Plant Worker Job Description
Plant Worker Duties & Responsibilities
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Plant Worker Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Plant Worker
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Education for Plant Worker
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the plant worker job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Supervision, Education, Graduate, Associates, Engineering, Technical, Electronics, Design, Sound, Management
Skills for Plant Worker
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Desired experience for plant worker includes:
Plant Worker Examples
Plant Worker Job Description
- Picking product for orders using a handheld
- Operating, cleaning and maintaining the blow mold machines
- Bagging bottles, loading plastic wrap rolls
- Maintaining operation of the filling machines, troubleshooting issues and cleaning the machines
- Running the pasteurizer machine and process including
- Move throughout different rooms to check on tanks and machine operation
- Other duties as needed or assigned Physical demands of the production worker
- Handling
- Handles high-pressure, medical and liquid cylinders
- During the fill cycle, you will use a rubber mallet to strike the vessel to insure complete fill with no voids
- Stand up to 8 hours
- May be exposed to heat (99ºF, 37ºC) and cold (45ºF, 4ºC)
- Exposure to wet and dusty environment
- Roll and push buggies (~1,000 lbs.)
- AT least 2 years experience with maintenance, preferably in a hospital setting
- Must be able to work in 35-37° F environment
Plant Worker Job Description
- Operates tub wash unit insuring the wash unit is operating properly
- Removes clean tubs from wash unit, inspects tubs and stacks for loading onto assigned vehicle for re-use
- Operates tub wash sprayer for oversize reusable tubs insuring the unit is operating properly
- Maintains flow of linen into the tunnel, washers, dryers
- Pulls bags and/or processes other laundry activities in the designated order
- Loads linen into empty pockets in tunnel
- Keeps pockets loaded correctly with proper load size
- Follows directions and safety precautions
- Maintains the production standards as determined per hour
- Notifies supervisor if frequent technical problems are impacting the ability to meet production standards
- Must be able to wear a Full Face Mask/Respirator
- Previous experience with stocking, loading, or operating a bossy machine would be a plus
- Previous Production experience is a plus
- Education equivalent to a High school diploma or equivalent
- Needs 1-2 years prior experience in a manufacturing environment
- Be able to provide 2 professional references
Plant Worker Job Description
- Conducting lock out/tag out procedures
- Preparing and maintaining logs, flow diagrams and other records
- Periodic inspection of emergency and other plant equipment
- Training and assisting customers and vendors on loading and unloading product
- Prior experience working in a construction environment highly desired
- Troubleshoots (when necessary)
- Unloads waste from incoming vehicles
- Works as a team member to load, unload, and move furniture and equipment at different locations including file cabinets, supplies, and mail among university buildings
- Drives trucks and operates power equipment on trucks and transports equipment to be salvaged
- Performs custodial duties and basic painting and construction work related to job duties
- Knowledge of tools and equipment used in the moving trade
- One year of experience moving furniture or related area
- Ability to operate motor vehicle equipment, ranging in size from forklifts to 2 1/2 ton trucks
- Basic knowledge in the operation of dry/liquid fertilizer blending equipment, preferred
- Previous experience using scientific instruments ( pH meter) and recording the results of operator tests on log sheets and other documents
- Must be flexible to work swing/rotating shifts
Plant Worker Job Description
- Support special event functions to include set-up for large scale events
- Operate tub wash sprayer for oversized reusable tubs insuring the unit is operating properly
- Perform Quality Control duties to ensure process compliance
- Decontaminate vehicles cargo-carrying portion, reload assigned re-usable tubs and ensure cargo-carrying portion of vehicle does not have free liquid on the floor
- Ensure housekeeping issues are addressed immediately, , spills cleaned up, floor is dry, debris is not on floor
- Ensures housekeeping issues are addressed immediately, , spills cleaned up, floor is dry, and debris is not on the floor
- Inform plant supervisor when a vehicle is ready to be moved from dock area
- Operate tub wash unit ensuring the wash unit is operating properly
- Remove clean tubs from wash unit, inspect tubs and stack for loading onto assigned vehicle for re-use
- Operate tub wash sprayer for oversized reusable tubs ensuring the unit is operating properly
- Fork truck/forklift experience, preferred
- Prior industrial/manufacturing experience, preferred
- Must have at least six (6) months of experience as an Assistant Plant Worker Operations
- Must possess all qualifications of and demonstrate the ability to proficiently perform all duties of Assistant Plant Worker Operations as observed by Supervision
- Ability to pass HAZMAT training
- Must be able to stand/sit for an extended period of time
Plant Worker Job Description
- Separates non-autoclavable waste to be incinerated
- Decontaminates vehicles cargo-carrying portion, reloads assigned re-usable tubs and ensures cargo-carrying portion of vehicle does not have free liquid on the floor
- Informs plant supervisor the vehicle is ready to be moved from dock area
- Operate and baling machinery
- Perform shredding operations in support of Shred-it’s shredding program
- Operate forklifts forklifts as required
- Maintain a clean and safe working area according to Shred-It standards
- Ensure housekeeping issues are addressed immediately, , spills cleaned up, floor is dry, and debris is not on floor
- Perform a variety of tasks that require manual material handling and the use of hand tools, knives, machinery and equipment while processing, packaging and shipping pork products
- Physically demanding work that can require the use of some or all body parts and muscle groups
- One to two (1-2) years of experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment preferred
- Six (6) months as a certified forklift driver is preferred
- Excellent physical ability
- An environment championing innovation, state-of-the-art facilities, and clean, efficient technologies
- The ability to contribute ideas and solutions in an empowering environment
- We have incident and injury free culture