Safety-Focused Process Operator – Cooker, Boiler, QA

Darling Ingredients Inc.; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients Inc. is seeking an Operator to run computer-controlled process equipment, cooker, and related testing in Des Moines, IA. You will monitor temperatures, flows, and control panels to keep production on schedule while maintaining safety and product quality.

You will perform preventive maintenance, support environmental controls, and ensure clean work areas. Prior experience helps, but reliability and willingness to learn, including night/weekend availability, are valued.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• One year of 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.

Skills

Mechanical rendering

Chemical manufacturing

Mechanical aptitude

Equipment troubleshooting

Math skills

Computer skills

Oral and written communication

Night/weekend availability

Job description

Darling Ingredients Inc. is seeking an Operator to run computer-controlled process equipment, cooker, and related testing in Des Moines, IA. You will monitor temperatures, flows, and control panels to keep production on schedule while maintaining safety and product quality.

You will perform preventive maintenance, support environmental controls, and ensure clean work areas. Prior experience helps, but reliability and willingness to learn, including night/weekend availability, are valued.