Job Description

• Responsible for the operations portion of plants. Monitors and operates process control equipment, including valving, packaging, and engineering. Interprets plant procedures.
• Oversee plant operations.
• Monitor and troubleshoot operating equipment.
• Load and unload trucks and railcars.
• Perform general housekeeping.
• Ensure plant adheres to safety and environmental rules.
• Conceptualize, design, and implement plant improvement projects.
• Identify process deviations and perform root cause/corrective action.
• Conduct area inspections and audits.
• Perform calibration check of scale accuracy at the beginning of each work shift.
• Control and operate equipment such as loaders, drills, tractors, trucks, crushers, excavators, fork lifts, bulldozers and cranes.
• Handle material and cargo.
• Perform preventive and routine maintenance.
• Observe gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Replenish inventory as needed.
• Reporting of deviations.

• Minimum Grade 10.
• Valid Plant Operators License from an accredited training provider.
• 2 years plant operating experience.
• Ability to work a varied schedule under diverse conditions and according to sometimes stringent time schedules.
• Good communication skills (written and oral).
• Ability to work in a team.
• Problem Solving Skills.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to remember previously learned material such as specifics, criteria, techniques, principles, and procedures.
• Ability to grasp and interpret the meaning of material; ability to put parts together to form a new whole or proposed set of operations.

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