Production Worker - Swing Shift

Production Worker / Packaging Operator

Location: KOOTENAI,

Salary: $19 - $21/hour DOE

Shift: M–Th, 2 pm – 2 am

Job Type: Full Time

Pre-employment background check and drug screen required.

• Perform bagging and baler operations, maintaining the ability to perform both functions as required by Shift Leads.
• Operate machinery productively while following established safety guidelines and procedures.
• Assist other production areas as needed.
• Move and wrap completed products.
• Lift up to 50 lbs and stand for the minimum of 7 hours per day.
• Assist Shift Leads in starting and stopping the pellet mills.
• Communicate any moisture or material problems to Shift Lead.
• Maintain a clean workstation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Operate bagging and baler machines, shrink‑wrapping machines, forklifts, pallet jack, and bag sealer.
• Stack bags on pallets, cover pallets, and place finished goods in the correct warehouse location.
• Accurately complete the Bagger production report, fill pellet sample cups every ton for quality control, and tag pallets with QC tags bearing initials, date, ton number, and shift.

• Stack bales on pallets, seal bales with an iron, and wrap pallets.
• Accurately complete the Baler Operator production report, check bale weight, and record information on various quality‑control reports and tags.

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior forklift and production line experience preferred.
• Good eye, hand, and foot coordination required.
• Must pass the company forklift training.
• Requires ability to read and interpret scales.
• Mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills to adjust weight and timing of baler and perform simple maintenance.
• Ability to perform simple math calculations.

• Employee referral bonus program.
• 2 weeks paid time off + 2 floating holidays.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (FSA & HSA options).
• Educational assistance.
• Life insurance, short‑term & long‑term disability.
• 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting.
• Employee heating pellet program.
• Lignetics SWAG gear including an annual pair of work boots and other PPE.

Lignetics, Inc. offers clean, renewable solutions. With 30 years of experience, we innovate eco‑friendly essentials for everyday life. We manufacture a variety of consumer brands, including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and wood‑fiber cat litter. All products are linked to a sustainable, carbon‑neutral story. We transform recycled sawdust into value‑added, branded consumer products.