What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Worker position at E.P. Minerals?
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. is a global performance materials company and is a leading producer of commercial silica used in the oil and gas industry and in a wide range of industrial applications. Over its 124-year history, U.S. Silica has developed core competencies in mining, processing, logistics, and materials science that enable it to produce and cost-effectively deliver more than 800 diversified products to customers across our end markets.
U.S. Silica's wholly-owned subsidiaries include EP Minerals and SandBox Logistics™. EP Minerals is an industry leader in the production of products derived from diatomaceous earth, perlite, engineered clays, and non-activated clays. SandBox Logistics™ is a state-of-the-art leader in proppant storage, handling and well-site delivery, and is dedicated to making proppant logistics cleaner, safer, and more efficient. The company has 26 operating mines and processing facilities and two additional exploration stage properties across the United States and is headquartered in Katy, Texas.
This position ensures the product (DE) is packaged according to customer order safely and efficiently.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Working safely is priority.
- Packs product into bags, bulk bags, boxes and bulk hopper rail cars.
- Completes or assists with bulk car cleaning, sealing, purging and switching.
- Uses manual and automatic palletizer.
- Identifies bag type, pallet type, and code stickers.
- Remove, replace, and record broken and light weight bags.
- Dump broken bags and refeed non-conforming product.
- Check and record bag weights.
- Fills out proper code identification.
- Makes boxes using glue guns or heat shrink guns.
- Stacks or restacks bags or boxes on pallets as required.
- Operates warehouse and yard forklifts, skid steer loader, ultra-vac, floor sweeper as required.
- Unplugging elevators, fans, de-lumpers, product lines, and dense phase as needed.
- Cleanup of crusher, ore dump/grizzly, furnace, under palletizer elevators and other site cleanup as needed. Along with clearing belts and charging discharge lines as needed.
- Dump spill hoppers, including ultravac hopper.
- General plant cleanup, including but not limited to, washing down of structures and grounds, sweeping with push broom, vacuuming warehouse floors, and cleaning hoppers.
- Comply with all safety & environmental regulations, MSHA regulations, and company policies.
- Compactor operations.
- Propane filling.
- Lock-Out/Tag-out/Test-out procedures.
- Confined Space procedures.
- Cleaning sump pumps.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (written and verbal).
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to work a flexible work schedule.
- Ability to follow instructions.
- Good attendance history.
- Experience in manufacturing or mining, preferred
U.S. Silica is an equal opportunity employer for all without regard to race, gender, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. U.S. Silica is a smoke- and drug-free workplace. The above description is intended to capture the essential functions of the job, nature and level of work as of the preparation date. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties that may be required of the position. This job description may be modified at any time with or without notice.