Production Laborer

Production Worker

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/

POSITION: Production Worker

World class lumber manufacturing facility based in Gloster, Mississippi.

Currently, we have entry-level positions with great opportunities for advancement.

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