Planer Setter

LED FastStart•DeQuincy, LA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Interfor is seeking energetic and enthusiastic team players to join our team as a Planer Setter. The pay rate for this position is $31.51 per hour. This role involves observing all procedures specified in the job safety analysis to prevent any injuries, performing all setups on the planer while ensuring quality standards are maintained, and maintaining housekeeping standards by keeping the work area clean. The Planer Setter is responsible for the safe and productive operation of the planer machine equipment, ensuring all quality standards are met during setup. This role requires the ability to recognize and effectively communicate problems through verbal communication, checklists, and work orders. Additionally, the Planer Setter is responsible for the general preventative maintenance of the planer, including lubrication and knife maintenance, to ensure the machine is in good working order and up-time is maintained. Quality expectations are high, focusing on producing a product of the highest quality possible through proper planer cuts to minimize skip dressing, providing the best possible finish to the lumber, addressing wavy dressing promptly, making proper grader decisions to maximize grade recovery, and performing good trimming by keeping saws sharp and properly aligned. The Planer Setter will also perform any other task deemed necessary by the superintendent/crewleader.

Requirements

Knowledge of planer setter operation.
2-3 years in lumber operations.
High School education or GED equivalent preferred.

Nice To Haves

Learn grade rules.

Responsibilities

Observe all procedures specified in the job safety analysis to prevent any injuries.
All setup on planer, making sure all quality standards are maintained.
Maintain all housekeeping standards while keeping entire work area clean.
Responsible for the safe and productive operation of the planer machine equipment.
Responsible for the set-up of the planer, ensuring all quality standards are maintained.
Ability to recognize problems and to effectively communicate them clearly so they can be corrected immediately, through verbal communication, checklist, and work orders.
Ensure all maintenance of the planer machine is in good working order so up time can be maintained.
Responsible for general preventative maintenance of the planer including lubrication, knives etc.
Proper planer cuts to minimize skip dressing.
The best finish we can provide to the lumber, address all wavy dressing ASAP.
Proper grader decisions to maximize all grade recovery opportunities.(Learn grade rules).
Good trimming; keep saws sharp and working properly, make sure all limit switch wands are in line with saws to avoid any trimming errors.
Perform any other task deemed necessary by the superintendent/crewleader.