Systems Operator - Waste Management

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

3d•$28 - $47•Onsite

About The Position

This position can be filled as a Systems Operator I or Systems Operator II. The responsibilities of this position assist with guiding refuse through the combustion process, operating all systems to ensure compliance with USEPA, MPCA, USDA and the city of Rochester regulations, adjusting refuse feed rates for optimal combustion efficiency, operating and monitoring the control panel to ensure the waste combustor, wet scrubber, WESP, wastewater treatment system, Urea, and caustic systems are functioning within their designed specifications and set-points. Other responsibilities include assisting with emergencies, repairs and power outages, performing ongoing checks on all systems using the computer operating system, operating the high pressure boiler to provide steam to the smoke eater and infectious waste sterilizers, performing preventative maintenance and tasks as assigned, contributing to improvement projects for all systems and material handling equipment, record keeping on ash roll-offs, refuse deliveries, circular charts, customer regulated medical waste deliveries, regulated waste deliveries and daily log book, and loading and monitoring the pathological waste combustor. Additional duties involve monitoring the data acquisition system and assisting with adjustments to comply with the operating permit, notifying the SR Systems Operator of potential failures and providing technical and mechanical assistance for repairs and modifications of facility systems, operating a front-end loader to stage refuse for the receiving conveyors and to clear the unloading area for refuse trucks, operating articulating material handlers to keep refuse pits flowing to the conveyance system, operating a fork-lift to dump ash and unload deliveries, attending on and off-site training for new equipment, MPCA certification, electrical, safety and permit changes, sanitizing waste carts, ensuring at least one load of sanitized carts is ready to return to the Clinic campus at all times, and performing miscellaneous housekeeping in and around the work area. Requires the ability to work rotating shifts and overtime, as needed, including some weekends.

Requirements

Ability to work rotating shifts and overtime, as needed, including some weekends

Responsibilities

Guiding refuse through the combustion process
Operating all systems to ensure compliance with USEPA, MPCA, USDA and the city of Rochester regulations
Adjusting refuse feed rates for optimal combustion efficiency
Operating and monitoring the control panel to ensure the waste combustor, wet scrubber, WESP, wastewater treatment system, Urea, and caustic systems are functioning within their designed specifications and set-points
Assisting with emergencies, repairs and power outages
Performing ongoing checks on all systems using the computer operating system
Operating the high pressure boiler to provide steam to the smoke eater and infectious waste sterilizers
Performing preventative maintenance and tasks as assigned
Contributing to improvement projects for all systems and material handling equipment
Record keeping on ash roll-offs, refuse deliveries, circular charts, customer regulated medical waste deliveries, regulated waste deliveries and daily log book
Loading and monitoring the pathological waste combustor
Monitoring the data acquisition system and assisting with adjustments to comply with the operating permit
Notifying SR Systems Operator of potential failures and providing technical and mechanical assistance for repairs and modifications of facility systems
Operating front end loader to stage refuse for the receiving conveyors and to clear the unloading area for the refuse trucks
Operating articulating material handlers to keep refuse pits flowing to the conveyance system
Operating fork-lift to dump ash and unload deliveries
Attending on and off-site training for new equipment, MPCA certification, electrical, safety and permit changes
Sanitizing waste carts, ensuring at least one load of sanitized carts is ready to return to the Clinic campus at all times
Performing miscellaneous housekeeping in and around the work area