**Brand:** Post Consumer Brands **Categories:** Operations Production **Locations:** Battle Creek, Michigan **Position Type:** Regular Full-Time **Remote Eligible:** No **Req ID:** 28729 **Job Description** **Business Unit Overview** Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news. **Brand** At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and, more recently, pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof. This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country. **Location Description** Post Consumer Brands in Battle Creek, Mich., the cereal capital of the U.S., is the company's largest manufacturing plant and home to about 600 team members. When you join the team here, you'll be helping to produce some of the most iconic cereal brands, including Honey Bunches of Oats cereal, PEBBLES cereal, Grape-Nuts and Honeycomb cereal. The Battle Creek plant is also unique as it is home to the original barn where C.W. Post started the Postum cereal company in 1895. The Battle Creek team has deep community roots, supporting the city's Cereal Festival, The Post Foundation, and participating in several volunteer events throughout the year. **Responsibilities** GENERAL JOB REQUIREMENTS All employees awarded this position will be required to: + Support and participate in business initiatives such as Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery. + Work effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision in a team environment. + Perform any or all of the job duties indicated below as may be required to maintain skills efficiency and job flexibility. + Use interpersonal skills to effectively interact with others. + Interact with Engineering and Operations to discuss equipment improvements. + Develop, maintain, and follow Detailed Process Sheets/Standard Work. + Participate in groups. + Train other employees. + Possess sound diagnostic and trouble shooting skills and use effectively. + Perform the essential functions of the job as may be required to ensure efficient operation of the Powerhouse. + Maintain complete familiarity with all Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and comply with these rules at all times. + Protect the Company’s investment in machinery and equipment by exercising proper care, skill, and knowledge in the use of Company investments. ESSENTIAL FUNCTION/DUTIES OF JOB: Essential duties of the Assistant Operator position include but are not limited to the following tasks and responsibilities. OPERATIONAL DUTIES: + Perform service operations for continuous operating equipment, including but not limited to back-washing of filters; regeneration of zeolite and condensate polishers; selecting, weighing, mixing, and charging chemical tanks, changing, removing, cleaning, and restoring to service fuel burners on boilers to ensure efficient operation of the Powerhouse. + Manage (along with the Operator) the startup, shutdown and operation of the boilers and associated equipment. + Perform water chemistry management needs of the Powerhouse by performing analysis and testing of water samples. Take corrective actions (along with the Operator) as required to maintain water chemistry limits. + Cover or relieve others for breaks, training, etc., as required to maintain flexible and efficient operation of the Powerhouse. + Participates in the chemical management needs of the Powerhouse related to chemical inventory, chemical safety, and handling to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the Powerhouse. + Receive and apply training, and perform assignments as determined to meet the needs of the business. MECHANICAL DUTIES: + Perform daily equipment inspection rounds and take prompt and appropriate corrective actions + Perform prompt and appropriate minor repairs of equipment such as but not limited to greasing valves, cleaning strainers, taking up packing glands, etc. to ensure optimal reliability of the Powerhouse. + Conduct river outfall monitoring and reporting to meet the Plant’s environmental policies. + Perform energy management services through activities such as taking utility readings, auditing or sampling of steam, condensate, water, etc. as required. + Perform material handling duties of chemicals as required for efficient operation of the Powerhouse + Monitor and inspect the factory water pumping and distribution systems as neccessary to ensure reliability of the powerhouse **DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTION/DUTIES OF JOB** + Perform cleaning duties as described in the Power Station Cleaning Manual to ensure GMP’s and Safety are maintained. + Administer Hot Work Permits, Confined Space Permits, Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures and inspections as necessary to meet the needs of the business. + Support others in the inspection, lubrication, operation, or repair of equipment to ensure reliable operation of the Powerhouse. + Perform plant wide capacitor monitoring and support service as may be required to meet the needs of the business and the Powerhouse. + Provide receiving and delivery services for materials and parts as needed to support Powerhouse and maintenance activities. + Support outside services to ensure efficiency and reliability of the Powerhouse operations. + Provide support for electrical power distribution as may be needed to meet the needs of the business. + Support all PCB Safety and Compliance programs by performing inspections and tasks as required to ensure compliance. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The following physical demands are necessary for the Assistant Operator to perform daily duties. The Assistant Operator must be able to: + Climb steps. + Walk on high platforms and utilize proper fall protection procedures and equipment. + Lift up to 50 pounds and maintain balance. + Crawl over, under and into equipment as necessary to perform job duties. + Ability to perform job duties in extreme varying temperatures. + Maintain safe mobility and be able to maneuver around moving automated equipment. + Have physical agility and strength to manually operate equipment and/ or valves as may be necessary in the normal duties of the job. Administrative Duties Participate in the administrative requirements of the Powerhouse as assigned. This may include but not be limited to the following: + Work Scheduling, maintenance scheduling and data input, timesheet database entries and other administrative duties as assigned. **Qualifications** EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE + Possess a High School education or the equivalent and have a minimum of three years’ experience in the operation and maintenance of power plants and related equipment. + Possess experience in the operation, maintenance and repair of high-pressure boilers and steam driven electrical generators. Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)