Batch Plant Operator

Get ready to grow with us!

NWPX Infrastructure is the nation's leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products and with over 50 years of experience, we're just getting started! Our business is growing, and we're looking for great people to grow with us. We're immediately seeking a Batch Plant Operator to join our Northwest Pipe team in Ferris, TX.

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Bonus Potential (2x per year)
• Up to $5,000 per year Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunities for Career Advancement
• Values-Driven Culture Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety

Our Values:

• Accountability is evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
• Commitment is not only promising to do something, but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.
• Teamwork is essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.

SUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE: Responsibility is to fully operate, maintain and oversee all duties in regards to the mixer. Person will be in charge of ensuring mix designs are consistent and meeting requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Basic Maintenance of the Mixer/Batch Plant
• Daily inspections and adjustments to mixer according to Mixer Manufactures operators manual
• Maintain cartridges in baghouse that they are clean and functioning properly
• Fill out and maintain proper paperwork of inspections and Maintenance reports
• Adjustment and calibration of Mixer moisture probe or viscosity meter
• Daily housekeeping and upkeep of Batch Plant including mixer, weigh belt, agg belt, etc.
• Ordering and maintaining proper inventory levels of all aggregates, admixtures, cement and flyash
• Batch consistent concrete for production on time when needed
• Clean Mixer after last batch of concrete delivered
• Make sure batch tickets and daily production totals are printed and kept on file if not stored in batch computer

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Experience working with mixing equipment, industrial machine operations or industrial maintenance
• Experience working with concrete would be preferred, not required
• Able to read, write and speak in English language. Bilingual in Spanish preferred, but not required

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard office hours, weekend, or evening work.

Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

Physical Activity

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Standing/Sit: Remain upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in using hand tools, computerized equipment and maintaining machinery
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive Motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers such as using computerized equipment
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to use hand tools

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Lifting: Raising object from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position (this factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles)
• Stooping: Positions self to 90 degrees (This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.)
• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to pick up tools and items off floor when cleaning and maintaining equipment

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward of outward
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, Stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.)
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.)

Physical Requirements

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Visual Acuity

The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: Preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection) using measurement devices, and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eye.

Over 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is required to have close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
• The worker is required to have distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is required to have peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
• The worker is required to have depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
• The worker is required to have the ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus

Weather Condition

Over 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: protections from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level
• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities of whole body.
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: Fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation.
• The worker is subject to oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids
• The worker is required to wear a respirator
• The worker frequently is in close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, man, holes, small, enclosed, rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia

Noise Levels:

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)
• Loud noise (Examples: metal can manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment)

Less than 1/3 of the time

• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)
• Very loud noise (examples: jack hammer work, front row at rock concert)

Supervision Received:

• General Supervision: The incumbent normally receives little instruction on day-to=day work and receives general instructions on new assignments.