Production Operator - Alto Columbia - Boardman OR
This position is responsible for effectively operating the plant equipment to ensure the quality and quantity of ethanol fuel production is optimized.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Operates equipment to achieve optimal performance.
- Adjusts equipment settings to ensure the ethanol produced meets quality and quantity expectations.
- Inspects and maintains the equipment to ensure proper processing.
- Inspects the quality and of the product and documents the result at certain intervals of the production process.
- Completes daily shift production logs.
- Coordinates with lab technicians to ensure product quality.
- Investigates, monitors and reports deviations from production standards
Education, Experience and Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalency.
- Minimum one-year process and equipment experience preferred.
- Excellent computer skills; familiarity with operation software.
- Excellent hand-eye coordination; safety cautious.
- Experience working with lab testers and plant equipment preferred.
- Ability to follow directions, and work well with little supervision.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Driver’s license.
- Ability to safely and effectively coordinate multiple projects/tasks.
- Bilingual skills are (English/Spanish) preferred.
- Must have the ability to work different shifts and overtime. This includes the possibility of short-term and long-term shift reassignment to match the needs of the business.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to work in an environment with exposure to extreme cold and hot temperatures; work around dust, fumes, and/or moderate to loud noises.
- Able to lift, pull, carry, and pick-up objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Essential functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for climbing stairs and ladders, sitting, walking on paved and unpaved surfaces, and standing for prolonged periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; visual acuity to review written documentation; ability to hear and understand speech at normal room levels and on the telephone; manual dexterity to operate a telephone; lift horizontally and vertically, bending, stooping, and reaching.
- Able to climb stairs and ladders; walk on paved and unpaved surfaces; sit at a desk and operate a computer and keyboard; visual acuity to review written documentation; ability to hear, speak, and understand speech at normal room levels and on the telephone; manual dexterity to operate a telephone; lift horizontally and vertically, bend, stoop, stand, and reach.
- Able to work in environment that involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions.
https://www.altoingredients.com/open-positions/production-operator-boardman-or/
