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Company Background

Alta Forest Products in partnership with Itochu Building Products is the world's largest producer of wood fence boards, specializing in Western Red Cedar and other premium species found in the Pacific and Inland Northwest forests. In addition to producing fence boards and pallet stock lumber, Alta's zero-wood-waste sawmills produce by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch, and biofuel.

Headquartered in centrally located Chehalis, Washington, Alta operates in multiple Northwest rural communities including Morton, WA; Winlock, WA; Shelton, WA; Amanda Park, WA; Lewiston ID; Bonners Ferry, ID; and Naples, ID. 

Job located in Naples, Idaho

Pay

Starting at $32.02 - $39.25 per hour DOE

$1.50 per hour shift differential for Swing, Graveyard & Weekend shifts

Position Type

Weekend Shift: Friday - Monday

This is a full-time position, and overtime work may be required as projects or job duties demand. 

The Role  

The main responsibilities of a millwright are to keep the mill running, fix any breakdown, and maintain machinery to prevent break downs. In addition, millwrights may work on larger projects such as repairing and maintaining cylinders, belts, conveyors, chains, motors, and valves and fabricating new equipment.

Responsibilities

• Practices safe behavior at all times
• Fixes and maintains machinery
• Completes welding where necessary
• Provides carpentry work where needed
• Performs preventative maintenance on machines
• Maintains good housekeeping
• Reads blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures
• Dismantles machines
• Moves machinery and equipment
• Assembles and installs equipment such as shafting, and conveyors
• Constructs foundation for machines
• Aligns machines and equipment
• Assembles machines, bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to the foundation or other structures.
• Repairs and lubricates machines and equipment
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Minimum age of 18 
• High School Diploma or GED
• Previous experience in related positions through a combination of education and related work
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and work order systems
• Able to analyze and troubleshoot mechanical issues through data analytics, intuition, and experience.
• Effectively able to communicate through written and verbal forms of communication
• Ability to read and interpret documents like safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, manuals, and blueprints
• Ability to perform basic mathematical equations

This position is classified as “safety-sensitive,” meaning that an accident in this role could result in loss of life, serious bodily injury, or significant damage to property or the environment, as such candidates will be subject to comprehensive pre-employment drug screening.

Work Environment

This role may operate in a professional office, log yards, sawmill, warehouse or shipping and railyard. While performing the duties of this job, employees will be exposed to machinery and moving mechanical parts. This position will often be exposed to noise, hazards, airborne particulates, and temperature changes.

Physical Demands

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

•  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile 
• This position requires the frequent use of basic hand tools
• This position requires the ability to stand, sit, walk, bend, kneel, and stoop for extended lengths of time
• The employee will be required to use their hands and fingers to handle, feel, reach for tools or materials
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus used for depth perception
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Benefits & Pay

• $2,000 hiring bonus paid after 90 days of employment
• Pay: $32.02 - $39.25 per hour DOE
• Pay Differential $1.50 per hour for Swing, Graveyard and Weekend Shifts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance Plans
• Employer paid Employee and Family Life Insurance
• Paid time off, Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave
• Employee Referral Program
• 401k Retirement with up to 4.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Paid Training Opportunities
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Insurance Options, Additional Life, Pet, Illness, & Accident Insurance

 Alta Forest Products is an equal opportunity employer. It considers all applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion or creed, gender, disability, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Small company, big opportunity! Growing & investing in employees and mills, Alta aims to be an industry leader in product quality and employee experience.