Job Description
The Pellet Mill Operator is responsible for operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting pellet mill equipment to ensure high-quality, efficient production of sustainable wood pellets, while adhering to safety and quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain pellet mills to ensure optimal feed rates and pellet quality
- Adjust machine components such as rolls and dies to regulate speed, pressure, and temperature
- Monitor equipment performance and troubleshoot malfunctions
- Conduct quality control testing, including ash tests
- Perform inspections and maintain equipment in good condition
- Review work order specifications and follow procedures for pellet production
- Perform maintenance and coordinate repairs on equipment
- Ensure production meets quality and safety standards
- Maintain a clean work environment and adhere to safety procedures
- Document inspections, maintenance, and operational data accurately
Requirements
- Operate and maintain several pellet mills, ensuring optimal feed rates, adjusting rolls dies, and monitoring pellet quality to meet company standards.
- Assist in conducting quality control (QC) testing, including performing ash tests.
- Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and perform coordinate maintenance on equipment per job instructions.
- Perform and document required inspections of equipment and maintain equipment in good condition.
- Review work order specifications or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, extracting, forming, pressing, and compacting materials to produce pellets.
- Adjust machine components to regulate speed, pressure, and temperatures of the machine, as well as the amount, dimensions, and flow of materials and ingredients.
- Monitor machine operations by observing indicator lights and gauges, such as thermometers, voltage meters, and timers, to detect malfunctions.
- Perform coordinate housekeeping to required standards and maintain a clean work environment.
- Maintain consistent production quality to the required standard.
- Follow all workplace and job safety procedures.
- Complete accurate reporting as required and communicate operational information as needed.
- Enter maintenance work requests as applicable and escalate issues promptly for proper resolution.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule not specified
Work environment perks include maintaining a clean work environment and following safety procedures
Additional benefits are not explicitly mentioned
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