Job description
Overview:
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Global Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Experience:
Skills/Abilities:
Working Conditions:
Physical Requirements:
Ozinga is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applications for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, veteran status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
Summary:
The Plant Operator is responsible for assisting the Plant Manager to ensure that the plant is functioning efficiently, and loads are being fulfilled correctly. They are also responsible for maintaining a clean work environment including the plant.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- General management of materials (aggregates, cement, etc.) and concrete products (fibers, colors, etc.)
- Sort products based on specifications; close attention to detail in attaching tags and marking products for identification
- Clean and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment, bins, carts, and other containers; maintain equipment storage to ensure inventory is protected
- Active listening to receive instructions and read work orders to complete work assignments
- Openly and effectively communicate with all staff and drivers to ensure accuracy of loads and minimize errors
Global Responsibilities:
- Regular attendance and physical presence at work is an essential function of this position
- This job may require additional duties not listed above and the employee may be asked to perform those duties to meet business needs
Qualifications:
Education/Specialized Knowledge/Professional Certifications:
• High School Diploma or equivalent required •
Knowledge of operation of a ready-mix / batch plant
- Ready-mix dispatch systems knowledge preferred but not required
Experience:
- Experience and knowledge of batch panels and operating systems for ready-mix plant
Skills/Abilities:
- Basic computer skills and ability to use smart phones
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Maintain all safety precautions for all work environments
Working Conditions:
- Fast paced environment with a need to respond to ever changing scenarios
- Exposed to moving mechanical parts, vehicles, heavy construction equipment, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions
- Noise level is usually moderate, but can be high and requires personal hearing protection on occasion at job sites, plants, and laboratories
- Flexible in work assignments; open to working in multiple areas as necessary to get the job done
Physical Requirements:
- Regularly required to talk or hear; frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
- Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
- Operate buttons, levers, and other controls located on various equipment.
- Work through stressful situations while maintaining professionalism and composure
- Must be able to frequently bend to obtain samples from stockpiles or ground, climb ladders with buckets of admixtures, and push wheelbarrows of concrete.
- Must be able to sit and drive for extended periods of time
- Must be able to work long and flexible hours as necessary
- Must be able to maneuver in and around our plants, yards and jobsites as necessary
- Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds several times a day
Ozinga is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applications for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, veteran status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
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