Operator II, Bio Products - Decatur, IL

Job Description

Operator II, Bio Products - Decatur, IL

This is a full-time, hourly level position. Pay Rate: $32.50/hour, after qualified will move to $33.76 + $1.90 shift differential. Shift(s) Available: 4 days on days, 4 days off, 4 days on nights, 4 days off, etc. 12-hour shifts. Must be available for any shift, overtime, weekends, holidays, etc.

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• Weekly Pay
• Benefits Start First Day
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance
• On-site 24/7 FREE medical care facility
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• Membership to ADM Wellness Center (Gym membership)
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• 401K/ESOP, pension with ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) matching contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Company Paid Life Insurance and Voluntary Life Insurance for Employees, Spouse and Children
• Parental leave (paternity/maternity)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Assistance
• Advancement Opportunities
• Perks at work (discount program with several companies)

This is an Operator 2 position that is required to safely unload incoming raw chemicals from both trucks and rail cars. They will also perform small amounts of Predictive Maintenance on production utilities. Load feed products into rail cars and trucks. The position is also required to sample products for quality assurance purposes, monitor environmental controls of chemical off loading and product storage areas.

Effectively communicate plant safety policies to outside/ADM truck drivers. Operate and troubleshoot heavy equipment.

• Chemical unloading for plant operations
• Truck/rail loading of product to customers
• Monitor/P.M. equipment
• Fill/Load totes of product onto trailers
• Perform routine housekeeping of assigned areas
• Maintain environmental compliance
• Plant support for bottleneck situations
• Operate a Mobile Rail mover and a fork truck
• Understands their role in food safety and quality systems, actively participates in food safety efforts and ensures all activities conform to good manufacturing practices.
• Maintain/Obtain valid Illinois Driver’s License.

• Railroad experience
• Hazardous chemical experience
• Heavy Equipment operation experience
• Mechanical knowledge
• Time Management
• Track mobile operations
• Knowledge of processes, ability to learn pumps, motors, track mobile operations, and chemical procedures
• Become HAZMAT Certified and Maintain HAZMAT trained status annually.

• New colleagues will need to undergo on-the-job training to acquire skills and certifications, which will be assessed according to established standards
• Complete ADM safety, food safety, quality, and environmental training
• Participate in company planner operations training
• Equipment training may include but not limited to JLP, Forklift, Non-DOT Truck, Reach Lift, Lock Out/Tag Out, etc.

• Ability to move about or to a work site by ascending/descending stairs, bending, kneeling and prolonged periods of standing and sitting, stooping, bending, kneeling, or squatting frequently
• Ability to operate equipment or machinery that may be located at different heights; may require work on ladders, scaffolding or other work at heights or in confined spaces
• Ability to lift and transport materials and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds on a frequent basis, up to 55 pounds on an occasional basis and up to 50 pounds overhead
• Requires ability and willingness to wear respirators
• Ability to walk up to two (2) miles during the course of a workday over uneven ground surfaces, and/or walking over Railroad tracks.

• Ambient conditions – Work area is, typically, a non-air-conditioned production environment. Hot or cold Temperatures, all seasonal elements, both indoors and outdoors
• Atmosphere:
  Dust (Peanut - known allergen), cotton, canola seed, and odor
• Must be able to work around noise levels that may reach or exceed 85 decibels and require use of hearing protection for most of the work shift
• Company provided protective clothing required:
  Uniforms, hardhats, earplugs, safety glasses, hair restraints, steel-toed shoes, gloves, and safety harness may…