Job Summary: Responsible for monitoring and operating processing equipment and assures production quality standards are met. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Constantly monitor and control plant operations to carry out the established operations plan, anticipating and solving problems in a timely manner, and identifying opportunities for improvement. • Maintain complete and accurate production logs on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis of key variables and operates plant within established parameters. Completes written shift reports and communicates essential items to management as needed. • Communicates regularly with all other employees and departments and assists all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation. • Participates in projects as needed or assigned by management that improve efficiency and reduce operating costs. • Communicates directly with QC laboratory and participates in carrying out plant QC policies and procedures. Actively participates in quality assurance/quality control program. • Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards. • Abides by all safety, health, environmental and food/feed safety policies, and procedures. • Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times. • Perform other duties as assigned. Supervisory Responsibilities: • This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Education and Experience: • Education: High School or Equivalent • Experience: 1-2 Years in ethanol operation or a related field preferred. • A Post-Secondary education and or technical trade certificate is preferred. • In-depth knowledge of the ethanol production process and technology is preferred. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. • Ability to exhibit a professional manner in dealing with other departments, working to maintain constructive working relationships under all circumstances. • Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and management. • Ability to maintain good attendance habits. • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, or governmental regulations. • Ability to operate industrial size equipment such as: lifts and skid steers; variety of hand tools and power tools. • Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description. • Abide by company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times. Physical Demands and Work Environment: • Frequently required to walk, stand, sit. • Frequently required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders are required. • Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more. • Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud. • This position requires the use of a respirator.