What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pilot Lab Operator position at Internal Opportunities?
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned depending upon operational needs.
The running of the different trials performed in the Pilot Lab requires flexibility on the part of all personnel as operations change depending upon the processes.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Understand and follow established safety, quality, and other rules of the plant as well as general company policies
- Act as a player in safety
- Responsible for reading and understanding safety data sheets for chemicals or ingredients used in the process
- Learn all equipment in Process.
- Follow established process and CIP procedures, make adjustments on the processes or processing equipment, manually or through a central processing computer to provide accurate results
- Follow production schedule
- Perform sanitation on equipment, infrastructure, grounds, and other assigned areas
- Record and maintain accurate written and electronic information for all the processes and CIP’s, or any other document required by company to regulate parameters, procedures and equipment through basic analysis, simple calculations and computer controls
- Notify Supervisor/Manager of equipment failures and when major process problems or deviations in the process are detected
- Participate in first level maintenance
- Interact with other departments (sampling at RSYC / BSNAC plants, brigging samples to RSYC lab)
- Cover shifts as scheduled
- Filling in for absences. Work is assigned depending upon operational needs
- Communicate and interact with other employees and management personnel in a respectful and effective manner
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to follow instructions, learn and ask questions
- Mechanical aptitude and trouble-shooting skills
- Laboratory skills
- Good people skills
- Ability to manage time and plan ahead
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes preferred
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
EDUCATION
High school diploma or 3 years minimum or experience in a similar position.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Write simple correspondence. Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to suppliers, and other employees of the organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGRISTRATIONS
Ability to pallet jack required.
Forklift license required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 55 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to dry and dusty and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, extreme cold or extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Food Quality, Safety and Legality Commitment
Lesaffre Yeast Corporation (LYC) and its employees will ensure that all products meet quality, food safety and legality requirements in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and that food safety will never be compromised. I understand that as an employee of LYC, this is part of my day to day responsibilities, in addition to the job description of my position.