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Job Description
Job Description
At Big River Forest Products, we believe in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for growth. When you join our team, you become part of a community that values hard work, innovation, and collaboration.
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 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).
Pay Range: $16-$17/hr
Please be aware we conduct pre-employment screening that requires the passing of a drug test and criminal background check.
Who can apply
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