What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Operator Lead position at Chief?
To supervise daily plant operations to assure maximum output with minimum expense in a safe and orderly manner on a shift basis.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop a personal knowledge of all aspects of ethanol plant, ethanol, and co-product load out and chemical unloading operations.
- Provide direction, leadership and instruction to production operators to allow efficient plant operations.
- Ensure plant operations adheres to environmental and safety rules and regulations.
- Follow procedures for plant start-up, shutdown, cleaning, and routine operations.
- Keep accurate and timely logs.
- Keep plant facility clean and well maintained.
- Communicate plant operations updates and status to supervisor and Chief Industries staff as appropriate.
- Follows instructions and direction from supervisor. Delegates as appropriate to operators and ensures tasks are completed as necessary.
- Ensures plant SOP’s are followed and provides feedback on proposed changes or updates as appropriate.
- Must be able to follow and understand complex drawings and prints of the process and equipment and respond immediately to sudden change. Must understand the properties of temperature, heat transfer, pressure, and vacuum and be able to apply this to the ethanol production process.
- Assist Production Coordinator as requested in helping control other areas including work permits and maintenance work orders.
- Accurately process timecards in a timely manner.
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
The Company:
Putting the needs of customers first has taken Chief Industries, Inc. from a small construction company in 1954, to a highly diverse company with a reputation for manufacturing quality products and offering unparalleled customer service. Through its many divisions and subsidiaries, Chief Industries employs over 1,400 skilled and dedicated employees who produce a wide variety of products, many of which are used around the world.
A Brand of Chief Industries, Chief Ethanol is committed to producing quality renewable fuel and produces approximately 140 million gallons of ethanol annually. Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc. was Nebraska’s first dry-mill ethanol plant and remains committed to producing renewable fuel and high-quality feed today. The plant is a continuous flow Vogelbusch process
Our Benefits:
This full-time position is eligible for full company benefits, including
- Paid vacation/time off
- 401(k) retirement plan plus company match
- Company-paid life insurance
- Company-paid short-term disability benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Financial wellness coaching
- Employee assistance program
- Paid holidays (8)
- Employee discounts
- Education assistance
- And much more.