Job Information
Mississippi Employer Production Laborer in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg Forest Products, currently, has entry-level positions with opportunities to learn and explore many jobs within the plant site including production, equipment maintenance, and supervision.
Responsibilities
· Entry level position with opportunity to learn and explore many jobs within the plant site including production, equipment maintenance, and supervision
· Learn to fill in on various machine stations
· Basic math skills
· Shovel, rake, and sweep wood byproducts
· Stack and pile lumber
· The work is fast paced and can, at times, be demanding
· Repetitive lifting and working in both hot and cold work environments.
· HS diploma or GED equivalent preferred
· Prefer a proven job history with longevity and exceptional attendance and safety record
· Must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen
Physical Requirements:
Move safely, quickly, and perform duties with repetitious movement. Sit and/or stand for shift, reach with hands and arms, stoop, squat, twist, push and pull, maintain balance, bend at the waist, kneel, walk varying distances, and climb stairs.
- Frequent climbing stairs
- Frequent and repetitious use of upper extremities (i.e. shoulders, arms, wrists, hands) in gripping, turning, manipulating objects of various sizes, shapes, weights
- Repetitious bending, kneeling or stretching
- Repetitious pushing and pulling 20 lbs. at 30" working height
- Occasional walking short distances
- Occasional lifting 50 lbs. from floor to 30" working height
- Occasional pushing, pulling, lifting 100 lbs. to 30" working height with the use of a dolly or hoist height
Environmental Conditions:
· Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).