Boiler Room Operator

Company: The Neil Jones Food Company
Location: Hollister
Posted on: May 7, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionThe Neil Jones Food Company is looking for a full-time Boiler Room Operator at our San Benito Foods facility in Hollister, CA. The Neil Jones Food Company processes superior quality, fresh-packed, vine-ripened California tomatoes and Pacific Northwest fruit. With headquarters in Vancouver, Washington, NJFC has been providing our nation's discerning foodservice, retail, industrial and institutional customers the finest quality canned and pouched products for over 35 years. NJFC operates three production facilities: Northwest Packing in Vancouver, WA.; San Benito Foods, in Hollister, CA; and Tomatek in Firebaugh, CA.Summary: Principal duties are to control and monitor boiler operations to provide steam for industrial food processing machinery. Performs water quality tests and adjusts chemical feed rates to maintain proper boiler water chemistry. Maintains accurate, up to date utility and boiler operational logs. Must ensure that all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), Safety, Hot Works, Health Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and Company policies and procedures are being followed and uniformly enforced. Must ensure that the response time to any utility failure is adequate for minimal production downtime. This is a full time, union position. Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the startup, operation and shut down of all required support utilities for boiler operations, including soft water systems, evaporator condensate recovery system, compressed air systems, related electrical systems and natural gas supply.
• Responsible for maintenance, start up, operation, monitoring and documentation of boiler systems, water chemistry, pressures, temperatures, output, gas flow, charts, records and other critical points.
• Operates & monitors boiler system.
• Performs tasks that involve welding, torch cutting, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
• Ensures that preventative maintenance on equipment is executed in a timely manner and properly documented. Requirements:
  • Requires high school diploma or GED, or, any combination of training, experience and education the demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the key responsibilities of the position.
  • Minimum of three years' experience in the process of supplying heat and/or power by means of an automatic boiler system in an Industrial Evaporation and Aseptic Food Processing environment and pipe fitting.
  • Requires welding with either (STICK), (TIG) and/or (MIG) welders and pipe fitting (all size pipe).
  • Requires knowledge in gas handling, air compressors and water treatment;
  • Requires Cooling Tower maintenance experience and a background maintaining chemistry balance.
  • Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen. Benefits:
    • Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage
    • 401(k) match with Traditional & Roth options available
    • Company paid Life and AD&D insurance
    • Numerous other voluntary products available Applicants have rights under Federal Employment LawsFamily and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) The Neil Jones Food Company participates in E-VerifyE-Verify ParticipationIf You Have the Right to Work, Don't Let Anyone Take It AwayWe are an Equal Opportunity and Fair Chance Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, citizenship status, genetic information, military or veteran status, and other protected status under applicable law. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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