Woodshop Builder

Job Description

Job Description

Philpac Corporation is currently seeking candidates to join our Woodshop team in Kenmore, NY 1 st and 2 nd shift available!

Bringing together your passion and ours

The Builder will report directly to the Woodshop Supervisor. This position requires you to build pallets and crates in accordance with the customer’s specifications while maintaining a high level of safety.

Bringing your expertise to ours

The primary responsibilities of this position include:

• Analyze shop drawings/blueprints to understand the specifications.
• Select raw materials required for assembly components.
• Ensure that inventory controls are maintained by keeping track of the amounts of materials and items used during each project.
• Ensure that raw materials are cut according to the job requirements.
• Utilize nail guns and/or screw guns to assemble cut materials.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment by operating saws, nail guns, forklifts, etc, safely and by keeping the work area neat and orderly.
• Ensure that you are wearing the proper safety equipment.

Bringing your story to ours

A qualified applicant will contribute the following:

Education

• High School diploma or equivalent required

Experience

• It is preferred that you have prior woodworking experience of 3-5 years.
• A minimum of one year’s experience operating a forklift.

Skills/Abilities/Physical demands

• The candidate must be reliable.
• An understanding of how to use a tape measure as well as the ability to read it.
• A basic understanding of mathematics is required.
• Requires the use of hands frequently to finger, handle, or feel things, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear things.
• Ability to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 50 pounds regularly.
• A frequent requirement for standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, and crouching.
• Climbing stairs and ladders is occasionally required.
• Potential candidates should have the following vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus their attention.

Schedule:  Monday through Friday with two fifteen-minute paid breaks and a half-hour unpaid lunch break

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.50 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8-hour shift
• Monday to Friday 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM and NEW shift 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• No weekends

Application Question(s):

• Reading a tape measure is a MUST

Experience:

• Woodworking: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Buffalo, NY 14217 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Philpac is a locally owned, family-operated packaging company that celebrated its 40th anniversary in September 2022. Founded in 1982, Philpac began as a packaging supplies company and has grown into a leader in the packaging industry.

As the business expanded, Philpac relocated from downtown Buffalo to Military Road in Kenmore, New York, in 1993. In 2005, an opportunity to manufacture wooden crates introduced the company to the wood packaging industry, leading to the acquisition of its second location in Pendleton, New York.

Today, with approximately 80 employees across both locations, Philpac continues to grow while staying true to its family-oriented values. Our owner and upper management believe employees are more than just numbers; they are family. We take pride in providing competitive wages, retirement savings, health insurance options, and valuable benefits while supporting our employees' ability to put family first.

At Philpac, we believe our success comes from the people who make it possible.

Bringing Together Your Passion and Ours.

Company Description

Philpac is a locally owned, family-operated packaging company that celebrated its 40th anniversary in September 2022. Founded in 1982, Philpac began as a packaging supplies company and has grown into a leader in the packaging industry.As the business expanded, Philpac relocated from downtown Buffalo to Military Road in Kenmore, New York, in 1993. In 2005, an opportunity to manufacture wooden crates introduced the company to the wood packaging industry, leading to the acquisition of its second location in Pendleton, New York.Today, with approximately 80 employees across both locations, Philpac continues to grow while staying true to its family-oriented values. Our owner and upper management believe employees are more than just numbers; they are family. We take pride in providing competitive wages, retirement savings, health insurance options, and valuable benefits while supporting our employees' ability to put family first.At Philpac, we believe our success comes from the people who make it possible.Bringing Together Your Passion and Ours.