
- Position Type: Full-Time Industrial Outage / Maintenance Project (September – October 2026).
- Available Shifts & Project Dates:
- Day Shift Fire Watch: Estimated September 8, 2026 – October 31, 2026 | 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM (10-hour shifts!).
- Night Shift Fire Watch: Estimated September 14, 2026 – October 31, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 2:00 AM (10-hour shifts!).
Requirements for Fire Watch & Safety Attendant:
- High Vigilance & Focus: Must be able to remain 100% alert, attentive, and focused on safety monitoring throughout 10-hour shifts.
- Physical Capability: Ability to stand and walk for long durations, bend, stoop, climb stairs/ladders, and perform active cleanup tasks (sweeping, hosing, lifting up to 50 lbs).
- Comfortable working in an active, heavy industrial mill environment around hot-work operations.
- Strong communication skills and ability to sound alarms or notify trade crews immediately of safety hazards.
- Exceptional record of daily attendance, prompt punctuality, and a zero-tolerance attitude toward safety shortcuts.
Benefits Include:
- Top-tier $25.00/hr straight-time pay rate.
- Consistent 10-hour daily shifts on a structured fall project schedule.
- Washington State Paid Sick Leave tracking.
- Direct foot-in-the-door for future industrial outage and shutdown projects.
- AWG SERVICES ARE ALWAYS 100% FREE TO JOB SEEKERS!
To apply: Email your resume directly for review:
cowlitzjobs@americanworkforcegroup.com
Call our Cowlitz recruiting crew today: (360) 200-4900 Office Hours: Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PMAmerican Workforce Group is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis protected by law.
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