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Form of workReq Num24-134
Location3809 Elm Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23704
Full-Time or Part-TimeFull-time
Job Description
WIN Waste Innovations is a waste management company committed to delivering essential waste management solutions to customers and communities supported by our team of 2,100 employees. We believe in preserving our environment for future generations while providing for today's needs. WIN Waste Innovations is a vertically integrated business with a platform of 50 strategically located collection, transfer and disposal assets. These include waste-to-energy facilities, transfer stations, ash monofills, landfills, and fleets of rail cars and collection vehicles. We process more than 11 million tons of waste annually, converting 6.7 million tons of waste into clean, renewable energy that powers 340,000 homes. We recycle more than 234,000 tons of plastic, paper and metals from the waste stream.
WIN Waste is currently looking for a skilled Control Room Operator. A Control Room Operator is responsible for monitoring control panels, computer terminals or other control systems and resolves plant-related issues associated with equipment temperatures, malfunctions, sensor alarms and plant production.
Responsibilities:
- Operates multi-function central process control machinery to grind, separate, filter, treat, refine or otherwise process various materials.
- Makes routine checks of plant equipment and processes.
- May involve observing computer-printouts, video monitors and gauges to verify specified processing conditions and to make necessary adjustments.
- Coordinates equipment for starting up and shutting down production systems in cases of emergency or as required by schedule.
- Participates in safety audits and programs and provides emergency response when required.
- Reports process problems.
- Responsible for various assigned tasks when plant is not in operation or operator is not needed in Control Room.
- Follows all plant safety policies.
Qualifications:
- Must be able to distinguish difference in color codes on computers and video monitors.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Working knowledge of PC operations.
- Must be able to work overtime, odd and unscheduled hours as required and share on-call duties. This position requires the ability to work a swing/rotating shift.
- For the State of Massachusetts, there is a requirement for a Control Room Operator to hold a Massachusetts 2nd Engineer's License.
Work Environment:
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Noise in work environment
Physical Demand:
- Stand
- Sit for prolonged periods of time
- Walk
- Handle tools, equipment, fine motor skills
- Reach with hands and arms
- Climb and walk on heights often greater than 4 feet
- Stoop, kneel, bend, push, pull, crawl
- Ascend and descend stairs and stationary vertical ladders as part of normal work activity and emergency egress situations
- Lift 50 lbs.
- Move about all areas of the plant, including catwalks, deck grating, and uneven surfaces
- Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, corrected or otherwise
- Operate a 1.5-inch fire hose operating at 125 psi line pressure to the extent required to extinguish fire
- Operate fire extinguishing equipment ranging from handheld extinguishers to 200 lb portable units
- Access confined spaces and pressure vessels through standard 12" by 16" manways
PPE Required:
Work in areas under adverse conditions that may require the donning and use of personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, the following with average fatigue:
- Negative pressure respirator
- Positive pressure respirator
- Self-contained breathing apparatus (steel or composite bottle)
- Hardhat
- Approved safety shoes
- Eye protection
- Rubber suit and gloves
- Chemical resistant suit
- Heat resistant outerwear
- Flame resistant outerwear
- Approved hearing protection
- Gloves
- Safety harness
At WIN Waste Innovations, every employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled.
$22.60 - $30.62
