Slasher Operator

JOB DESCRIPTION: Slasher Operator

STATUS: Full-time, Hourly Position

Location: Roblin, Manitoba

JOB OPPORTUNITY:

Bell Lumber & Pole MB ulc, formerly Roblin Forest Products, is hiring a Loader Operator to join our team in Roblin, MB. Our company is 115+-year-old family-owned and operated business with operations in both Canada and the United States. We are a manufacturer of wooden utility poles, fence posts, firewood and mulch. We are looking for highly motivated candidates with initiative to complete a job with excellence. We want candidates who are self-starting, reliable and dependable. Our company offers a competitive wage structure and comprehensive benefit package.

For the Bell family of companies, our mission statement is something that captures the heart of our employees at every level. We work hard so that the profit of the company is used: TO RADICALLY LOVE AND INFLUENCE LIVES. This mission is lived out internally through our values-driven workplace and externally through our passion for giving back and serving communities both near and far.

Our company offers a competitive wage structure and a comprehensive benefits package. If you are interested in joining our team and contributing to our legacy of quality and service, please apply.

JOB PURPOSE:

To operate and maintain slasher machine in a safe and efficient manner while creating fence posts and fire wood. A slasher is a specialized industrial saw used to cut logs, slabs, or scrap wood into specific lengths or dimensions for further processing.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Use controls to saw and sort logs into shorter lengths for making posts and poles.
• Physically straighten logs on conveyor to prevent jamming the saws and to maintain uniform spacing.
• Trim limbs and pre-sort logs to achieve better production.
• Use hand tools such as chainsaw.
• Perform routine and preventive maintenance on equipment.
• Maintain production paperwork and records daily.
• Ensure workplace is kept tidy inside and outside booth. Includes shoveling snow off deck to ensure no ice builds up.
• Help to identify problems, develop options, and implement solutions with the help of the yard Millwright.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Chain saw experience.
• Equipment Operating experience (Experience operating loader is an asset.)
• Able to follow WorkSafe guidelines and demonstrate safe work practices.
• Technical Learning – ability to learn and comprehend new technical skills and knowledge
• Some mechanical ability.
• Training will be provided – requires a willingness to learn.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Physical endurance: Ability to work in a high-paced production environment requiring physical stamina.
• May occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
• Quality control: Ability to assess and maintain quality standards.
• Safety: Recognizing and adhering to safe work practices.
• Ability to keep accurate records and submit reports.

Please forward your resume to carley.coulter@blpole.com

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Experience:

• log handling / lumber: 1 year (preferred)
• Hand tools: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person