Sawfiler

Mendocino Forest Products Company • Ukiah, CA

6h • Onsite

About The Position

Mendocino Forest Products Company (MFP) is looking for experienced Sawfilers to join the team based in Ukiah, CA. This is a non-exempt position offering an hourly rate of $27.65 - $38.65 depending on experience. The Mendocino Companies 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.

Requirements

• Previous saw and knife grinding experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of software.

Responsibilities

• Inspecting, maintaining, and repairing saws and machine centers to ensure optimal performance and safety.
• Changing and setting up chip heads on quad and gang edgers with precision and efficiency.
• Ensuring all cutting tools and equipment are maintained to the highest standards to support smooth production operations.
• Keeping bench saws level and straight.
• Inspecting machine centers in filing room and on production floor and changing saw blades as needed.
• Tipping, profiling, and side dressing saws as kerf reaches minimum.
• Melting, pouring, and cutting babbit guides as they become worn.
• Sharpening chipper knives and fitting round saws.
• Changing and setting up chip heads on quad and gang edger.
• Cleaning machine centers in filing room and on production floor.
• Changing saws in quad, edgers, resaw, trim saw and bucksaw as needed.
• Learning to bench, tension, and level all saws.
• Keeping work areas clean.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401K match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees