Manufacturing Associate - Pallet Repair

About the role

As an Automated Pallet Repairer, you’ll build and repair wooden pallets from freshly cut or recycled wood on a daily basis to fulfill customers’ needs. This is a piece-rate position—earnings scale with output.

Responsibilities

• Receive wood from the saw shop and piece together with a nail gun along set stringers
• Stack finished pallets by hand for forklift operators to move to appropriate areas
• Follow all company safety procedures to ensure personal and coworker safety
• Maintain high quality standards while sustaining high volume output

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to lift wooden pallets weighing about 50 lbs on a regular basis
• Ability to work in extreme conditions including elements, heat, cold, and air particulate
• Repetitively lift 50–75 lbs and adjust body position to bend, stoop, walk, turn, pivot, and stand for entire shifts of varying lengths
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, and color vision

Skills

• Quick hands and attention to detail
• Commitment to quality
• Effective communication
• Ability to work overtime as needed
• Previous lumber, warehouse, construction, carpentry, landscaping, or roofing experience highly preferred

Benefits

• Competitive pay with holiday and daily pay—access to earned wages before payday
• Referral bonuses
• Long-term career advancement opportunities
• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, AD&D, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability insurance for eligible full-time employees
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Great team environment

Pay

Hourly pay ranges from $16.00 to $25.00 per hour, production-based.

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 6:00 am – 2:00 pm, Walterboro, SC 29488.

Work environment

The noise level varies by location. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required, including eye protection and mandatory ear protection at several locations, plus safety shoes.