Scaler

Georgia Pacific; Fordyce (AR); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific in Fordyce, AR seeks a Scaler to track inbound and outbound loads using computer systems to help maximize production and maintain quality. The role requires inspecting loads, recording data, and supporting safety plus housekeeping activities in a busy mill environment.

You will collaborate with logging contractors and foresters to resolve wood quality issues, maintain inventories, and generate daily and periodic reports for various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience using a computer, to include typing, sending emails, and using a mouse.
• Working knowledge and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.

Responsibilities

• Receive inbound and outbound trucks utilizing a computerized system to record the supplier identification data, quality data, and truck weights
• Inspect incoming loads to ensure quality wood specifications and record the data for each load received at the mill
• Provide support for on-going safety and housekeeping processes
• Work with logging contractors and foresters to assist in correcting wood quality issues
• Maintain wood inventory level information
• Report daily usages and inventories to accounting, wood and fiber supply, and mill personnel
• Create and provide reports related to wood inventories, deliveries, and wood quality
• Perform work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment

Skills

Computer literacy

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific has an immediate opening for a Scaler in Fordyce, AR. This person will use multiple computer systems to track incoming products to ensure that production is maximized and quality maintained. If you enjoy learning new things and would like the opportunity to work with computers and systems in a manufacturing environment, this is the position for you!

Shift: Monday - Friday 5:00am to approximately 1:00pm CT with occasionally working Saturdays and/or holidays. This role supports the Gurdon location as well.

Pay will be based on experience.

Our Team

The Wood & Fiber Supply organization is key to ensuring that GP's 80+ mills maintain a constant flow of logs.

What You Will Do

• Receive inbound and outbound trucks utilizing a computerized system to record the supplier identification data, quality data, and truck weights
• Inspect incoming loads to ensure quality wood specifications and record the data for each load received at the mill
• Provide support for on-going safety and housekeeping processes
• Work with logging contractors and foresters to assist in correcting wood quality issues
• Maintain wood inventory level information
• Report daily usages and inventories to accounting, wood and fiber supply, and mill personnel
• Create and provide reports related to wood inventories, deliveries, and wood quality
• Perform work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience using a computer, to include typing, sending emails, and using a mouse
• Working knowledge and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience tracking inventory levels
• Experience in a wood products manufacturing environment
• Experience using scales to weigh trucks
• Experience with wood quality control
• Experience trouble-shooting computer issues
• Experience reading a tape measure
• Customer service and/or sales experience

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• may also include infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).