Edible Oil Technician - Night Shift 4:50pm to 5:00am

Zeeland Farm Services, Inc.; Zeeland (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. is seeking a dedicated plant operator to monitor and control refinery processing equipment to meet production quality standards.

The role requires 1–2 years in manufacturing, high school diploma, and a proactive approach to safety, quality, and collaboration with teams across the plant. You will perform hourly rounds, document readings, and participate in initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 1–2 years in manufacturing preferred.
• Post-secondary education or trade certificate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and control plant operations per plan.
• Take samples, analyze quality, and record data.
• Maintain hourly logs of instrument readings.
• Follow safety, food safety policies; keep plant clean.
• Communicate with other departments to ensure efficient operation.
• Participate in cost-reduction and efficiency projects.
• Provide a customer service attitude when interacting with internal/external customers.
• Maintain a safe workstation and comply with SOPs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Adapt to changes

Professional demeanor

Effective communication

Good attendance

Reading procedures

Safety compliance

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Post-secondary education or trade certificate preferred

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for monitoring and operating oil refinery processing equipment and assures production quality standards are met.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Constantly monitor and control plant operations to carry out the established operations plan, anticipating and solving problems in a timely manner, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Physically monitor and maintain within normal ranges operating parameters including process temperatures, vacuums, pressures, flows and levels to evaluate automatically controlled process.
• Take product samples per product specifications, analyze product quality and record resulting test data.
• Maintain logs of instrument readings observed during hourly rounds. This includes pressure and temperature gauges, checking pumps for leaks, checking tanks for leaks, etc.
• Follow all company and regulatory food safety policies and procedures. Reports any potential food safety issues to management. Participates in all programs and procedures required to ensure plant cleanliness.
• Communicates regularly with all other employees and departments and assists all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation.
• Participates in projects as needed or assigned by management that improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Abides by all safety, health, environmental and food/feed safety policies, and procedures.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience

• Education: High School or Equivalent
• Experience: 1-2 Years in manufacturing preferred.
• A Post-Secondary education and or technical trade certificate is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; managers competing demands; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Ability to exhibit a professional manner in dealing with other departments, working to maintain constructive working relationships under all circumstances.
• Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and management.
• Ability to maintain good attendance habits.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
• Abide by company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit.
• Frequently required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders are required.
• Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
• Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
• This position requires the use of a respirator.