Position Purpose:
Process specialty feed streams that are unable to be processed in any other part of the facility in the
natural state in which they were received. Feed drums, totes, and cylinders to the incinerator through
direct inject nozzles to the kiln and secondary combustion chamber(SCC). Document and further code
items that have been fed through the specialty feed boxes for final destruction and tracking.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Ability to perform all duties of a Specialty Feed Operator I.
- Assist site mechanical department as well as outside contractors with the preventative maintenance, repair, or calibration of equipment and issue permits for these activities. Permits may include:
- Safe Work, HotWork, Line Break, and Confined Space Entry Permits
- Perform Lock Out Tag Out of all specialty feed box equipment in preparation for repairs
- Troubleshooting, flushing, unplugging, cleaning, repairing, and swapping of feed lines, pumps, nozzles, vent fans, flame arrestors, and boxes.
- Tear down and decon feed pumps for repairs
- Prepare equipment for start-up and shutdown scenarios
- Verify chemical compatibility and reference Waste Information Profiles(WIP) or provided chemical reference material to ensure safe and reaction free processing of material
- Utilize Nitrogen for box purging, inerting, pump operations, and line clearing
- Utilize diesel and toluene for line flushing and clearing and maintain local inventory of flushing chemicals
- Must be able to Operate both the Glovebox and Totebox
- May include conveyor feed operation/roles.
- Other duties as assigned.