Eastwood Wood Specialties Ltd., established in 1987, has a history of prompt service, excellent quality and highly competitive prices. We manufacture the finest quality and selection of hardwood mouldings, rail stock, panel and post components, and dimension stock in our 90,000 square foot facility in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Job Specification
We are looking to add to our growing team a full-time Wood Moulder Operator. Our ideal candidate must be team-oriented, mechanically-minded with knowledge and experience working with production machinery.

Rewards

• Comprehensive Health Benefits package.
• Dynamic company culture that values work-life balance.
• Challenging, diverse and micro-management-free work environment.
• Daily interactions with our exceptional clients, skillful engineers, and accomplished staff team.
• On-going, fully paid professional development and industry training.

Responsibilities

• Working primarily with WEINIG Unimat wood moulders.
• Perform pre-start inspection to ensure area and machinery can be operated safely.
• Inspect blades and knives as part of pre-start replacing those that are worn or damaged.
• Setup machine based on information provided by tally sheets accompanying material skid received and in order as verbally instructed by plant manager or assistant to plant manager or as indicated on white board or paper work received.
• Verify quantities on tally sheet of product received for processing.
• Perform test run to ensure accuracy of settings making adjustments as needed before processing all material.
• When processing of material is completed, count, record and print tally sheet from scanner.
• Prepare skid of completed material for next process or for shipping by wrapping and/or strapping with required tally sheets attached.
• Forward required tally copies to office.
• Daily Maintenance:
• Blowout and clean up dust and wood chips from machine and work area.
• Bi-weekly Maintenance:
• Clean and oil track.
• Monthly Maintenance:
• Remove blades and replace with new or sharpened blades.
• Check and replace knives as needed.
• Summer Maintenance
• Do complete clean and oil of machine.
• Replace blades and knives, as needed.
• Assist maintenance personnel, as required.

Requirements

• At least five year's experience with working with production machinery, specifically multi-head wood moulders.
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Good physical health without issue to lifting up to 50 lbs.

To apply please e-mail your resume and include a short cover letter. We thank all applicants for their interest in joining our team and advise that only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
 

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation, please advise us and we will work with you to meet your needs in accordance with applicable legislation.

To support our recruitment efforts, we may use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) tools, to assist with the screening and evaluation of applications. All hiring decisions are made by qualified individuals, and the use of AI does not replace human review or decision-making. Candidate information is handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws and company policies.