Planer Operator

Spi Ind; Mount Vernon (WA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and advancement

Low-cost health benefits

Employer-paid retirement contributions

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Sierra Pacific Industries is seeking a qualified Planer Operator to work collaboratively with our Burlington sawmill in Mt. Vernon, Washington.

Key duties include sharpening planer knives, performing maintenance, troubleshooting defects, and ensuring lumber quality while adhering to safety rules. The role may involve various shifts, overtime, weekends, and holidays during busy production times.

Qualifications

• 2 years experience operating a planer.
• Lumber manufacturing experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of all planer functions and lumber grades and sizes.
• Safety-oriented work history.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Sharpen planer knives.
• Perform preventative maintenance on planer.
• Recognize, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical defects.
• Repair, setup, and adjust planer for required sizes.
• Recognize defects in lumber.
• Follow safety rules and regulations.
• Work may include various shifts, with overtime, weekends and holidays during busy production times.

Skills

Planer operation

Safety oriented

Lumber manufacturing experience

Job description

Earn $34.77 per hour

• We train and promote from within
• Excellent low-cost health benefits
• Retirement plan with employer-paid contributions
• Paid vacation and 10 holidays

Sierra Pacific Industries

Sierra Pacific Industries is a fourth-generation family-owned company that has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the United States.

Our more than 6,000 employees are proud to work at our state-of-the-art sawmills and other facilities, including manufacturing, custom wood-framed windows, fabrication, millwork, veneer, cogeneration, trucking, forestry, and other operations.

Currently, we are seeking a qualified Planer Operator to work collaboratively with our Burlington sawmill in Mt. Vernon, Washington.

About The Position

• Sharpen planer knives
• Perform preventative maintenance on planer
• Recognize, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical defects
• Repair, setup, and adjust planer for required sizes
• Recognize defects in lumber
• Perform duties in accordance with safety rules and regulations
• The work is fast-paced and can, at times, be demanding
• Work may consist of various shifts, with some overtime, weekend, and holiday work during busy production times

Qualifications

• 2 years experience operating a planer
• Lumber manufacturing experience is a plus
• Knowledge of all planer functions and lumber grades and sizes
• Safety-oriented work history
• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age

Why Join Our Team?

Because this is more than an invitation, it's a commitment to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth to everyone! We ask people to grow with us and make the company even better.

We provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance.

• full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums
• 401(k) with Company Match
• additional Retirement Contributions
• company-paid Life Insurance

Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

We use E-verify to verify the social security number and work authorization of all newly hired employees.

About Our Company

Sierra Pacific Industries is a fourth-generation family-owned company based in Northern California that started in 1949 and has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the U.S., employing around 6,500 crew members. Sierra Pacific continues to be a company where its employees are proud to work at state-of-the-art facilities and others strive to become part of the team.

We own and sustainably manage more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington. Our forests are sustainably managed under a 100-year plan by Registered Professional Foresters, Wildlife Biologists, Botanists, and other professionals. We are growing forests for our future, planting over 6 million new trees every year. In Spring 2024, we planted our 300 millionth seedling on our timberlands. This milestone was decades in the making, reflecting our commitment to sustainable forest management and ensuring we have forests not just for today, but for generations to come.

Sierra Pacific effectively uses nearly 100% of every piece of wood we bring to our facilities. In fact, any small amount that isn't turned into hand-crafted doors and windows, millwork, lumber, or landscaping material is actually converted into electricity in our eight biomass-fueled power plants.

We are proud that all Sierra Pacific facilities follow our drug-free and tobacco-free policies. As part of our safety in the workplace policy, an offer of employment is subject to a negative drug screen result.