Planer Set-up

About Gloster Forest Products

Gloster Forest Products, LLC (GFP) is building a state-of-the-art lumber mill in Gloster, Mississippi.

The new mill will require over 1 million tons of timber annually to produce about 250 million board feet. The facility will be located on 65 acres (about the area of a large shopping mall) and represents a corporate investment of over $200 million, creating 131 jobs and supporting an additional 200 indirect jobs when operating at full capacity.

Family-owned and operated, GFP is dedicated to its employees who are passionate about delivering unmatched, high-quality lumber from a world-class lumber manufacturing facility.

Gloster Forest Products is slated to begin manufacturing lumber in May of 2024. For more information: www.Glosterfp.com/

Essential Functions:

• Comprehend and perform all duties in accordance with rules, regulations and JSAs

• Thorough knowledge of a planer machine and planning operation

• Keep planer in top operating condition

• Perform all maintenance and setup on planer

• Assist production operations in the planer department

• Train feeder/setup operator in safe operation of planer and how to adjust and clear breakups

• Order and maintain spare parts specific to planer and planning mill area

• Sharpen planer and chipper knives as needed

• Keep working areas clean

• Consistently keep a production level work pace

• Other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of lumber sizes

• Minimum one-year experience in lumber manufacturing

• Able to troubleshoot and perform all maintenance repairs

• Make necessary adjustments for proper machine setup

• Identify and troubleshoot planer machine defects

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to work in a safe and efficient manner individually and in a team environment

• Solid background in heavy industry and construction

• Knowledge of lumber manufacturing and welding are considered assets

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