Sawfiler

Overview

Mendocino Forest Products Company (MFP) is looking for experienced Sawfilers to join the team based in Ukiah, CA.  This is a non-exempt and offers an hourly rate of $27.65 - $38.65 depending on experience and offers full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance and 401K match. To learn more about our benefits click Here 

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

The Sawfiler is responsible for inspecting, maintaining, and repairing saws and machine centers to ensure optimal performance and safety. This role involves changing and setting up chip heads on quad and gang edgers with precision and efficiency. The Sawfiler ensures all cutting tools and equipment are maintained to the highest standards to support smooth production operations.

Key Responsibilities:

To perform this position 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.

• Bench saws, keeping saws level and straight
• Inspect machine centers in filing room and on production floor and change saw blades as needed
• Tip, profile and side dress saws as kerf reaches minimum
• Melt, pour and cut babbit guides as they become worn
• Sharpen chipper knifes and fitting round saws
• Change and set up chip heads on quad and gang edger
• Clean machine centers in filing room and on production floor
• Change saws in quad, edgers, resaw, trim saw and bucksaw as needed
• Learn how to bench, tension and level all saws
• Keep work areas clean

Qualifications

• Previous saw and knife grinding experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience 
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals 
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• To perform this position successfully, an individual should have basic computer skills and knowledge of software

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities. 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; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. 

• The employee frequently is required to climb or balance
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles 
• The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; risk of electrical shock; explosives; and vibration
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud
• This position requires wearing eye protection, hearing protection, safety shoes, leather or rubber gloves, chemical goggles, sleeve protection, dust mask, chaps and hard hat 

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on any, or a combination of, the following characteristics: race (including hair texture and styles), color, caste, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic conditions), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other characteristic protected by state or federal anti-discrimination law covering employment.