Chipper Operator

Overview

Humboldt Sawmill Company (HSC) is a Chipper Operator for Swing Shift! This is a non-exempt position at an hourly rate of $25.65 and includes benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401K Match.

In aggregate, The Mendocino Companies (Mendocino Forest Products Company, Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, Humboldt Sawmill Company, and Allweather Wood) own nearly 450,000 acres of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC C031337) certificated redwood and Douglas-fir timberland, constitute the largest waterborne wood treater in the Western USA, and is the largest producer of redwood lumber in the world. Collectively providing 950 employees and their families with excellent wages and benefits in communities throughout the Western USA. Additionally, the Mendocino Companies own and operate a 25-megaWatt biomass cogeneration power plant and wood pellet plant.

Responsibilities

Operates chipper in a safe and productive manner:

• Operates chipper.
• Monitors flow on conveyors.
• Keeps material moving up shaker conveyor.
• Clears metal detector when it shuts infeed conveyor off.
• Monitors waste entering chipper for jams.
• Keeps work area clean.
• Communicates regularly with other team members and participates in team effort in work area.
• Other duties as they apply.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Six months related sawmill / planer experience and/or training.
• Employee must be able to read and interpret documents such as instructions, memos, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and communicate.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• Frequently the employee is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The personal protective equipment requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. This position requires eye protection, hearing protection, leather or rubber gloves, safety shoes, hard hat, and fall protection as required.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Competencies

Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.

Quantity: Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.

Safety and Security: Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.

Teamwork: Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Equal Opportunity Employer, Valuing Diversity of our Workforce and Offering a Drug Free Workplace