What are the responsibilities and job description for the Saw Filer position at Alta Forest Products?
Description
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 Babbitt 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
Requirements
Qualifications
- 2 years of 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.
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 the ability to stand, sit, walk, bend, kneel, and stoop for extended lengths of time
- 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. Monday-Thursday 4:30pm-3:00am
Benefits & Pay
- Pay: $37.15 per hour
- Pay Differential $1.50 per hour for Swing, Graveyard and Weekend Shifts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Generous Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance Plans
- Employer paid Employee and Family Life Insurance
- Paid time off, Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave
- Employee Referral Program
- 401k Retirement
- Tuition Reimbursement Program and Paid Training Opportunities
- Short Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Supplemental Insurance Options, Additional Life, Pet, Illness, and Accident Insurance
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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