Process Operator: Rendering & Process Control

Darling Ingredients Inc.; North Carolina; On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients Inc. is seeking a Process Operator to run computer-controlled process equipment, the cooker, and related machinery, and to evaluate process problems while performing quality tests.

You will oversee rendering from raw material bin to finished goods storage, maintain cooker temperature and flow, monitor evaporation rates, operate the boiler, and ensure safety and food safety compliance. Night and weekend shifts may be required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED 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.
• Perform periodic preventative maintenance on all equipment in process.
• Monitor machinery; bring all problems to attention of manager.
• Assures equipment and work area is clean after each shift.
• Maintains safety as top priority in accordance with all company safety rules and regulations.
• As trained, be aware of and responsible for their role in Darling's food safety program.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Problem solving

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Process equipment operation

Job description

Darling Ingredients Inc. is seeking a Process Operator to run computer-controlled process equipment, the cooker, and related machinery, and to evaluate process problems while performing quality tests.

You will oversee rendering from raw material bin to finished goods storage, maintain cooker temperature and flow, monitor evaporation rates, operate the boiler, and ensure safety and food safety compliance. Night and weekend shifts may be required.