Utility Operator

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operates various types of plant mobile equipment including but not limited to - trucks, heavy equipment, dozers, front-end loaders, boom trucks, mobile cranes and/or platforms.
• Fuels, inspects and performs preventative maintenance on all types of mobile and/or powered equipment.
• Communicates with maintenance to assure maximum production, safe working conditions and quality product(s).
• Directs flow of material to/from operating units.
• Loads trucks or railcars as needed.
• Starts/stops hydraulic pumps, motors and conveyors as required.
• Performs specific oven maintenance such as changing doors and damper blocks.
• Performs equipment inspection and completes reports as needed.
• Responsible for functioning as a team member to meet or exceed coking production schedules.

Requirements

• High School diploma and/or GED required.
• One year certificate from college or technical school preferred.
• Three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Ability

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Math Ability

• Ability to add, subtract, using whole numbers.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Tools & Equipment

• Front-end loader, Bobcat, Dump truck, Forklift, Cherry picker, various handtools, Brooms, Shovels, Water/Air hoses, Conveyor belts, Cleaning Agents, Water, Lubricants.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); work near moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and outdoor weather conditions.
• The employee is frequently exposed to work in high, precarious places; extreme heat (non-weather); and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with noise level in some areas high.

Physical Demands

• Regularly lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly stands; walks; uses hands to finger, handle, or feel; reaches with hands and arms and talks or hears.
• Occasionally sits.