Who We Are: John I. Haas, Inc. is an innovative, passionate, team oriented, and customer driven company. We succeed due to the integrity of our employees and take adding to our “family” seriously! We are an equal opportunity employer, believe in educational opportunities, and offer excellent health benefits to our employees and their families. John I. Haas is one of the world’s largest suppliers of hops, hop products, and solutions. We are a proud member of the BarthHaas Group with branches in Germany, the USA, the UK, Australia and China. The BarthHaas Group conducts business on every continent and is a world leader in breeding, growing, processing, and marketing hops and hops products.
Position Summary: Operator in Advanced Products Hydrogenation Plant. Safely perform plant production processes while adhering to all plant safety regulations.
Primary Responsibilities: (Must consider: 1) knowledge required; 2) problem solving; and 3) accountability. Note: only “other duties as assigned” at 5%; other categories should represent how employee spends majority of their time; group “like items”.)
40% 1. Grade 1 - Production: : Adept at hydrogenating iso into tetra while being able to skillfully adapt to atypical conditions and consult supervisor as needed. Must be able to troubleshoot, in coordination with supervisor, issues resulting from processing a natural product. Must be proactive and get ahead of problems. Must always strive to conserve catalyst while still hitting quality parameters and properly recycle any material that comes into contact with the catalyst; thereby maximizing recycling yields. Specifically inventorying fresh catalyst deliveries along with imputing the CofA data for each lot of catalyst into the hydrogenation checklist. Keeping the catalyst room and secondary catalyst cage organized and making sure to use the oldest catalyst lots first. Must be able to run lab tests to determine reaction completion. Perform other plant processes if needed, such as: iso alpha and beta separations, isomerization, formulation and packaging. Operate a forklift in order to receive supplies and store finished products.
15% 2. 5S/Maintenance: General housekeeping and facility maintenance. Complete cleaning and organization tasks daily. Troubleshoot equipment used to perform the above duties and perform any minor maintenance required. Inspect the nitrogen room purity, availability and make sure the required maintenance is up to date. Calibrating the overhead hydrogen sensor along with all four of the handheld sensors every two months along with recording the calibration in the AP checklist.
10% 3. Instrumentation and Trials: To assist the advanced products process chemist in running HPLC results, conducting lab scale trials and running the lab scale hydrogenator when necessary
10% 4. Safety: Inspect sensors and safety equipment. Ensure safety communication board is up to date and update if necessary. Assist with writing safety SOPs when needed.
10% 5. ERP: Use D365 to scan and receive items for the plant, including inventory counts of all products, supplies, chemicals and finished goods along with informing the supervisor when the .5, .2 micron filters and hydrogen trailer need to be ordered. Fresh catalyst will need to be received, inventoried, and the CofA data will need to be entered into D365 for correct catalyst dosing. Entry of required production information into the appropriate checklists in D365.
10% 6. Leadership: General onboarding and training of all new tetra operators including giving the final certification test. Assist with writing SOPs when needed. Perform leadership tasks through positive communication and coordination between the production supervisor, crew lead, and operator team. Help implement and communicate production, safety, quality, and food safety issues. Create an environment of problem solving by utilizing the Kaizen log and other communication tools and encouraging others to do the same. Assist the Production Supervisor with other leadership duties as requested.
5% 7. Other duties as assigned.
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This form indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this job title. It is not designed to contain nor should it be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of all employees with this job title.
Pay: $21.53/hour probationary wage
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