Plant Operator

About the role

Are you ready to play a crucial role in producing top-quality soy-based food products? As a Soy Plant Operator, you’ll be at the heart of our operations, ensuring safety, quality, customer satisfaction, and efficiency. This hands-on role offers you the chance to be cross-trained in multiple tasks, increasing your contributions to our team and opening doors for growth and job enrichment.

Responsibilities

• Safety First: Follow all safety procedures, perform risk assessments, and use required PPE. Always look for proactive safety improvements.
• Food Safety: Ensure compliance with the highest levels of food safety, including completing necessary documentation.
• Equipment Care: Adhere to safety procedures for the use, inspection, and care of vehicles, equipment, and tools.
• Team Collaboration: Work with your department and team to perform essential tasks like transferring grain, unloading bins and trucks, and ensuring smooth, safe operations.
• Value Addition: Show your commitment to adding value by performing all tasks necessary to support the Soy Plant team in efficiently running the plant.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• General computer competency, including typing, web browsing, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Strong critical thinking and troubleshooting skills, enabling you to work safely and independently.
• Fluency in English to effectively communicate with team members and others.
• A positive, proactive attitude that fosters superior teamwork and collaboration.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Factors

• Ability to work in noisy, dusty environments, and in both hot and cold weather.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Endurance to ascend and descend multiple flights of stairs, ladders, and gangways multiple times a day while carrying tools, and work standing continuously.
• Capability to work safely at heights up to 220 feet using ladders, man lifts, harnesses, equipment tops, and scaffolding.

Pay

$24–$27 per hour

Schedule

Monday to Friday, 7 AM – 3:30 PM, with the possibility of overtime.