Job description

Snelling is currently recruiting for an experienced Batch Plant Operator for a well-established electric utility manufacturer in the Tuscaloosa area. The starting pay for the position is $17/hr, doe. 1st shift hours! Apply today with confidence!

A Brief Summary of This Position:
The Batch Plant Operator’s basic function is to set up, operate, and tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as concrete, cement, and aggregate.

Essential Functions:

• Weigh and measure material, ingredients, and product to ensure conformance to requirements.
• Start machines to mix or blend ingredients; then allow to mix for specified times.
• Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery and equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained; open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
• Examine materials, ingredients or products visually or with hands in order to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Record operational and production data on specified forms.
• Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools.
• Tend to accessory equipment such as pumps and conveyors to move materials or ingredients through production processes.
• Read work orders to determine production specifications and information.
• Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing.
• Clean and maintain equipment, includes clean up and wash down of both equipment and batching area.
• Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
• Open valves to drain slurry from mixers into storage tanks.
• Actively participate in department safety, demonstrate excellent safety practices and behaviors which conform to all Valmont Safety Policy and Procedures.

Other Important Details about the Role:

• This position reports to the Plant Supervisor and has no direct reports or indirect reports
• Must have a high awareness for the safety of other employees and machines used in the production area.
• Ability to understand and follow both written and verbal instructions
• Participate in LEAN and 5S projects, as well as keep immediate production area clean
• The ability to communicate and interact with coworkers in a professional manner
• The ability to pay attention to detail and follow work instructions
• The ability to work one (1) or two (2) shifts of overtime per week
• The ability to work in extreme temperatures with exposure to chemicals and irritating particulates
• The ability to recognize and solve practical problems

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Basic education
• Knowledge of the manufacturing process
• Basic knowledge of the computer
• Current medical examination

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Posses These Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience preferred
• Authority to operate the crane and the forklift

All qualified Batch Plant Operator candidates please submit resumes for immediate review. Please call 205.879.9950 for more information. You can also email your resume to whittney@snellingbham.com.

Snelling Staffing Services, with over 70 years of staffing expertise, specializes in clerical, administrative, professional, and industrial positions, permanent and temporary. There's never a fee or contract to our candidates! Snelling Staffing Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Snelling Staffing Services is a drug-free workplace.

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