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Pike Lumber Company • P.O. Box 247 • 719 Front Street • Akron, Indiana 46910 U.S.A.
Phone 574-893-4511 • 800-356-4554 • Fax 574-893-7400
Sales: sales@pikelumber.com Forester: forester@pikelumber.com

Through these doors walk the finest people…our customers and our co-workers.

Degreed Positions
We employ people with various degrees in the following areas:
• Field Foresters
• Sales
• Production Management
• Administration
• Specialty Skills

The following positions require special training:
• Lumber Inspector
• Filer
• Sawyer
• Kiln Operator

• Field Foresters - We are continuously looking for a few good men and women to join the Pike Forestry Team. In general, there are two areas:
1- Forestland Management - Pike currently owns and manages over 100 tracts of company forestland and manages thousands of acres for private forestland owners. Our Forestland Management Team is headquartered at our Carbon, Indiana facility. Individuals with a BS in Forest Management or equivalent may find this of interest.
2- Procurement - If you have a BS in Forestry or equivalent, enjoy working with a variety of people and a variety of forests; this may be the position for you.

Pike has two central locations and two regional locations from which our Procurement Foresters work. In the Northern part of Indiana, Akron is the central location with a regional office located in Auburn. In the West-central part of Indiana, Carbon is the central location with New Point as the regional location.

• Sales and Marketing - Individuals with degrees in Forest Products, Sales and Marketing, or Business might find a position in our Sales Department interesting. Located in Akron, Indiana, the Sales Team sells our hardwood lumber product to a wide variety of end using manufacturers and distribution yards throughout the United States and overseas.

• Production Management - With some of the industry’s most modern equipment, Pike needs top quality managers throughout the production cycle keeping things running smoothly. Individuals with degrees in Business, Organizational Leadership, Operations Management or Forest Products may find the challenges of operating a modern sawmill and distribution center more to their liking.

• Administration - Administrative opportunities exist at both the Akron and Carbon locations. Individuals with Business backgrounds are needed to support all of the other production areas.

• Specialty Skills Lumber Inspector - Individuals interested in Lumber Inspection can work at either the Akron or the Carbon location. Training for lumber inspectors occurs at Pike as well as through the National Hardwood Lumber Association Lumber Grading School located in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Filers - Pike’s saw filing staff is highly trained individuals whose attention to detail keeps the sawmill humming. Almost all of Pike’s filers are trained in-house.

• Sawyers - Pike Sawyers are extensively trained in house in the manufacture of grade lumber at both the head saw and the line-bar resaw. Experience in this skill is essential to hardwood lumber manufacturing.