Edible Oil Technician - Nights 5:00pm to 5:00am 2-2-3 work week

Zeeland Farm Services I Zeeland, Michigan, United States

About this position


Job Summary:

Responsible for monitoring and operating oil refinery 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.  
  • Physically monitor and maintain within normal ranges operating parameters including process temperatures, vacuums, pressures, flows and levels to evaluate automatically controlled process. 
  • Take product samples per product specifications, analyze product quality and record resulting test data.
  • Maintain logs of instrument readings observed during hourly rounds.  This includes pressure and temperature gauges, checking pumps for leaks, checking tanks for leaks, etc.
  • Follow all company and regulatory food safety policies and procedures.  Reports any potential food safety issues to management.   Participates in all programs and procedures required to ensure plant cleanliness.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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    Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

    • Education and Experience:

  • Education: High School or Equivalent
  • Experience: 1-2 Years in manufacturing preferred.
  • A Post-Secondary education and or technical trade certificate is preferred. 

    • 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. 
  • 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.

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    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.



    • Salary Information

    $24.0 - $26.0 Hourly Wage