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).