Production Worker / Shavings Baler Job at Lignetics, Inc., Cottage Grove, MN

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  • Lignetics, Inc.
  • Cottage Grove, MN

Job Description

Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator

Cottage Grove, OR

Job Type: Full time

Shift Schedule: M-F, 5am to 1:30 pm

Salary: $19 / hr

** Pre-employment background check and drug screen required

Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator

Lignetics is developing a portfolio 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 saw dust into value-add, branded consumer products.

Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator Responsibilities:

  • Assist and operate various packaging equipment
  • Work in close proximity of machines that compress wood by-products generated from mill operations or like manufacturing processes
  • Open compression chamber doors, facilitates placement of bags and removal of bales from packaging equipment
  • Record bales weights and keep records of daily activity per company standards
  • Perform routine maintenance on packaging equipment
  • Requires ability to learn and preform standard setups, adjustments, routine maintenance and operating characteristics of all packaging equipment
  • Forklift certified or able to obtain forklift certification to perform basic forklift duties time to time required by the company
  • Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems

Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator Qualifications/Education:

  • High School diploma or GED preferred
  • Manufacturing and production line experience preferred
  • Must possess good eye, hand and foot coordination
  • Will need to concentrate for extended periods of time and multi-task
  • Will be lifting 50 lbs. and standing for a minimum of 7 hours per day
  • Requires mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills
  • Requires the ability to do simple math calculations

Production Worker / Shavings Baler Operator Benefits:

  • Annual bonus
  • 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 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.

About Lignetics, Inc.:

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 Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Temporary work, Local area, Immediate start, Shift work,

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