Highland Pellets Control Room Operator
Pine Bluff, AR
Advanced Manufacturing /
Advanced Manufacturing /
On-site
Apprenticely is helping Highland Pellets hire a Control Room Operator in Pine Bluff, AR.
About the Employer:
Highland Pellet’s mission is to harness the transformative power of biogenic carbon, increase forest health, combat wildfire, and mitigate climate change. Sustainable carbon is biogenic carbon procured in a responsible manner that preserves the health of working forests and facilitates the efficient production of other wood-based products. We promote sustainable forestry’s multifaceted role through innovation and education. Learn more about our approach to sustainability.
Role and Responsibilities
- Operate plant functions from the control room under the direction of the control room lead operator
- Manage chip feed, fuel feed, furnace, dryer, and secondary sizing
- Manage and monitor various levels and feed rates as instructed by the control room lead operator
- Monitor spark detection system
- Multi-task with equipment alarms
- Keeps detailed and accurate maintenance reports and documentation
- Ensure all work is performed in a timely and safe manner
- Utilize skills to improve equipment optimization and reliability
- Maintain logs, record labor, material, and equipment used
- Meticulous attention to detail; able to follow both written and verbal instructions
- Perform other related duties and serve as a back-up resource as assigned
- Submit reports in accordance with reporting directives
Details to know:
- High school diploma or equivalent education; trade school or college preferred.
- One year of in-plant manufacturing experience
- Ability to work independently and utilize critical problem-solving and decision-making skills to generate and implement solutions throughout the process
- Must have proficient computer skills
- Knowledge or ability to learn how to operate HMI touchscreens
- Must possess basic math skills
- Must maintain compliance with all LOTO, confined space, hot work, and working at heights policies
- OSHA 10 training and experience
- Ability to work extended hours to include nights, weekends, and holidays
- Ability to continuously walk or stand, bend, squat, climb stairs, and lift items above shoulders
- Ability to work outdoors, rotating shifts, and lift 50 pounds required
$20 - $22 an hour
Rotating Schedule 2 weeks days, 2 weeks nights, rotating 12-hour shifts, 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off. You end up working every other weekend.
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