This is a Job Description for a Plant Operator in Yazoo City, Mississippi

Summary: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Operate plant equipment in accordance with established operating procedures and good manufacturing practices. Includes startup of equipment by opening feed and discharge valves, monitoring level gauges, temperature indicators and pressure indicators. Performs preventative maintenance activities. Includes minor repairs such as changing oil, tighten belts and major repairs such as compressor overhauls. Most maintenance activity is minor repairs. Repairs equipment throughout the facility. Documents maintenance activities and repairs. Monitors equipment during operation and maintains operating logs and records. Includes walking through the plant and recording instrument readings. Unload raw material from bulk tank trucks. Trucks are unloaded by connecting unloading and air hoses to truck and opening valves on truck and storage tank. Load product into bulk trucks. This is accomplished by connecting hoses to truck and loading valves and opening valves. A pump is used for transfer of material. Replenish chemicals in polishing towers. The tower is drained with a pump of spent solution and cleaned chemically by circulating cleaning solution with a pump. The bottom hand hole is removed to allow residue to be taken out. The tower is filled with water and chemicals. Chemicals are added manually.

 Fill cylinders for use in electronic industry. Cylinders are emptied of residual by opening valve and then vacuumed with a vacuum pump (12 at a time). Once vacuumed the fill process includes connecting pigtail to cylinder, purging the pigtail three times, and opening cylinder valve. A pump is used for filling.

 Analyze product for conformance with detector tubes, GC, and oxygen analyzer. The cylinder is connected to the sample line. The sample line is purged by opening and closing cylinder valve 8- 10 times. The test takes approximately ten minutes. Unload and load cylinders onto trucks. Cylinder carts and forklift are provided for this task.

 Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

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: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Mechanical / Maintenance Experience preferred. Computer literate is a plus. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.