Sawmill Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Description

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. 

The Role

Journeyman Industrial Electricians are an essential part of sawmill operations, ensuring that electrical equipment is in proper working condition and that mill production is maximized. This position will assist in planning layouts, installation, and repairing wiring of electrical fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment. The qualified candidate will hold a Journeyman's license or equivalent. 3rd and 4th-year electrical apprentices will also be considered, depending on experience.

Responsibilities:

• Plan new or modified installations to minimize waste of materials, provide access for future maintenance, and avoid unsightly hazardous and unreliable wiring, consistent with specifications and local electrical codes.
• Prepares sketches showing the location of wiring and equipment or follows diagrams or blueprints, ensuring that concealed wiring is installed before the completion of future walls, ceilings, and flooring.
• Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles and installs electrical conduit.
• Pulls wiring through conduit.
• Splice wires by stripping insulation from terminal leads, twisting or soldering wires, and applying tape or terminal caps.
• Connects wiring to lighting fixtures and power equipment.
• Installs control and distribution apparatus such as switches, relays, and circuit-breaker panels.
• Connects power cables to equipment, such as electric range or motor, and installs grounding leads.
• Tests circuit continuity to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of components with testing instruments such as ohmmeter, battery and buzzer, and oscilloscope.
• Observes the functioning of installed equipment or system to detect hazards and the need for adjustments, relocation, or replacement.
• Repairs faulty equipment or systems.
• Cuts and welds steel structural members.
• PLC programming.
• Troubleshoots electrical issues or ways to improve mill functionality.
• Other duties as assigned

Work Environment

This role may operate in a professional office, log yards, and sawmill. 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.

Position Type/Travel/Schedule

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

Weekend Day Shift Thursday - Sunday 4:00AM - 2:30PM

Physical Demands

An employee must meet the physical demands described here to successfully perform this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodation may be available 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 occasional use of basic hand tools.
• This position requires standing, sitting, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping for extended periods.

Benefits & Pay

• Pay: $38.19 per hour plus $1.50/hr Shift Differential when applicable. 
• Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee and Family Life Insurance
• Paid time off, Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave
• Referral program
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Plans
• Voluntary Benefit Programs like Pet, Illness, and Accident Insurance

Requirements

Qualifications for this position include:

• Modeling, implementing, and complying with all company safety rules and industry standards
• Utilize troubleshooting skills to assist in designing and repairing electrical systems

Understanding and working with -

• Three-phase systems
• Controls
• Transformers
• Temposonic linear positions
• MCCs
• Variable Frequency Drives 
• Bending and working with RMC, IMC, and EMT conduit
• Must be able to use and interpret the NEC codebook.

Preference will be given to applicants with the following:

• Sawmill experience.
• Experience with hydraulics, welding, and pneumatics.
• Familiarity with sawmill optimization and scanning equipment.

General Requirements:

• Ability to work in a physically demanding environment, including climbing and heavy lifting.
• Be willing to work weekends and holidays
• Be willing to work both indoors and outdoors, in all weather conditions.
• Must be 18 or older.
• Is trustworthy and self-motivated.
• This position has been determined as "safety sensitive," as defined as a position wherein an accident could cause human life, serious bodily  injury, or significant property or environmental damage, and is therefore subject to pre-employment drug screening, including that of THC.

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.