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Liquid Operator
Posting Start Date:  8/11/26
Job Location:  United States Sugar Savannah

SUMMARY

  • This position is responsible for maintaining the Liquid Sugar Shipping operation including, but not limited to analyzing production, loading and shipping railcars and trailers.
  • Hourly rate $32.29 - $31.15

FUNCTIONS

   Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions

  • Knows and observes all Standard Operating Procedures, safety procedures and rules, environmental practices and GMP guidelines.
  • Responsible for operating and maintaining sugar processing and peripheral equipment in the liquid shipping areas according to defined Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Responsible for troubleshooting all problems that occur on sugar processing and peripheral equipment and requesting mechanical or electrical assistance when needed.
  • Responsible for cleaning, inspection, and lubrication on all machinery within their scope of authority.
  • Load all liquid products into railcars and trailers according to station SOP’s.
  • Responsible for process quality and Safe Quality Food (SQF) program. Performs quality checks at prescribed intervals to ensure the best quality products are being produced. Initiate documentation and provide signature to verify compliance with all required quality & SQF checks for the assigned area.
  • Responsible for transferring all liquid products produced in the refinery to the proper tanks, proper blending, and dilutions with the correct products and/or ingredients and loading the correct products within the specifications of the final products.
  • Monitor and correct or report variances in product quality standards for liquid specialty shipments. Maintain all documentation associated with the truck weights. Produce other production and quality reports as needed.
  • Responsible for the cleanliness/Five S of the area assigned.

 

Additional Responsibilities

  • Liquid shipping areas assign Fire Extinguisher monthly inspections.
  • Analyzing Sucrose & Invert.

 

 

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 or general education degree (GED)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Experience

The following are the basic qualifications:

  • Minimum of three-years’ experience operating industrial production equipment or machinery.

 

The following are the preferred qualifications:

  • Minimum one-year experience Analyzing Sucrose & Invert.

 

 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (including any physical demands)

  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
  • Ability to analyze production.
  • While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly 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.

 

 

WORKING CONDITIONS

Equipment Used

  • Production equipment

 

Working Conditions

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually 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.

 

 

 

This description supersedes and previous or undated descriptions for this position. Management has the right to add or change the duties for this position at any time.

 

 
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