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Planer Operator

Sierra Pacific Industries
Shelton, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/23/2026
Planer Operators earn $33.76 per hour

We train and promote from within

Excellent low-cost health benefits

Retirement plan with employer-paid contributions

Paid vacation and 10 holidays

At Sierra Pacific Industries, we understand our greatest strength is the people who choose to build a career with us. We are a fourth-generation family-owned company that has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the United States. Our more than 6,000 employees are proud to work at our state-of-the-art sawmills and other facilities, including: manufacturing, custom wood-framed windows, fabrication, millwork, veneer, cogeneration, trucking, forestry, and other operations.

Currently, we are seeking a qualified Planer Operator for our sawmill in Shelton, Washington.

About The Position

  • Sharpen planer knives
  • Perform preventative maintenance on planer
  • Recognize, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical defects
  • Repair, setup, and adjust planer for required sizes
  • Recognize defects in lumber
  • Perform duties in accordance with safety rules and regulations
  • The work is fast-paced and can, at times, be demanding
  • Work may consist of various shifts, with some overtime, weekend, and holiday work during busy production times

Qualifications

  • 2 years’ experience operating a planer
  • Lumber manufacturing experience is a plus
  • Knowledge of all planer functions and lumber grades and sizes
  • Safety-oriented work history
  • Applicants must be at least 18 years of age

Why Join Our Team?

Because this is more than an invitation, it's a commitment to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth to everyone! We ask people to grow with us and make the company even better.

We provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance.

How To Apply

If you are qualified and would like to join our team,

please apply in person Monday through Friday from 8am to 3pm.

Let's talk!

Sierra Pacific Industries

421 South Front St

Shelton, WA 98584

(360) 427-8206

or apply online and view all our career opportunities at: spi.careers

Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

About Our Company

Sierra Pacific Industries is a fourth-generation family-owned company based in Northern California that started in 1949 and has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the U.S., employing around 6,500 crew members. Sierra Pacific continues to be a company where its employees are proud to work at state-of-the-art facilities and others strive to become part of the team.

We own and sustainably manage more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington. Our forests are sustainably managed under a 100-year plan by Registered Professional Foresters, Wildlife Biologists, Botanists, and other professionals. We are growing forests for our future, planting over 6 million new trees every year. In Spring 2024, we planted our 300 millionth seedling on our timberlands. This milestone was decades in the making, reflecting our commitment to sustainable forest management and ensuring we have forests not just for today, but for generations to come.

Sierra Pacific effectively uses nearly 100% of every piece of wood we bring to our facilities. In fact, any small amount that isn't turned into hand-crafted doors and windows, millwork, lumber, or landscaping material is actually converted into electricity in our eight biomass-fueled power plants.

We are proud that all Sierra Pacific facilities follow our drug-free and tobacco-free policies. As part of our safety in the workplace policy, an offer of employment is subject to a negative drug screen result. We use E-verify to verify the social security number and work authorization of all newly hired employees. Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

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