Job Type: Full time

DAY SHIFT POSITION DETAILS

Shift Team A1: 5 am to 5 pm, (WK1=Sun-Tue, WK2=Sun-Wed, 12-hours per day)

Shift Team A2: 5 am to 5 pm, (WK1=Wed-Sat, WK2=Thur-Sat, 12-hours per day)

Salary: $21.00/hr. and up to an additional $2.86/hr. from our Monthly Bonus Incentive Program!

Monthly Bonus Incentive KPI Metrics Include: Safety, Attendance, Production and Downtime

NIGHT SHIFT POSITION DETAILS

Shift Team B1: 5 pm to 5 am, (WK1=Sun-Tue, WK2=Sun-Wed, 12-hours per day)

Salary: $21.00/hr.+ $2.00/hr. shift differential, and up to an additional $2.86/hr. from our Monthly Bonus Incentive Program!

Monthly Bonus Incentive KPI Metrics Include: Safety, Attendance, Production and Downtime

** Pre-employment background check and drug screen required.

Lignetics, Inc offers clean, renewable solutions. We have 30 years of experience innovating eco-friendly essentials for everyday life. Lignetics manufactures a variety of consumer brands in several different categories including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets for grilling, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and a wood fiber-based cat litter. Each of our products have unique features and benefits but are all linked with a wonderful recycled, renewable, sustainable, and carbon neutral story. We turn recycled sawdust into value-add, branded consumer products.

Job Description:

The Mill Operator operates all functions related to operational plant activities. With team members, this role reports directly to the Shift lead and serves as primary plant operator. Candidate must be adept at anticipating needs, taking initiative, problem solving.

Responsibilities:

• Run Bagging Machine
• Mill Operation
• Dryer Operation
• Loader Operation for yard mixing of material and filling of Green Bin
• Skid steer operation for unloading of KD material from box trucks
• Operation of Fork Truck, single and dual
• Loading and unloading of trucks with finish goods
• Stacking of finish goods in warehouse and outside.
• Participate in the plant safety meetings
• Raw Materials and Daily Reports of quality samples
• Receiving incoming raw materials with detail-oriented documentation.
• Shipping and Receiving
• Signing trucks in and out of the plant for shipping of finish goods and bulk loads
• Other Duties as Assigned

Qualifications/Education:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Ability to immediately understand and react to verbal safety commands, audio alarms, and written hazard alerts in English in a Manufacturing setting.
• Proficient in English to accurately read, interpret, and execute equipment lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) protocols and machine operation manuals.
• Sufficient English verbal skills to clearly and instantly report machine malfunctions, near-misses, or unsafe floor conditions to supervisors and team members.
• This role operates in the immediate vicinity of fast-moving, heavy automated equipment. Clear, real-time communication and strict adherence to English-language safety signage are mandatory for workplace safety.
• Demonstrates ability to work as a teamwork.
• Demonstrates the ability to work under pressure and multi-task
• Previous experience in manufacturing preferred.

Mill Equipment Operator Benefits:

• Employee referral bonus program
• 2 weeks paid time off + 2 floating holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (FSA & HSA options)
• Educational assistance
• Life insurance, short term & long-term disability
• 401(k) with employer match & immediate vesting
• Employee heating pellet program
• Lignetics SWAG gear to include an annual pair of work boots & other PPE

Lignetics Group. offers clean, renewable solutions. We have 30 years of experience innovating eco-friendly essentials for everyday life. Lignetics manufactures a variety of consumer brands in several different categories, including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets for grilling, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and a wood fiber-based cat litter. Each of our products has unique features and benefits but is linked with a wonderful recycled, renewable, sustainable, and carbon-neutral story. We turn recycled sawdust into value-add, branded consumer products.

Lignetics believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and does not discriminate against its employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, or on any other protected status under state, local or federal law. Equal employment opportunity is extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall and termination.

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