Job Description

GreenTech Resources is currently hiring Sawmill machine operators (NOC 9431) for our client based in Canada – 01 positions available who is ready to support an LMIA/PNP. GreenTech is a Foreign Worker Recruitment Company based in Regina.

GreenTech Resources is an established recruitment, immigration and settlement company with its Head office in Regina, SK, Canada. Established in 2016, we have our offices in Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and Mississauga. GreenTech deals in foreign worker recruitment, settlement and immigration processes.

Responsibilities for Sawmill machine operators

• Use front-end loaders and stationary deck cranes to feed logs into the sawmill.
• Examine logs and rough lumber to determine size, condition, quality and other characteristics to decide best lumber cuts to carry out or use automated equipment to convey logs through laser scanners which decide the most productive and profitable cutting patterns.
• Use lumbermill equipment from control rooms or equipment consoles to saw logs into rough lumber; saw, trim and plane rough lumber into dressed lumber of various sizes; and saw or split shingles and shakes.
• Start conveyor system to move logs and lumber to and from saws.
• Set up and adjust saw equipment and replace blades or bands using wrenches, gauges and other hand tools.
• Use equipment to sort and stack lumber by length and thickness, move stacks to storage areas or drying kilns, and feed lumber through planers.
• Monitor movement of lumber and computer screens to make sure cuts are made according to specifications, and print production reports.
• Clean and lubricate sawmill equipment.

Employment Requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• College courses in wood processing technology may be required.
• Several weeks of on-the-job training are usually provided.
• Head sawyers and planer operators usually require several years of experience in other sawmill machine operating positions in the same company.
• A certificate in industrial first aid may be required.