Company Background:

Alta Forest Products is the world's largest producer of wood fence boards, specializing in Western Red Cedar and other premium species found in the Pacific and Inland Northwest forests. In addition to producing fence boards and pallet stock lumber, Alta's zero-wood-waste sawmills produce by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch, and bio-fuel. Headquartered in centrally located Chehalis, Washington, Alta operates fence board sawmills in four other rural communities: Morton, WA; Shelton, WA; Amanda Park, WA; and Naples, ID.

The Role:
Maintaining, repairing, and changing saws for the mill.

Responsibilities:

• Bench and fit of both band saws and round saws
• Maintain Micarta and Babbit guides
• Maintain filing equipment
• Sharpen chipper knives
• Perform machine center alignments on saws
• Transport saws
• Change saws at machine centers
• Discard and/or repair damaged saws
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits & Pay

• Pay: $30.64 - $36.05 per hour depending on experience
• $1.50 Pay Differential for Swing, Graveyard and Weekend Shifts
• Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee and Family Life Insurance
• Paid time off, Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave
• Referral program
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability Plans
• Voluntary Benefit Programs. Pet, Illness, Accident Insurance, and more.

• 1 year of previous experience with saw filing
• Strong commitment to safety values and experience with LOTO
• Preferred knowledge of fitting and benching both bandsaws and round saws
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Ability to 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.
  

Work Environment

This role may operate in a professional office, log yards, and sawmill. 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.

Position Type/Travel/Schedule

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

Monday – Thursday

5pm – 3:30am Swing Shift. Schedule is Subject to Change. Employee may be trained on a day shift schedule.

Physical Demands

An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform this job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile.
• This position requires the occasional use of basic hand tools
• This position requires standing, sitting, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping for extended lengths of time.
• Exposure to loud noise and dust
• Occasionally moving, lifting, pushing, pulling, and/or carrying 50lbs
  

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 By growing and investing in employees and our facilities, Alta aims to be an industry leader in product quality and employee experience.