Plant Operator Marshall

JOB DEFINITION

Control, operate, or tend equipment in which a chemical change or reaction takes place in the processing of industrial or consumer products. Typical equipment used are:material handeling equipment, storage & blend tanks and batch treating equipment.

Responsibilities include: loading & drumming, maintaining inventory accuracy, unloading, loading of finished goods, and other general production activities or any duties as directed by Site Manager or Maintenance Manager.

MAJOR PROCESSES include the following:  (Other duties may be assigned).

STAGING MATERIALS

• Operates forklift and yard truck to load and unload trailers.
• Operates forklift to move materials within the plant facility.
• Pre-stages raw materials and packaging per the batch card/slip for efficiency of process to ensure materials are ready.

CHARGING BLEND TANKS

• Reads plant specifications to ascertain product, ingredient, formulas, instruction, and prescribed modifications of plant procedures.
• Starts pumps and agitators, turns valves, or moves controls of processing equipment to admit, transfer, filter, or mix chemicals, or to drain specified amounts of materials, impurities, or rating agents to or from equipment to prepare or further process materials.
• Loads specified amounts of chemicals into processing equipment to manufacture a batch.
• Weighs, measures, counts, or mixes prescribed quantities of materials to manufacture a batch.

MONITORING

• Moves controls to adjust feed and flow through equipment in a specified sequence to maintain system within specified operating conditions.
• Draws sample of products for testing by other employees.
• Records data from instruments and gauges concerning temperature, pressure, materials used, and treating time in a log to maintain historical and quality records.
• Operates or tends auxiliary equipment, such as heaters, filters, to further process materials.
• Patrols work area to detect leaks and equipment malfunctions, and monitor operating conditions.
• Notifies maintenance and a supervisor of equipment malfunctions to ensure timely and quality production.
• Assists maintenance in areas where needed to ensure efficient processes.
• Observes safety precautions to prevent fires and explosions.
  
  

PACKAGING MATERIALS

• Examines products or work to verify conformance to specifications.
• Puts materials into drums, totes, or tank wagons or transfers to storage area to meet order requirements.
• Records quantity filled and material location for tracking purposes.
• Removes any materials that do not conform to specifications for re-packaging.

PERSONAL WORK HABITS

• Follows instructions and requests from shift coordinators and management.
• Exchanges work information with and communicates well with other employees at shift change.
• Seeks out information on orders and job duties when in doubt.
• Reports to work on time, and is dependable.

HOUSEKEEPING

• Keeps floor free from obstructions and other materials, and keeps general work area clean.
• Sweeps and mops floors as needed.
• Keeps packaging equipment and other operating equipment clean.
• Drains equipment and pumps water or other solution through to flush and clean tanks or equipment.

SAFETY

• Completes Safety Orientation, Departmental Safety/Work instruction Training, and OSHA Standards Training.
• Complies with departmental and job safety practices, including wearing protective equipment and monitoring placement of machine guards.
• Performs safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting.
• Applies chemical processing emergency procedures.
• Inspects machinery or equipment to determine adjustments or repairs needed.

ENVIRONMENTAL

• Supports the sites goals and objectives as referenced on the “One Pager”.
• Receives annual Environmental training

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals 

• Ability to perform math calculations consisting of metric weight conversions

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form 
• Ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs and uses.
• Ability to distinguish color; good color vision
• Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine.
• Ability to quickly respond to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Ability to communicate technical information

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

Job Details

Peak Forces Involved in Work Processes

Force measurements were taken of various activities requiring strength in the performance of the job duties for this position.  Force takes into consideration the average velocity and/or acceleration of the lift and the effort necessary to overcome inertia.  Other factors taken into consideration are the necessary strength to grasp and perform manipulative activities that have an associated strength factor.

Lifting Activities

Note: All lifting activities cover both lifting and lowering processes. The point of origin and/or the destination of the lift are classified in the three body zone ranges.  The weight ranges given are the weight of the product to be lifted or lowered and does not include the force to be employed in the lifting process.  Frequencies are calculated based upon the number of lifts and lowers, the average time of each lift, and then divided into the total time in the workday.