Production Laborer

Vicksburg Forest Products; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Vicksburg Forest Products is seeking an entry-level Production Worker. This position offers great opportunities for advancement as you learn across production, equipment maintenance, and supervision within our plant.

You will train on multiple machine stations, perform basic math, and help with wood byproducts, lumber stacking, and cleaning duties. The role involves fast-paced work, repetitive lifting, and working in hot, cold, and loud environments, with a pre-employment drug screen.

Qualifications

• Entry level position with opportunity to learn and advance within the plant site.
• Learn to fill in on various machine stations.
• Must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Entry level position with opportunity to learn and explore many jobs within the plant site including production, equipment maintenance, and supervision
• Learn to fill in on various machine stations
• Shovel, rake, and sweep wood byproducts
• Stack and pile lumber
• The work is fast paced and can be demanding
• Repetitive lifting and working in both hot and cold work environments.

Skills

Basic math skills

Education

HS diploma or GED

Job description

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POSITION: Production Worker

Currently, we haveentry-level positionswith great opportunities for advancement.

Responsibilities

• Entry level position with opportunity to learn and explore many jobs within the plant site including production, equipment maintenance, and supervision
• Learn to fill in on various machine stations
• Basic math skills
• Shovel, rake, and sweep wood byproducts
• Stack and pile lumber
• The work is fast paced and can, at times, be demanding
• Repetitive lifting and working in both hot and cold work environments.
• HS diploma or GED equivalent preferred
• Prefer a proven job history with longevity and exceptional attendance and safety record

• Must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen

Physical Requirements:

Move safely, quickly, and perform duties with repetitious movement. Sit and/or stand for shift, reach with hands and arms, stoop, squat, twist, push and pull, maintain balance, bend at the waist, kneel, walk varying distances, and climb stairs.

• Frequent climbing stairs
• Frequent and repetitious use of upper extremities (i.e. shoulders, arms, wrists, hands) in gripping, turning, manipulating objects of various sizes, shapes, weights
• Repetitious bending, kneeling or stretching
• Repetitious pushing and pulling 20 lbs. at 30” working height
• Occasional walking short distancesOccasional lifting 50 lbs. from floor to 30” working height
• Occasional pushing, pulling, lifting 100 lbs. to 30” working height with the use of a dolly or hoist height

Environmental Conditions:

• Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).