JOB DETAILS

Weekend Millwright

CompanyAlta Forest Products
LocationMorton
Work ModeOn Site
PostedDecember 16, 2025
About The Company
Alta Forest Products is the world's largest producer of wood fence boards, specializing in Western Red Cedar and other premium species found in the Pacific and Inland Northwest forests. It operates four sawmills across the region and directly employs more than 600 people. Alta is a daily purchaser of logs from sustainably managed timberlands owned by a wide variety of organizations - from large, industrial-scale timberland investors to small, local tree-farmers. In addition to producing fence boards and pallet stock lumber, Alta's zero-wood-waste sawmills produce by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch and bio-fuel. Headquartered in centrally-located Chehalis, Washington, Alta operates fence board sawmills in four other rural communities in the region: Morton, WA; Shelton, WA; Amanda Park, WA, and Naples, ID. Alta’s fence boards can be purchased throughout the U.S. at home improvement retailers such as The Home Depot , as well as through local fence installers who buy from Alta’s nation-wide network of lumber and fence materials distributors.
About the Role

Description

The primary responsibilities of a millwright are to keep the mill running, fix breakdowns, and preventative maintenance to maintain mill equipment. In addition, millwright may work on larger projects like repairing and maintaining cylinders, belts, conveyors, chains, motors, valves, and fabricating new equipment. This position is for four ten-hour shifts, Thursday through Sunday.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Practices safe behavior at all times
  • Fixes and maintains machinery
  • Completes welding where necessary
  • Provides carpentry work where needed
  • Performs preventative maintenance on machines
  • Maintains good housekeeping
  • Reads blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures
  • Dismantles machines
  • Moves machinery and equipment
  • Assembles and installs equipment such as shafting and conveyors
  • Constructs foundation for machines
  • Aligns machines and equipment
  • Assembles machines, bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to the foundation or other structures.
  • Repairs and lubricates machines and equipment
  • Continued education on mill technology and equipment.
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements:


To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Previous experience in related positions through a combination of education and related work
  • Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and work order systems
  • Able to analyze and troubleshoot mechanical issues through data analytics, intuition, and experience.
  • Effectively able to communicate through written and verbal forms of communication
  • Ability to read and interpret documents like safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, manuals, and blueprints
  • Ability to perform basic mathematical equations
  • This position is classified as “safety-sensitive,” meaning that an accident in this role could result in loss of life, serious bodily injury, or significant damage to property or the environment, as such candidates will be subject to comprehensive pre-employment drug screening, inclusive of marijuana (THC)
  • Willingness to join a union and remain a member in good standing

Work Environment:


While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold (non-weather), extreme heat (non-weather), and the risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather) and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.


The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit.

  • Pay: $37.29 per hour
  • Pay Differential of $1.50 for Swing, Graveyard, and Weekend Hours
  • Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee and Family Life Insurance
  • Paid time off, Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave
  • Referral Program
  • Retirement Savings Plan
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Plans
  • Voluntary Benefit Programs like Pet, Illness, and Accident Insurance

Alta Forest Products is an equal-opportunity employer. It considers all applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion or creed, gender, disability, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Key Skills
Preventive MaintenanceTroubleshootingWeldingCarpentryBlueprint ReadingMachinery RepairData AnalyticsCommunicationMathematicsHousekeepingMachine AlignmentEquipment AssemblyFoundation ConstructionLubricationSafety PracticesMechanical Skills
Categories
TradesManufacturingEngineering
Benefits
Medical InsuranceDental InsuranceVision InsuranceEmployee Assistance ProgramEmployee and Family Life InsurancePaid Time OffVacationHolidaySick LeaveReferral ProgramRetirement Savings PlanShort-Term Disability PlansLong-Term Disability PlansVoluntary Benefit Programs
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities include keeping the mill running, fixing breakdowns, and performing preventative maintenance on mill equipment. Additionally, the millwright may work on larger projects involving various machinery components.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
2-5
💼Company Size
129
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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