General Laborer

H-2B seasonal job with Chief Firewood LLC in Smithville, Texas. Pay: $20.21/hr. Work period: 2026-12-07 to 2027-03-31. Positions: 10. About 40 hours a week. The employer's full description is in English on the official DOL job order.

Workers will perform general manual labor and construction-helper duties in support of the company’s wood rack preparation, rack assembly, storage-area organization, material staging, and firewood handling operations. Duties include loading, unloading, carrying, stacking, sorting, staging, and organizing firewood, wood racks, pallets, tools, and related materials at the employer’s yard, storage areas, and customer locations. Workers will assist supervisors and skilled workers by measuring, positioning, holding, assembling, repairing, and installing firewood racks and related storage materials. Workers may assist with preparing customer orders by sorting wood by size/type, stacking wood in racks or on pallets, shrink-wrapping pallets, moving materials by hand or with hand tools, and maintaining organized inventory and loading areas. Workers will assist with site preparation and cleanup, including clearing debris, sweeping work areas, collecting scrap wood, removing loose bark and packaging materials, and maintaining safe access around storage, rack, and loading areas. Workers will use hand tools such as hammers, tape measures, saws, drills, pry bars, shovels, rakes, brooms, hand trucks, dollies, and wheelbarrows. Workers will perform physically demanding outdoor labor in varying weather conditions and must follow all safety instructions.

Workers will not perform tree felling, logging, independent carpentry, commercial driving requiring a CDL, or operate heavy equipment. All duties are labor-related and do not require specialized skills, certification, or licensing.

Work period: 2026-12-07 to 2027-03-31. Positions: 10.

Requirements: 3 months of job experience or related