Job DescriptionJob Description
Job Summary:
Responsible for monitoring and operating processing equipment and assures production quality standards are met.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Constantly monitor and control plant operations to carry out the established operations plan, anticipating and solving problems in a timely manner, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
* Maintain complete and accurate production logs on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis of key variables and operates plant within established parameters. Completes written shift reports and communicates essential items to management as needed.
* Communicates regularly with all other employees and departments and assists all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation.
* Participates in projects as needed or assigned by management that improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
* Communicates directly with QC laboratory and participates in carrying out plant QC policies and procedures. Actively participates in quality assurance/quality control program.
* Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
* Abides by all safety, health, environmental and food/feed safety policies, and procedures.
* Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
* This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Education and Experience:
* Education: High School or Equivalent
* Experience: 1-2 Years in ethanol operation or a related field .
* A Post-Secondary education and or technical trade certificate is .
* In-depth knowledge of the ethanol production process and technology is .
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
* Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
* Ability to exhibit a professional manner in dealing with other departments, working to maintain constructive working relationships under all circumstances.
* Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and management.
* Ability to maintain good attendance habits.
* Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
* Ability to operate industrial size equipment such as: lifts and skid steers.
* Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
* Abide by company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
* Frequently required to walk, stand, sit.
* Frequently required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders are required.
* Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
* Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
* This position requires the use of a respirator.
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