Saw Operator

Saw Operator / Material Handler

Join a growing production facility where you will operate metal saws, verify parts meet precise customer tolerances, and support general warehouse and inventory activities. This role combines hands-on equipment operation, basic measurement and math skills, and a strong focus on safety, quality, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Operate metal saws to cut material to specified dimensions while ensuring all parts meet customer-required tolerances.
• Use tape measures, micrometers, calipers, and other measuring tools to verify dimensions and confirm parts are within specification.
• Set up saws for production runs, including adjusting settings and ensuring proper alignment and calibration.
• Perform daily maintenance checks on metal saws, complete maintenance checklists, and report any issues promptly.
• Conduct in-process and final inspections of parts to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance with work orders.
• Verify stock against work order requirements, including alloy, temper, gauge, size, producer, lot number, and grain direction.
• Mark each part with the required customer identification and stamp work orders to indicate inspection approval.
• Support general labor tasks such as packing, material handling, and basic fabrication and production activities as needed.
• Assist with inventory tasks, including organizing, counting, and locating material in the production facility.
• Operate forklifts safely to move materials and finished products, when qualified and assigned.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area, following housekeeping and safety guidelines at all times.
• Follow all safety procedures and prioritize working accurately and carefully rather than rushing.
• Collaborate with team members, listen to instructions, and contribute to a positive, respectful work environment.

Essential Skills

• Ability to operate or learn to operate metal saws in a production environment.
• Proficiency using tape measures, micrometers, calipers, and other measuring tools to verify part dimensions.
• Basic math skills, including converting fractions to decimals and understanding measurements such as quarter-inch in decimal form.
• Strong safety-oriented mindset with a focus on working carefully and accurately.
• Demonstrated honesty, integrity, punctuality, cleanliness, kindness, and respect for others.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds as needed during normal job duties.
• Willingness to start in general labor or packing roles and develop into material handling or saw operation responsibilities.
• Team-oriented attitude with the ability to listen, cooperate, and follow directions.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Prior warehouse experience is a plus.
• Forklift experience is a plus and will support advancement into material handling responsibilities.
• Experience with general labor, inventory, blueprint reading, saw operation, fabrication, or production work is beneficial.
• Comfort working with measurement tools and learning new equipment and processes.
• Interest in long-term career growth within a production and milling environment.

Why Work Here?

You will join a stable, growing company that has expanded year over year for decades and invests heavily in its people. Everyone starts with foundational roles and has a clear path to advance into material handling, saw operation, and eventually mill positions. The organization offers excellent benefits that significantly enhance total compensation, including a yearly tenure-based bonus and a 401(k) plan with a company match. You also receive an annual allowance for work boots or shoes and access to various partnership discounts, such as savings on electronics and mobile services. The culture emphasizes feedback, continuous improvement, safety, and mutual respect, giving employees the flexibility to contribute ideas and help shape processes.

Work Environment

The role is based in a 63,000-square-foot production facility that is clean, organized, and open, providing a safe and efficient environment for forklift and material movement. The operation currently runs three mills and two saws, with a new high-value saw being added to support increased production and promotion opportunities. The workplace culture encourages feedback to improve process efficiency and safety, and the structure is lean, allowing flexibility and the integration of new processes and ideas. Employees work around modern production equipment and material handling tools, following safety guidelines and maintaining a neat and orderly workspace, with appropriate work footwear supported through an annual boot and shoe allowance.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Spokane Valley, WA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $20.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Spokane Valley, WA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 22, 2026.