Green Chain - Entry Level Labor

Job Title

This is an entry level labor position, responsible for quickly and efficiently separating and stacking finished lumber in carts to help complete and fulfill orders. Excellent opportunities for advancement.

Starting pay $21.75 per hour plus $1.50/hr. shift differential, if applicable. Work schedule: Monday - Thursday, 10-hour shifts.

This position is classified as "safety-sensitive," meaning that an accident in this role could result in loss of life, serious bodily injury, or significant damage to property or the environment, as such candidates will be subject to comprehensive pre-employment drug screening, inclusive of marijuana (THC).

This is a full-time position and overtime work may be required as projects or job duties demand.

Responsibilities

• Pulling lumber that comes off a conveyor belt
• Sorting lumber by size, grade, and species
• Stack lumber into carts
• General labor and clean up
• Meet productivity goals while maintaining safety in every aspect of the job
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Previous experience in industrial/manufacturing setting is a plus
• Effectively be able to communicate through written and verbal forms of communication
• Understand and carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
• Capable of performing basic two-digit addition and subtraction
• Comfortable working in varying weather, both indoors and outdoors.
• Minimum age of 18

Work Environment

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

• 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

Benefits & Pay

• Pay: $21.75 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, Ambulance, 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.