Job Description:

Idaho Forest Group is currently seeking a Planer Setup to join our team.  Responsible for all preventative maintenance and repair of planer to maintain top efficiency.

Essential Functions:

• Comprehend and perform all duties in accordance with rules, regulations and JSAs


• Thorough knowledge of planer machine and planning operation


• Keep planer in top operating condition


• Perform all maintenance and setup on planer


• Assist production operations in the planer department


• Train feeder/setup operator in safe operation of planer and how to adjust and clear breakups


• Order and maintain spare parts specific to planer and planning mill area


• Sharpen planer and chipper knives as needed


• Keep working areas clean


• Consistently keep a production level work pace


• Other duties as needed

Specific job duties may vary per mill & based on machinery, but this description is intended to cover the baseline.  Ask your supervisor or HR if there are addendums for site specific variances.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of lumber sizes


• Minimum one-year experience in lumber manufacturing


• High School Diploma or GED required


• Valid Driver’s License is highly preferred

Entry Wage depends on experience with advancement opportunity to $24.99/hour. 

As a condition of employment, Idaho Forest Group requires employees to complete a variety of pre-employment screening processes which may include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug and substance test, reference check, prior work verification, driving history (MVR), education verification, aptitude/skills testing, and credit checks. The depth of screening will vary based on the position

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 distances


• Occasional 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).

 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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