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Industrial Equipment Operator

Manthei Wood Products
Petoskey, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 1/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/29/2025

The Opportunity 

 

Are you a skilled equipment operator with a strong aptitude for multitasking? If you enjoy manufacturing and machine operation, we would love to hear from you!

 

Welcome to Manthei Wood Products. We are an energetic, results-oriented, fun-loving, collaborative, humble, and passionate group of people that enjoy making a difference within the hardwood veneer and plywood industry. We have a hardwood face veneer division, a specialty plywood division, and a retail wood products division.

 

We are currently seeking a 1st shift Industrial Equipment Operator to operate various equipment such as a lathe, knife grinder, debarker, jointer, splicer and plywood press.  

 

You will need to have a foundational understanding of the manufacturing process. You must be a safety-conscious individual that can take a "hands-on" approach to understanding and operating the equipment, always focusing on quality of product outcome while maintaining a necessary level of production.

 

Manthei Wood Products' benefits package includes competitive compensation, excellent health insurance with high employer cost sharing, paid time off with additional paid holidays, 401k employer match, profitability bonuses, access to an onsite success coach, product discounts for the Manthei Group family of businesses!

 

1st shift works five days a week, 8-hour shifts, Monday - Friday.  Hours vary by department and are either 6:00 am to 2:00 pm.

 

Duties include but are not limited to:

 

  • Observe all safety guidelines and report safety concerns to management
  • Work on a production line with consistent speed and accuracy
  • Ensure that production requirements and standards are met consistently
  • Make every effort to increase productivity and efficiency without compromising quality
  • Operate machinery correctly and maintain it with care
  • Work cooperatively with the production team to meet quotas and goals
  • Demonstrate a positive and professional attitude

 

To truly be successful in this role, you'll need to be reliable and punctual, be respectful and communicate well with other team members, and have a positive, winning attitude.

 

Qualifications

 

  • Have experience running industrial equipment in a manufacturing setting
  • Experience operating a fork lift
  • Experience operating a loader and excavator preferred
  • Be able to lift approximately 25-50 pounds regularly
  • Have great attention to details 

 

Manthei Wood Products is part of a larger collection of companies known as The Manthei Group. To learn more about the company and the products we make, please visit www.mantheiwoodproducts.com

 

Manthei Wood Products is an equal opportunity employer; everyone is encouraged to apply.

 

Thank you for your interest! We look forward to talking with you!


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