McClure Woodmill Operator 2 - 1st Shift

WHY JOIN THE AMES COMPANIES

We have amazing Benefits!

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Wellness
• 401K
• Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Vacation Days
• Disability
• and much more.

About the role

The AMES Companies, headquartered in Lake Nona-Orlando, FL, has a rich American history dating back to 1774. Our leading global brands are sold to homeowners and professionals involved in new construction, remodeling, and maintenance activities. Learn more about our history here.

Responsibilities

Equalizer:

• Operates one or more single or multiple blade circular saws to cut rough green dowels to specified lengths.
• Ability to operate saw safely and efficiently and be able to perform blade changes and other saw maintenance.
• Examines material prior to cutting to determine what cuts will remove defects and product maximum footage.
• Recognize and remove defects from dowels while meeting production goals.
• Recognize and communicate problems with material quality.
• Adjusts and secures ends and backstop on saw table or bolts saws to shaft and turns handwheels to space saws and stops, according to specified length of stock.
• Pulls lever to swing saw through material, or pushes movable table past saw, or depresses treadle to raise saw through slot in machine table, or tilts table for angle cut and presses pedal to move saw through workpiece to cut dowel.
• Verifies dimensions of stock cut and accuracy of cuts.

Paint Line Operator:

• Hangs wheelbarrow handles on the paint line.
• Removes wheelbarrow handles from the paint line and packs onto pallet for shipment.
• Quality inspection of handles while banding.

Stacker:

• Palletizes dowels by length by performing the following duties:
• Places dowels piece by piece in layers, leaving space between edges of adjacent pieces.
• Palletizes dowels by count.
• Builts pallets as needed.
• Places sticks between layers as stack rises to permit circulation of air and bind stack together.
• Attaches identity card to stacks of lumber and records number of stacks by species for supervisor.
• Quality control inspection of dowels while stacking.
• Affords assistance with inspection duties and packaging for transport.

Inspector:

• Inspects and grades milled, rough sawed, dowels or dimensional stock lumber by performing the following duties:
• Examines dowels and squares on table, moving belt, chain conveyor, or in racks for defects such as knots, stains, decay, splits, faulty edges, pitch pockets, wormholes, and defective milling.
• Affords assistance with accurate inventory control.
• Measures material to ensure specified dimensions.
• Determines cuts to be made to obtain highest marketable value from material.
• Marks dowels and/or squares to indicate grade and processing instructions.
• Racks all dowels by length and pallet count.
• Tags pallets correctly according to length, diameter, and species.

Requirements

• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
• Must be able to read and comprehend simple instructions and write simple correspondence.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.

Environmental/Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand on concrete floor with/without floor mats; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel;
• Reach with hands and arms (which may include above and/or below shoulders); bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to use left and/or right hand for simple grasping; fine work, pushing/pulling and fast paced assembly.
• The employee is occasionally required to walk, climb or balance.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places and vibration.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

WORK AUTHORIZATION

The AMES Companies will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. The Company does not currently sponsor immigration visas for this role.