Plant Operator - Night Shift

Job Title

Inspect, maintain, and control process equipment and perform mechanical maintenance throughout the plant. Adhere to all applicable regulations to provide, safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the plant to meet processing, permit, and other applicable requirements.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:

• Monitor and control plant operations in accordance with company policies and plant standard operating procedures
• Maintain records of plant operations including, but not limited to, hourly operating data and abnormal operating conditions
• Ensure that the facility operates within permit compliance, at/above design capability, and always produces high quality product
• Participate and complete training programs within the time frame allotted
• Perform any general work or other assignments necessary to ensure the safe, clean, and efficient operation of the facility to include sweeping, shoveling, and other housekeeping activities
• Enforce and maintain standard safety procedures and maintain clean work area at all times
• Perform fire guard duty and confined space watch

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to recognize operational inconsistencies and hazards in the workplace and display proper judgment in responding to them
• Ability to read and comprehend instructional manuals, instruction sheets, technical data, work orders and mechanical drawings in English
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the plant fire protection apparatus and systems
• Ability to operate all fire protection equipment
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of occupational hazards connected with machine shop and general plant practices with emphasis on the necessity of safety policy compliance
• Ability to work varying shifts, overtime, holidays, on call duty and emergency call-ins
• Communication skills – verbal and written
• Ability to operate a computer
• Ability to perform basic math

Education/Experiences:

• High School diploma or GED equivalent required
• Minimum 2 years' experience as operator or other process plant operations, or equivalent
• Strong mechanical & electrical aptitude

Working Conditions/

Physical Requirements:

• Talking, Hearing, Seeing Sitting, Standing, Walking, Fingering, Kneeling, Crouching, Pushing, and Pulling
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions:
  Activities occur inside and out
• The worker is subject to noise:
  There is sufficient noise to cause worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level
• The worker is subject to hazards:
  Includes a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to bio-solids
• The workers frequently is in close quarters, crawl space, shafts, manholes, small, enclosed rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia

Salary Range: $23.00 per hour (commensurate with experience)

Education
- Preferred High School or better.

AA/EOE/M/F/D/V

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