Job: Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator
Location: Shelton, WA
Job Type: Full Time
Shift Schedule: M-Th, swing shift
Salary: $19-20/hour
** Pre-employment background check and drug screen required
Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator
Lignetics is developing a portfolio of consumer brands in several different categories including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets for grilling, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and a wood fiber-based cat litter. Each of our products have unique features and benefits but are all linked with a wonderful recycled, renewable, sustainable, and carbon neutral story. We turn recycled saw dust into value-add, branded consumer products.
Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator Responsibilities:
- Assist and operate various packaging equipment.
- Work in close proximity of machines that compress wood by-products generated from mill operations or like manufacturing processes.
- Open compression chamber doors, facilitates placement of bags and removal of bales from packaging equipment.
- Record bales weights and keep records of daily activity per company standards.
- Perform routine maintenance on packaging equipment.
- Requires ability to learn and preform standard setups, adjustments, routine maintenance and operating characteristics of all packaging equipment.
- Forklift certified or able to obtain forklift certification to perform basic forklift duties time to time required by the company.
- Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems.
Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator Qualifications/Education:
- High School diploma or GED preferred.
- Manufacturing and production line experience preferred.
- Must possess good eye, hand and foot coordination.
- Will need to concentrate for extended periods of time and multitask.
- Will be lifting 50 lbs. and standing for a minimum of 7 hours per day.
- Requires mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills.
- Requires the ability to do simple math calculations.
Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator Benefits:
- Employee referral bonus program.
- 2 weeks paid time off + 2 floating holidays.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (FSA & HSA options).
- Educational assistance.
- Life insurance, short-term & long-term disability.
- 401(k) with employer match & immediate vesting.
- Employee heating pellet program.
- Lignetics SWAG gear to include an annual pair of work boots & other PPE.