Saw Filer at Alta Forest Products

Job Description:

Latest job information from Alta Forest Products for the position of Saw Filer. If the Saw Filer vacancy in Shelton matches your qualifications, please submit your latest application or CV directly through the updated Jobkos job portal.

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Company Background

Alta Forest Products in partnership with Itochu Building Products is the world's largest producer of wood fence boards, specializing in Western Red Cedar and other premium species found in the Pacific and Inland Northwest forests. In addition to producing fence boards and pallet stock lumber, Alta's zero-wood-waste sawmills produce by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch, and biofuel.

Headquartered in centrally located Chehalis, Washington, Alta operates in multiple Northwest rural communities including Morton, WA; Winlock, WA; Shelton, WA; Amanda Park, WA; Lewiston ID; Bonners Ferry, ID; and Naples, ID. 

The Role

Maintaining, repairing, and changing saws for the mill.

Responsibilities:

• Bench and fit of both band saws and round saws
• Maintain Micarta and Babbit guides
• Maintain filing equipment
• Sharpen chipper knives
• Perform machine center alignments on saws
• Transport saws
• Change saws at machine centers
• Discard and/or repair damaged saws
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 1 year of previous experience with saw filing
• Minimum age of 18 
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing

Requirements

• 1 year of previous experience with saw filing
• Strong commitment to safety values and experience with LOTO
• Preferred knowledge of fitting and benching both bandsaws and round saws
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• This position is classified as “safety-sensitive,” meaning that an accident in this role could result in loss of life, serious bodily injury, or significant damage to property or the environment, as such candidates will be subject to comprehensive pre-employment drug screening, inclusive of marijuana (THC).

Work Environment  

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

This role may operate in a professional office, log yards, sawmill, warehouse or shipping and railyard. While performing the duties of this job, employees will be exposed to machinery and moving mechanical parts. This position will often be exposed to noise, hazards, airborne particulates, and temperature changes.

Physical Demands

An employee must meet the physical demands described here to successfully perform this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodation may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile
• This position requires the frequent use of basic hand tools
• This position requires standing, sitting, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping for extended lengths of time.
• Exposure to loud noise and dust
• Occasionally moving, lifting, pushing, pulling, and/or carrying 50lbs
• The employee will be required to use their hands and fingers to handle, feel, reach for tools or materials
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus used for depth perception

Position Type/Travel/Schedule

This is a full-time position (40+ Hours), and overtime work may be required as projects or job duties demand.   

Wednesday - Saturday

6:00AM – 4:30pm Day Shift. Schedule is subject to change. Employee may be trained on a day shift schedule.

Benefits & Pay

• Pay: $31.55 - $37.13 per hour depending on experience
• $1.50 Pay Differential for Swing, Graveyard and Weekend Shifts if applicable
• Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee and Family Life Insurance
• Paid time off, Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave
• Referral program
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability Plans
• Voluntary Benefit Programs. Pet, Illness, Accident Insurance, and more.

Alta Forest Products is an equal opportunity employer. It considers all applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion or creed, gender, disability, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Small company, big opportunity! Growing & investing in employees and mills, Alta aims to be an industry leader in product quality and employee experience.

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Job Info:

• Company: Alta Forest Products
• Position: Saw Filer
• Work Location: Shelton
• Country: US

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