Form Line - Operator I / Entry Level Press Aide

LP Building Solutions; Hanceville (AL); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

LP Building Solutions is seeking a Press Operator helper at our OSB manufacturing facility in Alabama. The role focuses on operating and maintaining forming and press equipment, supporting maintenance during downtime, and ensuring adherence to safety standards.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED and 6–12 months in manufacturing. The position offers a plant environment with competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
• Experience in manufacturing preferred: 6–12 months.

Responsibilities

• Clean and maintain forming equipment and lines per shift.
• Assist maintenance during downtime and with repairs.
• Support press operation and related tasks as needed.
• Ensure safety rules are followed during all duties.
• Perform routine cleaning of equipment and work areas.
• Relieve operators for breaks and absences as required.

Skills

Simple equipment operation

General equipment maintenance

Time management

Mechanical ability

Safety rules

Read safety rules

Lifts and heights

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions) is a leading provider of high-performance building solutions that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. We manufacture engineered wood building products that include an extensive offering of innovative and dependable building materials and accessories. LP’s values-driven culture creates an environment where talented and hardworking people thrive in an ethical, inclusive, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Since our founding in 1972, we’ve developed careers and provided advancement opportunities in the building products industry. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates more than 20 facilities across North and South America. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.

Job Purpose

To assist in the operation of the press in an OSB manufacturing facility.

In This Position You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Clean and maintain equipment at forming distribution, forming bunkers, forming orientation rolls, forming line and preloader (two times per shift)
• Clean and maintain equipment at loader, press and unloader (three times per shift)
• Complete required press pit fire prevention rounds
• Changes filters at aspiration hoods (2 times shift)
• Assist maintenance personnel with down time events
• Lock-out/Tag-out equipment as needed for maintenance repair
• Relieves Press operator for breaks and absences
• Collects moisture analysis verification samples from forming line
• Complete appropriate training to learn the Press Operator role
• Perform other duties as necessary.
• Perform all duties in accordance with safety rules and regulations.

What do I need to be successful?

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of simple equipment operation.
• Knowledge of general equipment maintenance.
• Time management skills.
• Demonstrated mechanical ability.
• Ability to read and understand safety rules and regulations.
• Ability to bend, lift, stoop, and pull.
• Ability to work at heights.
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders.

Education

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.

Experience

• 6 - 12 months experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Or any equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the key responsibilities of this position.

Work Environment

Plant environment with exposure to sawdust, chemicals, extreme temperatures (hot and cold), and other inclement conditions.

LP offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including health and welfare benefits, 401(k) program, career mobility, tuition reimbursement, volunteer opportunities, profit sharing and more.