Operator, Mechanic

Responsibilities

• Deliver results through ownership of process standards, operational discipline, maintenance and technical rigor.
• Safety, Quality, Reliability & Environmental:
  • Conduct routine area patrols to proactively identify and address process, equipment, or behavioral risks.
  • Stop unsafe acts and conditions immediately; initiate hazard recognition, preliminary and near-miss reporting.
  • Execute work per operating procedures.
  • Issue safe work permits, manage LOTO, and support safe return to service.
  • Participate in emergency response and plant upset management.
• Process Monitoring & Control:
  • Monitor operating conditions via 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.
• Troubleshooting & Abnormal Situation Management:
  • Investigate deviations, alarms, and abnormal operations.
  • Apply structured troubleshooting and escalation when issues cannot be resolved locally.
  • Initiate shutdown or delay startup when conditions are not safe or reliable.
  • Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA), PHA, and MOC activities.
• Continuous Improvement & Learning:
  • Identify and generate improvement ideas to reduce losses and improve performance.
  • Provide input to and own SOPs, checklists, and operating standards.
  • Share lessons learned and best practices across shifts.
  • Continuously build process knowledge and technical capability.
  • Take initiative for self-development and individual goal setting in alignment with site objectives.
• Partnership & Handover:
  • Execute disciplined shift turnover.
  • Escalate emerging risks early to the 24/7 Team Captain.
  • Collaborate closely with Team Captains, Technology Experts, Maintenance, and peers.
  • Provide technical input to enable effective decision-making.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Two or more years of industrial/manufacturing experience.
• Willing and able to work a 12-hr. rotating shift schedule.
• Willing and able to work overtime, including holidays, weekends, and on short notice, call-in as required.
• Willing to train in multiple process areas as well as do maintenance work and perform administrative functions.
• Willing and able to wear required PPE (personal protective equipment).
• Willing and able to climb up and down several flights of stairs several times per shift; able to lift 55 lbs.; work inside and outside for extended periods of time.

Preferred

• Associate degree or higher, or 48+ college credit hours, technical education.
• Experience as an industrial electrician, millwright, pipe fitter, welder, or machinist.
• Demonstrated experience/competency in any of the following: Engineering, Electrical, Instrumentation or Mechanical, Computer Applications, Accounting, Planning & Scheduling or Training & Development, Manufacturing Operations, Control Systems, ISO Systems or Basic Science.