Alcohol Operator

Leoforce; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k with match

Overtime pay

Job summary

Leoforce is hiring an Alcohol Operator in Louisville, KY for an overnight shift (7:00pm–7:00am) on a rotating 3-2-2 cycle. The role involves recording readings hourly, monitoring liquid and steam levels, and ensuring safe operation of distillation and evaporation processes to produce ethanol from beverages and waste streams.

Ideal candidates have mid-level experience, a strong focus on safety, and the ability to perform simple lab tests on wastewater samples.

Qualifications

• Overnight shift experience preferred.
• Ability to monitor and adjust/process controls safely.

Responsibilities

• Record readings hourly and monitor liquid and steam levels.
• Test wastewater samples and record results.
• Monitor distillation and evaporation processes to produce ethanol.
• Perform load-ins/outs and connect/disconnect hoses for equipment.
• Attend safety meetings and maintain a clean hazard-free work area.

Skills

Safety first

Attention to detail

Procedural discipline

Tools

PH meter

Job description

Job Description

Experience: Mid Level

Salary: $22 - $23 per hour

Location: Louisville, KY, US

Job Duties:

• Recording readings on an hourly basis
• Monitoring and/or adjusting liquid and steam levels for efficient operation.
• Monitoring the PH of the wastewater discharge, testing product samples using simple lab procedures, recording results of tests.
• Monitor alcohol processes using computer programming and make critical process decisions independently and safely to maintain process flows.
• Technical aptitude to learn a complex chemical process and maintain it over time.
• Maintaining a clean and hazard-free work environment.
• Safely starting, monitoring, and shutting down the Evaporation System.
• Attendance at safety meetings.
• Submitting work orders on equipment and facilities requiring maintenance.
• Ability to connect/disconnect heavy industrial hoses for load-in/load-out purposes.
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders to observe and test products.
• Unloading/loading of tanker trucks, railcars, syrup trucks, totes, barrels, and kegs.
• Carry and distribute bags of chemicals weighing up to 50 pounds.

A bit about us:

We are North America's leader in unsaleable Beverage Destruction and Recycling. With regional recycling facilities across the US, we offer national services to the Alcohol and Non-alcohol Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Health & Beauty, and Industrial Alcohol industries. Additionally, we convert beverage liquids and industrial alcohol byproducts into fuel-grade ethanol. This ethanol is utilized by major oil companies as a clean air additive in their gasoline blends.

As an Alcohol Operator, you will be engaged in the distillation, fermentation, and evaporation processes to produce ethanol from beverages and waste streams delivered to the plant. This is an overnight shift (7:00pm to 7:00am) and is a rotating 3-2-2 shift.

Why join us?

• Offer full medical, dental, vision
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• 401k with match of fifty cents on the dollar up to 6%
• Hourly rate
• Overtime pay