Process Operator - Food Rendering & Controls

Darling Ingredients; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients is seeking a Process Operator to operate computer‑controlled process equipment, cookers, and related machinery, and to perform product quality testing. You’ll monitor temperatures, rates, steam, and evaporation, ensuring safe, efficient operation and compliance with food safety standards.

The role requires maintaining equipment and work areas clean, adhering to safety rules, and collaborating with the team to meet production targets.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• High School diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Manufacturing, industrial, or agricultural experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees rendering process from raw material bin to finished goods storage.
• Maintain steady flow of material to cooker.
• Maintain cooker temperature, rate, and steam at peak operating levels.
• Monitor evaporation rate to maintain rate per hour according to requirements.
• Control flow of material to presses and to finished goods storage.
• Monitor control panel and various gauges to accomplish process.
• Operate pollution control system including air/odor control system and wastewater control.
• Responsible for boiler start up and operation.

Skills

Teamwork

Safety first

Mechanical aptitude

Troubleshooting

Adaptability

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Darling Ingredients is seeking a Process Operator to operate computer‑controlled process equipment, cookers, and related machinery, and to perform product quality testing. You’ll monitor temperatures, rates, steam, and evaporation, ensuring safe, efficient operation and compliance with food safety standards.

The role requires maintaining equipment and work areas clean, adhering to safety rules, and collaborating with the team to meet production targets.