Packaging Laborer-Planer

Mendocino Forest Products Company•Ukiah, CA

4h•$25•Onsite

About The Position

Mendocino Forest Products Company, LLC (MFP) is looking for a Packaging Laborer to join our Day Shift Team (5am - 3pm M-F, Sat 5am - 2pm) at our Ukiah, CA location. This is a non-exempt position, the hourly rate for this position is $24.87 and includes benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K matching and company paid Life Insurance. To learn more about our benefits click Here The Mendocino Companies (Mendocino Forest Products Company, Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, Humboldt Sawmill Company, and Allweather Wood) own nearly 450,000 acres of Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC® C031337) certificated redwood and Douglas-fir timberland, constitute the largest waterborne wood treater in the Western USA, and is the largest producer of redwood lumber in the world. Collectively providing 950 employees and their families with excellent wages and benefits in communities throughout the Western USA. Additionally, the Mendocino Companies own and operate a 25-megaWatt biomass cogeneration power plant and wood pellet plant. Packaging Laborere keeps production areas clean and safe and assists in other areas of sawmill in a safe and productive manner.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 1 months related experience and/or training; or one year equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to read and understand instructions and memos and write simple sentences.

Nice To Haves

Preferred forklift license or ability to train to obtain license

Responsibilities

Performs a wide variety of jobs and duties as assigned, with a high level of proficiency and accuracy
Regularly operates a forklift
Keeps equipment and work area clean
Performs as a relief operator on other jobs as needed
Performs scheduled inspections on equipment and prepares reports as required for management and maintenance personnel
Keeps designated areas, as assigned by supervisor, clean and clear of sawdust, wood chips, bark, strips and other foreign objects
Operates chain saw to cut up scrap lumber and broken logs
Uses hand tools to move sawdust, chips and bark into conveyors, bins and scoop on tractor
Operates Bobcat and forklift to transport debris to conveyors or disposal site
May pull strips off of transfer chains into conveyors to chippers
May keep lumber straight on transfer chains to trimmer
Empties all garbage cans in and around sawmill
Provides assistance where needed.