Sawmill Laborer

Johncock Forestry Products
South Branch, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 11/25/2024
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/2/2025
  • $16.50 an hour to start if no experience
  • 50 cent raise with good attendance in the first 2 weeks
  • Four 10 hour shifts. Monday - Thurs. Fridays and weekends off.
  • Paid vacation after 1 year employment
  • Paid holidays after 1 year employment
  • Optional discounted Life Insurance after 90 days
  • Optional discounted Health insurance after 90 days
  • Paid weekly

The tailsawyer position sorts and stacks rough sawn lumber into racks based on size. Attention to detail is critical. The tailsawyer makes sure that each piece of lumber that goes into a rack meets a certain spec learned during training.

If you enjoy minimal interruption and prefer NOT to work with customers, this is the job for you. Your position is located on an assembly line, so good attendance is mandatory. If one piece of the production line is missing, it affects the entire team. You will be given a raise after 2 weeks if you don’t miss a day. The job location is in a non-temperature controlled three sided building. You get holidays and weekends off. Pay day is every Friday.

The job is very physically demanding. You must be able to slide 10-75 lbs repeatedly from a moving table to a rack for 10 hours. You get a paid 30 minute lunch break. This job requires walking, standing, bending and rotating continuously throughout the shift. If you want to get paid for a great physical workout, this is the

Company Description

Johncock Forestry Products Inc is a vertically-integrated company that converts a tree at the end of its usable life into lumber to make pallets..

JFP has a sawmill and mulch manufacturing division. The sawmill makes lumber for pallet manufacturers, wood chips for building materials, sawdust for animal bedding, and raw material for landscape mulch. The mulch manufacturing division turns raw material into bulk mulch that will improve soil conditions, improve landscaping aesthetics, or improve safety of local playgrounds.

JFP is a family owned and operated company located in Northeast lower Michigan, near the heart of Huron National Forest.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.50 - $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • No weekends

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Application Question(s):

  • For insurance purposes, you must be 18 years or older for this position. Do you meet this requirement?

Shift availability:

  • Day Shift (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17 - $17

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