Rotary Kiln Operator - Night Shift

RHI Magnesita•West Manchester Township, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for operating and monitoring rotary kiln systems from a control room, ensuring optimal quality and production. The role involves analyzing data, making process adjustments, and coordinating with field operators. Responsibilities extend to sampling, quality control testing, data entry, and loading/hauling materials. The operator will also be responsible for maintaining equipment and ensuring a clean and safe work environment. This role requires the ability to work in various conditions and wear specific personal protective equipment, including a respirator and fall protection harness.

Requirements

Promote and enforce safety rules and practices.
Communicate with the oncoming shift operators by informing them of any problems that occurred during the shift.
Keep all plant areas in a clean and safe condition.
Standing, lifting, walking, bending, kneeling, pushing, pulling and climbing; climbing ladders or stairs up to 3 or 4 stories several times per shift ; lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds ; and wearing all personal protective equipment required to do the job (including hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, gloves, & respirator).
Wearing of a respirator in specified areas.
Driving trucks, haulers, loaders and forklifts with use of normal hand and foot controls.
Ability to work in a variety of working conditions including, but not limited to heat, cold, dust, noise, high elevations and confined spaces.

Responsibilities

Train and successfully test on the Feed End, Finish End and Rotary Burner positions.
Operate articulated hauler, wheeled loader, skid steer and forklift.
Continuously monitor, analyze, adjust, start up, and shut down rotary kiln systems as needed from computer systems in the control room.
Continuously support & provide direction to rotary plant field operators as needed to coordinate plant operations.
Sample brick grain from the kiln at the designated times & run quality control testing on the grain to determine bulk density.
Analyze laboratory results & determine the appropriate process variables to change to maintain optimum quality.
Enter notes in the Plant Notes Program for maximum communication between shifts and management.
Data entry into SAP including Daily production from rotary kilns, inventory charge outs. Ability to check bin inventory with SAP inventory and adjust as needed. Environmental compliance data entry.
Load bulk trucks with designated product i.e. Mag, dust and brick grain.
Haul dust to the waste pile or load dust trucks for customers as needed.
Keep coal and coke bins full and stockpiles orderly and safe.
Wearing of a respirator in specified areas. Successful fit testing & medical evaluation is a requirement of the job.
Wearing of Fall Protection Harness as required. Successful harness fitting and training.

Benefits

Testing process for pay rate increases based on skill/experience advancement.
$1.50/hr shift premium (hours between 3p-7a)
$1.60/hr weekend premium
Holiday pay (8 hours holiday pay plus 1.5x hourly rate for hours worked)
Overtime pay structure: 1.5x for 40-48 hours, 2x for 48-60 hours, 1.5x for 60-68 hours.
$200 voucher for required steel toe boots with met guard.
Voucher for prescription safety glasses (if requested).
Company-issued uniforms provided and professionally laundered.
Competitively priced benefits starting within 30 days of hire.
6% company match on 401k.
3 weeks PTO (increases to 4 weeks on 4th anniversary).