Operator, Mechanic
About The Position
The Process Expert performs operations and maintenance tasks to support safe and reliable process operations. The role monitors equipment and process conditions, identifies problems early, and takes action to prevent safety incidents, quality issues, and production losses. The Process Expert investigates unusual conditions, adjusts the process when needed, and promptly raises concerns. In collaboration with the Team Captain and other support teams, the role helps maintain reliable plant operations and continuously improve how work is done. Starting pay is $34.85, with top pay of $51.71 based on a tiered system tied to verified skill development. The Process Expert delivers results through ownership of process standards, operational discipline, maintenance, and technical rigor. Duties span safety and environmental performance, process monitoring and control, troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and collaboration and shift handover.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Two or more years of industrial or manufacturing experience.
- Willingness and ability to work a 12-hour rotating shift schedule.
- Willingness and ability to work overtime, including holidays, weekends, and short-notice call-ins as required.
- Willingness to train in multiple process areas, perform maintenance work, and perform administrative functions.
- Willingness and ability to wear required PPE, including steel-toed boots, hardhat, protective eyewear, face shields, arc protective clothing, and SCBA.
- Ability to climb up and down several flights of stairs several times per shift, lift 55 pounds, and work indoors and outdoors for extended periods.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree or higher, 48 or more college credit hours, or technical education.
- Experience as an industrial electrician, millwright, pipe fitter, welder, or machinist.
- Demonstrated experience or competency in Engineering, Electrical, Instrumentation or Mechanical, Computer Applications, Accounting, Planning & Scheduling or Training & Development, Manufacturing Operations, Control Systems, ISO Systems, or Basic Science.
Responsibilities
- Conduct routine area patrols to identify and address process, equipment, or behavioral risks.
- Stop unsafe acts and conditions, initiate hazard recognition, and complete preliminary and near-miss reporting.
- Follow operating procedures; issue safe work permits, manage LOTO, and support safe return to service.
- Participate in emergency response and plant upset management.
- Monitor operating conditions using DCS, field instrumentation, and direct observation.
- Adjust operating parameters within defined authority to maintain targets and in-spec production.
- Identify patterns, anomalies, and early warning signals in process behavior.
- Collect process samples and interpret results to guide actions.
- Execute startups, shutdowns, and transitions safely and effectively.
- Investigate deviations, alarms, and abnormal operations; apply structured troubleshooting and escalate issues that cannot be resolved locally.
- Initiate shutdowns or delay startups when conditions are not safe or reliable.
- Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA), PHA, and MOC activities.
- Identify improvement ideas to reduce losses and improve performance.
- Provide input to and take ownership of SOPs, checklists, and operating standards.
- Share lessons learned and best practices across shifts, and continuously build process knowledge and technical capability.
- Take initiative for self-development and individual goal setting aligned with site objectives.
- Execute disciplined shift turnover and escalate emerging risks early to the 24/7 Team Captain.
- Collaborate with Team Captains, Technology Experts, Maintenance, and peers, providing technical input for effective decision-making.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
