What are the responsibilities and job description for the Planer Set-up position at Big River Forest Products?
Planer Setup
About Big River Forest Products
Big River Forest Products, LLC (BRFP) is building a state-of-the-art lumber mill in Gloster, Mississippi.
The new mill will require over 1 million tons of timber annually to produce about 250 million board feet. The facility will be located on 65 acres (about the area of a large shopping mall) and represents a corporate investment of over $200 million, creating 131 jobs and supporting an additional 200 indirect jobs when operating at full capacity.
Family-owned and operated, BRFP is dedicated to its employees who are passionate about delivering unmatched, high-quality lumber from a world-class lumber manufacturing facility.
Big River Forest Products is slated to begin manufacturing lumber in May of 2024. For more information: www.Bigriverfp.com/
Essential Functions:
- Comprehend and perform all duties in accordance with rules, regulations and JSAs
- Thorough knowledge of a planer machine and planning operation
- Keep planer in top operating condition
- Perform all maintenance and setup on planer
- Assist production operations in the planer department
- Train feeder/setup operator in safe operation of planer and how to adjust and clear breakups
- Order and maintain spare parts specific to planer and planning mill area
- Sharpen planer and chipper knives as needed
- Keep working areas clean
- Consistently keep a production level work pace
- Other duties as needed
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of lumber sizes
- Minimum one-year experience in lumber manufacturing
- Able to troubleshoot and perform all maintenance repairs
- Make necessary adjustments for proper machine setup
- Identify and troubleshoot planer machine defects
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work in a safe and efficient manner individually and in a team environment
- Solid background in heavy industry and construction
- Knowledge of lumber manufacturing and welding are considered assets
Physical Requirements:
Move safely, quickly, and perform duties with repetitious movement. Sit and/or stand for shift, reach with hands and arms, stoop, squat, twist, push and pull, maintain balance, bend at the waist, kneel, walk varying distances, and climb stairs.
- Frequent climbing stairs
- Frequent and repetitious use of upper extremities (i.e. shoulders, arms, wrists, hands) in gripping, turning, manipulating objects of various sizes, shapes, weights
- Repetitious bending, kneeling or stretching
- Repetitious pushing and pulling 20 lbs. at 30” working height
- Occasional walking short distances
- Occasional lifting 50 lbs. from floor to 30” working height
- Occasional pushing, pulling, lifting 100 lbs. to 30” working height with the use of a dolly or hoist height
Environmental Conditions:
- Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).
