Dozer Operator

Job Title

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $28.48hr - $33.48hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to learn computer data entry and lab testing.
• Demonstrated ability to follow written and spoken directions.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Demonstrated desire to produce quality work, results, and products.
• Willingness to be cross-trained and assist in other departments as necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in teams.
• Demonstrated positive attitude toward safety and safe work rules.
• Acquire and maintain knowledge of HACCP/OPRP/PRP (GMP) policies and requirements.
• Ability to complete all monitoring and verification tasks as outlined by the Food Safety Management system.
• Responsibility to report problems with the food safety management system to identified persons.
• Ability to maintain required physical, health factors, and cognitive functional requirements needed to perform work safely.

Responsibilities:

• Operate a dozer at all levels including the top of the stack to reclaim and supply the refinery with clean salt.
• Operate the conveyor system and complete daily tonnage reports for the manufacturing facility.
• Drive haul trucks from solar to the dry bulk loading operation to fill the truck bed and drive to dump locations.
• Process and feed clean salt to the refinery and untreated truck bulk loading silos in real-time.
• Operate heavy mobile equipment including Dozer, Loader, 5-yard dump truck, and haul truck.
• Break up lumps of salt with the dozer when on the stack and push clean granulated salt to the salt box.
• Perform inspections on the dozer and all other mobile equipment and trucks.
• Ensure all checklist components prior to and after operating are within operation standards.
• Perform inspections on the conveyor, salt box, wings, and hopper to ensure operations and maintain food quality.
• Relocate and assemble salt box, conveyors, hoppers, electrical cords, and support components.
• Make salt cuts to control the feeding of salt to the stack.
• Operate and monitor conveyor belts, salt box, wings, vibrator, hoppers, and diverter chute boxes.
• Monitor scale equipment, magnets, and all electrical cords.
• Monitor conveyor and components for potential spills and correct identified issues.
• Complete daily reports of salt movement and maintain Crude Salt Logs.
• Take daily 40-gram samples of salt, perform chemical testing, and log findings.
• Maintain daily salt samples and transport them to the lab within 14 days.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with grading techniques.
• Experience in light equipment maintenance such as lubing, greasing, and washing.
• Experience in completing safety inspections on heavy equipment.
• Experience at problem solving with co-workers.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Skills:

• Dozer Operation.
• Heavy Equipment Operation.
• Haul Truck Driving.
• Conveyor System Monitoring.
• Basic Arithmetic.
• Data Entry.
• Lab Testing.
• HACCP/GMP Compliance.
• Equipment Inspection.

Qualification And Education:

• High School Diploma or GED.

Physical Requirements (Due to nature of job, the candidate must have):

• Ability to daily frequently and safely enter and exit the dozer operator cab.
• Ability to sit continuously up to 2 hrs at a time in operator cab seat.
• Ability to safely operate dozer outside in the weather elements year round.
• Ability to push raw salt around on a salt stack up to 80’ high.
• Ability to have far-field vision for operating dozer on the stack and other mobile equipment.
• Ability to have near-field vision for reading and filling out forms.
• Ability to have depth perception and peripheral vision for operating heavy equipment.
• Ability to discriminate findings after chemical testing using color vision.
• Ability to accommodate vision when moving from inside lighting to sunlight or moonlight.
• Ability to smell and discriminate mechanical and electrical failure odors.
• Ability to hear horns, alarms, warning sirens, radio, and mechanical equipment failure sounds.
• Ability to wear all required PPE.
• Ability to stand for multiple 2-hour periods throughout the day.
• Ability to walk for multiple 2-hour periods throughout the day.
• Ability to climb stairs and vertical ladders.
• Ability to shovel salt from the ground and lift it from 0” – 55”.
• Ability to thrust a shovel forward repetitively.
• Ability to step on metal flanges and wooden rail support frames up to 24” high.
• Ability to raise a shovel above shoulder horizontally and thrust forward.
• Ability to continuously hold and grip a 3/4” - 2.5” water hose for up to 1 hour.
• Ability to lift 47 lb wood ties from ground to waist height.
• Ability to lift 20 lb chains.
• Ability to lift 62.2 lb wooden horses.
• Ability to pull and wind electrical cords.