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Job Description
The Pellet Mill Operator is responsible for operating and maintaining pellet mills to produce high-quality sustainable wood pellets, ensuring equipment performance, safety, and adherence to production standards in a manufacturing environment.
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.
- Perform inspections and routine maintenance on equipment.
- Conduct quality control testing, including ash tests.
- Ensure a clean work environment and maintain safety standards.
- Document inspections, operational data, and maintenance activities.
- Communicate operational issues and escalate as necessary.
Requirements
- Must demonstrate mechanical aptitude.
- Proficient in mathematics and measurements.
- Ability to read data and trends to make appropriate process adjustments.
- Proven record in upholding safety standards.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- At least two 2 years of previous manufacturing experience.
- Must be able to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees.
- Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold and noisy industrial environment.
- Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment.
- Work at elevated heights and on slippery or uneven surfaces.
- Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day.
- Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery.
- Willing and able to pull and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb a crane in excess of 100 feet high.
- Ability to work from heights at least 20 feet off the ground.
- Able to climb vertical ladders, fixable or portable, at unbroken lengths of up to 20 feet.
- Able to climb multiple flights of steps and angled ramps as needed.
- Able to work on computer screen format for up to twelve (12) hours a day.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule not specified
Work environment includes outdoor environments, hot, humid, cold, noisy industrial environments, working at heights up to 100 feet, on slippery or uneven surfaces, and in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees
Willingness to work in hot, humid, cold, and noisy environments
Ability to work alone or within a team with minimal supervision
Physical requirements include lifting up to 50 lbs, climbing, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, and working on computer screens for up to 12 hours
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