Edible Oil Technician - Night Shift 4:50pm to 5:00 am
About The Position
The Edible Oil Technician monitors and operates oil refinery processing equipment to ensure production quality standards are met. The role involves monitoring plant operations, maintaining process parameters, taking and analyzing product samples, and recording equipment readings. The technician follows food safety, quality, safety, health, and environmental procedures and helps maintain a clean and orderly workplace. This is a night-shift position on a biweekly 2-2-3 schedule, working 4:50 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. The hourly rate is $24.00, with a $2.00 shift premium once placed on night shift. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Requirements
- High school education or equivalent.
- Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands, and handle frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events.
- Ability to maintain constructive working relationships and communicate effectively with coworkers and management.
- Ability to maintain good attendance.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations.
- Ability to follow relevant company SOPs and safety, quality, environmental, and HR policies.
- Ability to meet the physical and environmental demands of the position, including climbing to heights of 125 feet or more while confined and harnessed, using stairs and ladders, and occasionally lifting or moving 50 pounds or more.
- Ability to use a respirator.
Nice To Haves
- 1–2 years of manufacturing experience preferred.
- Post-secondary education and/or a technical trade certificate preferred.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and control plant operations according to the established operations plan, anticipate and resolve problems, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Monitor and maintain operating parameters, including process temperatures, vacuums, pressures, flows, and levels, to evaluate the automatically controlled process.
- Take product samples according to product specifications, analyze product quality, and record test data.
- Maintain logs of instrument readings during hourly rounds, including pressure and temperature gauges, and check pumps and tanks for leaks.
- Follow company and regulatory food safety policies and procedures, report potential food safety issues to management, and participate in programs and procedures to ensure plant cleanliness.
- Communicate with employees and departments and assist as needed to support efficient plant operation.
- Participate in projects assigned by management to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
- Provide customer service to internal and external customers while completing work and meeting production and quality standards.
- Follow safety, health, environmental, food/feed safety, quality, and HR policies and procedures.
- Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe workstation and environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
