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Boiler Room Lead starting hourly rate $37.95
Posting Start Date:  7/21/25
Job Location:  United States Sugar Savannah

SUMMARY

  • This position is responsible for operating boilers to generate the steam needed for supplying heat or power for buildings and industrial processes.

FUNCTIONS

   Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions

  • Knows, observes, and enforces all standard operating procedures, safety procedures and rules, environmental practices, and GMP guidelines.
  • Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of five boilers, all boiler auxiliary equipment, and multi-hearth furnaces.
  • Responsible for troubleshooting all problems that occur on boilers, peripheral equipment, and requesting mechanical or electrical assistance when needed.
  • Responsible for cleaning, inspecting, and lubricating all machinery within their scope of authority.
  • Responsible for the successful startup and/or shutdown of major boilers and process equipment.
  • Required to rotate between inside (control room responsibilities) and outside responsibilities.
  • Monitors water chemistry conditions, collects water samples, conducts water tests, and makes necessary adjustments to chemical metering pumps.
  • Maintains log of meter readings, daily operational data, air emission data, and water chemistry test results.
  • Responsible for monitoring temperatures, pressure, and flow of boiler house processes.
  • Responsible for the safe operation of manual valves, control valves, turbine-driven pumps, centrifugal pumps, and start/stop stations.
  • Coordinates activities with other areas and departments.
  • Responsible for loading fly ash trucks.
  • Opens valves and adjusts regulators to control flow of steam or water through pipeline, or to blow sludge and scale from pressure system.
  • Removes slag from furnace tubes and brickwork of a coal fired boiler.
  • Performs routine valve maintenance of tightening packing, and greasing valve stems.

 

Additional Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the cleanliness/Five S of the area assigned.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

 

 

  Company Conformance Statements

  In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:

  •   Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
  •   Interact professionally with co-workers, Company business associates and the general public.
  •   Work together in a cooperative spirit to serve the best interests of the Company.
  •   Operate in a fully responsible manner and comply with the law and Company policy.

 

  Company SHE Primary Responsibilities

  Understand and observe all Safety, Health & Environmental rules and procedures

  •   Report or correct any unsafe act or condition
  •   Report any chemical/fuel spill to supervision
  •   Report any pain or discomfort to supervision

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Professional Certifications/Licenses

The following are the basic qualifications:

  • High School Diploma and one year of college or technical school required.

 

The following are the preferred qualifications:

  • Professional Certification in Boiler Operations preferred.

 

 

Experience

The following are the basic qualifications:

  • Minimum of 1 years of experience operating an automated process monitoring and control system.

 

The following are the preferred qualifications:

  • Four to five years’ experience as a Boiler Room Operator.

 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (including any physical demands)

 

The following are the basic qualifications:

  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the associate is frequently required to talk or hear. The associate is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The associate must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

 

The following are the preferred qualifications:

  • Has a direct line of communication to Plant management for important issues affecting plant operations. Is responsible for all direction when there is a major power plant operation interruption and has the authority to shut operations down if the safety of personnel or property is involved.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS

Equipment Used

  • Computerized control panel

 

 

Working Conditions

  • While performing the duties of this Job, the associate is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The associate is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and extreme heat. The associate is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

 

Employee Supervision

  • No supervisory responsibilities

 

Decision Making/Accountability

  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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