Utility Worker

Description

• Performs minor maintenance including, but not limited to, routine preventive maintenance, lubrication and minor adjustments under guidance of the supervisor or designee.
• Performs lab tests applicable to operational optimization and related reports per procedure.
• Record meter and gauge readings and operational data.
• May need to work outside in inclement weather conditions and drive company vehicles to perform duties.
• Monitor operating conditions, meters, and gauges.
• Performs field tests (chemical, physical and biological) in order to pace chemical dosages for process or alter unit processes.
• Ensure safety standards are met.
• Clean and maintain equipment, tanks, grounds and other work areas.
• Ensures conformance to process specifications.
• Operate belt presses to process and dispose of waste.
• Monitors process chemical supplies and recommends reorder.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Performs manual labor including filling and emptying of machine bins and cleaning equipment, facilities and grounds as required.
• Follow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and State of Florida regulations.
• Monitors flow meters, gauges, flow ratios, pressures and related controls through instrument panels, computer terminals and programmable logic control units in assigned areas.
• Assists in other areas of the plant as needed.
• Practices good housekeeping in assigned areas and properly disposes of waste according to safety and environmental policies.
• Operates vehicles for plant operational purposes.
• Monitors control panels and adjusts valves and gates manually or by remote control to regulate flow.
• Models compliance with all work practices, policies and procedures.
• Inspect equipment and identify operational problems; report suspecting malfunctions and variances to the supervisor or designee.
• Monitors and records operating conditions observations and data in area shift log.

Requirements

• Spends 100% of the time in an operations environment.
• Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.
• Amount of time spent - Sitting 25%, Standing 25%, Walking 50% for as many as five miles per shift.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and a safe driving record.
• The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds (occasionally 60 pounds).
• Experience with a variety of machinery, vehicles, material handling equipment, hand and power tools preferred.
• The employee must wear PPE including but not limited to safety-toed boots, safety glasses, and a hard hat.
• Tends to automatic and semi-automatic machines and related equipment including pumps, engines, mixers, valves, conveyors, and chemical feed.
• Must become proficient in the care and use of all site specific, facility required PPE (Personal Protection Equipment), including gas detectors, confined space equipment, etc.
• Must adhere to specifications and production schedule.
• Must follow established operational, process control, safety and emergency response procedures.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Requires close visual observation to detect process non-conformance and machine malfunction.
• Employee Orientation, Departmental Operating Procedures, Safety, OSHA and Quality Training.
• High School Diploma/GED is required.
• Ability to perform basic math.
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch and enter confined spaces. Will be required to use ladders or stairs.
• Forklift training and site qualification.
• At least six months experience in a related position and environment preferred.
• Must have the ability to quickly learn how to safely operate specialized machinery for care of roads, grounds, galleries, structures and facilities.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing (operational, process, safety and quality Instructions).

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance