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SavageBaytown, TX
Onsite

About The Position

Savage is a global provider of supply chain infrastructure and logistics solutions with more than 200 locations across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Since we were founded in 1946, we’ve grown from a small family business to an international company with more than 4,000 team members. We’re proud to be recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and a Top Company for Women to Work in Transportation. Savage is a place where your growth is supported and your impact matters. Join us and do things you never dreamed possible. Our Material Handling Operators come to Savage for the challenge, growth and focus on safety, but they stay because of the outstanding culture that exists here. Our company was founded on processing and transporting materials for our customers. We understand and respect our Team Members as the lifeblood of what we do. Team Members are encouraged to find a better way and are enabled to “do things they never dreamed possible”. The successful candidate will be responsible for operating all equipment necessary to remove Pet Coke from large drums including: jet pumps, hydro cutters, delta valves, and any asset pertaining to the coke unit and load-out system which Savage operates. This operation is located within the ExxonMobil Refinery in Baytown, TX. At this operation, we cut, and empty material contained within large silos called Coke Drums, gather the non-hazardous material called Petroleum Coke with overhead cranes, then load onto conveyor system which carries it away to another site for ship loading or other means of transport.

Requirements

  • Maintenance: mechanically inclined and have worked in jobs that require you to have ability to trouble shoot or fix mechanical breakdowns
  • Equipment Operation: experience operating several different types of heavy equipment from various manufacturers
  • Refinery or Industrial Plant Operations: experience with high safety standards and dangers of working in these types of environments
  • Current and working knowledge of jet pumps, Valves and FlowServe equipment
  • Strong written and oral communication skill in English with level equal to or higher than B2 according to CEFR
  • Working in an industrial/refinery or construction setting
  • Hands on Exposure with maintaining equipment using hydraulics, electrical trouble shooting, and pneumatic
  • Read, write and speak English
  • High school diploma/GED

Nice To Haves

  • Operating backhoe, front end loader, dozer, or other heavy yellow equipment is a plus
  • Solid knowledge and experience operating bridge crane
  • Following safety regulations and written procedures within a refinery or chemical plant is a plus
  • Coke cutting experience or drilling operations

Responsibilities

  • Perform proper decoking techniques by following all associated procedures while paying close attention to hot spots and allowing for extra quenching where needed
  • Working with the Crane Operator to un-head and re-head the coke drums, as well as performing the final sweep of the coke drum
  • Operate crane to maintain proper pit & pad storage and load coke from pad to grizzly hopper by following all associated procedures
  • Maintain good and open communication with Crane Operator, Supervision, Managers and Maintenance Personnel via radio and other proper means
  • Help maintenance personnel with equipment maintenance when additional manpower is needed
  • Properly inspect equipment prior to and post operating and report any additional maintenance needs and conduct frequent audits on the crane and other heavy equipment
  • Ensure clean work space by removing trash and debris from all areas of responsibility including structures, offices, restrooms, break rooms, vehicles, and crane cab
  • Complete all necessary documentation as required including JHA's, permits, log entries, audit sheet, and daily check sheets
  • Learn other positions as time permits

Benefits

  • We provide Uniforms & PPE (laundering included)
  • $150 Steel Toe Boot Allowance semi annual
  • Paid Holidays & Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Profit Sharing
  • Opportunities for growth
  • Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with match
  • Eligible full-time team members may participate in the company benefit package, which currently includes medical, dental, and vision plans; company-paid life, AD&D and disability insurance; supplemental life and disability options; health savings and flex spending accounts; profit sharing; PTO and a 401(k) plan with match.
  • Part-time team members are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan with match, profit sharing, PTO, and may be eligible to participate in the medical plan depending on hours worked.
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