Renewable Natural Gas Lead Biogas Technician

Lead Biogas Technician

We have an exciting Lead Biogas Technician opportunity in our Texas operations. In this highly impactful role, you will be responsible for working in a team environment to accomplish the operations and maintenance objectives identified by Seaboard Foods RNG Management. Lead technicians are expected to have a solid understanding of RNG systems, including core mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation components, and to demonstrate consistent adherence to safety protocols and regulatory standards. You will be responsible for performing advanced troubleshooting, executing preventative maintenance, and supporting continuous improvement efforts to ensure the safe, efficient, and reliable performance of RNG facility operations. This role acts as the supervisory authority in lieu of an absent Area Supervisor of the operating area, requiring sound reasoning, decision-making, employee motivation, and communicative decisions for the team and ensuring safe, reliable operations.

At Seaboard Foods, we create the most sought-after pork. A top U.S. pork producer/processor and leading exporter to 30+ countries, we are committed to bringing excellence to the table, seeking a better way to produce wholesome pork and connect every step between our farms and family tables. More than 5,400 employees in five states work on our farms, feed mills, and processing plant to produce Prairie Fresh pork, ensuring the well-being of our animals, the environment, our employees, and the communities we call home. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in our renewable gas projects on our farms creating renewable energy. Owned by Seaboard Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, and nominated as one of the "Best Places to Work" by Kansas City's Business Journal, we have a dynamic culture where our employees can contribute and understand why they matter.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor and Optimize Process Performance: Utilize all operational variables and other key metrics to assess operating conditions and improve reliability and efficient methane concentrations in processed gas.
• Advanced Troubleshooting: Identify, diagnose, and correct complex process issues, including equipment malfunctions and all plant/system inefficiencies.
• Plant Process and Gathering System Oversight: Troubleshoot all systems and plant processes by adjusting regimens and/or operating parameters and ensuring optimal system performance. Apply knowledge of temperature, pressure, and boiling point relationships to optimize process operations.
• ADL/SMP/LS- Effluent Oversight: Analyze causes and impacts of effluent movements, communicate with farms, and implement corrective measures to maintain consistent operations. Understand and apply theoretical principles behind mixing anaerobic digester liquids (ADLs) and using recycled water for barn pit flushing.
• Quality Control and Compliance: Ensure adherence to safety and quality standards by an unwavering commitment to ensure safe practices and process consistency across systems.
• Technician Mentorship and Teambuilding: Lead by example for attitude, aptitude, and positivity. Coach and mentor other technicians on how to work collectively, collaborate, and motivate towards meeting business goals.
• Must respond to callouts as needed.
• Other duties may be assigned at management's discretion.

Qualification Requirements

• Ability to read, write, analyze, and interpret in the English language correspondence, general business reports, professional journals, technical procedures, governmental regulations, or reports.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of customers and visitors.
• 3+ years of experience in a chemical or petrochemical environment.
• Must have a valid driver's license with an acceptable MVR.

Preferred:

• Associate's degree or Technical school diploma or related degree program/field preferred. Biology and/or Chemistry experience preferred.
• Previous advanced experience in the gas compression field and/or processing plant environment preferred.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around the facility.
• The employee must regularly lift and move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is dependent on which environment you are in
• The hours and days of work are established by departmental needs and at the discretion of management. After-hours, weekends, and overnight travel as requested.

Why Seaboard Foods?

• Medical, vision & dental benefits upon hire
• 401K with company match
• Paid Time Off & Company Holidays
• Wellness Program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee pork purchase program

Seaboard Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans' status, status as a disabled individual, or any other status protected by law.