Operations Assistant

Summary of Your Job

As an Operations Assistant, you will support plant operations. The Operations Assistant is responsible for all day-to-day process equipment and procedures including, but not limited to water processing, culture harvest, waste management, equipment construction and modification, process development, SOP development, interfacing between scale-up, fieldoperations and maintenance operations. He/she will work with a team cultivating large scale algal cultures and product separations to meet Algenol's production objectives. On a weekly basis, the Operations Assistant will be responsible for harvest/process algae, clean algal systems, maintain outlined quality standards, and adhere to safety policies. Additionally, the Operations Assistant will be responsible for taking on-call responsibilities. This position will partner with R&D and the Operations team to identify opportunities for process improvements that can be incorporated into plant operations. The position also requires an understanding of plant operational metrics to identify, plan and implement high value improvements and continuously improve plant performance.

Your Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. As with any job, other duties may be assigned to you as appropriate.

1. Authoring operational checklists and SOPs for production of algal products

2. Following and updating GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) procedures

3. Operating production field processes and separations processes

4. Operating and troubleshooting pumps, valves, and machinery to create algal products

5. Coordinating photobioreactor and associated systems deployment and service

6. Reviewing data entry

7. Interpretation and reporting data

8. Submitting maintenance requests

9. Working shifts (including overnight), weekends and holidays

10. Planning for product development and quality assurance metrics

11. Communicating parameters that are out of norm or out of spec to production management Adhering to safety policies

12. Ensuring others are adhering to safety policies

13. Participating in on-call responsibilities

14. Participate on design and manufacturing teams to enable novel solutions to the unique technical challenges experienced in the biotech industry

15. Provide engineering support to maintain daily operation of the entire plant

16. Maintain a Preventative Maintenance system

17. Identify opportunities for efficiency, productivity, and reliability improvements

18. Develop and manage vendor relationships for critical manufacturing systems

Competencies You Need

To perform this job successfully, you should demonstrate the following competencies.

1. Responsibility, Decision Making and Authority – Performs manufacturing and operational tasks for projects as assigned by supervisor. Makes detailed observations, analyzes data and interprets results.

2. Analytical and Problem Solving Skills – Exercises technical discretion in the design, execution and interpretation of experiments.

3. Communication – Communication is primarily internal to the group to provide status of work projects.

Qualifications for Your Job

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities you are required to possess. Reasonable accommodations may be made, should you have a disability, to allow you to perform the essential functions.

1. High School Diploma required

2. Works well with others

3. Ability to work shift work

4. Ability to work weekends and holidays

5. Ability to problem solve and work independently, but integrate well with small working groups

6. Ability to operate pumps and valves

7. Familiar with general industrial hygiene practices and safety practices

8. Versed with personal computers and Microsoft office applications

9. Fluent in written or spoken English

10. Eligible to work in the United States

11. Ability to respect the confidential nature of the work and use discretion at all times

Physical Demands of Your Job

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Should you have a disability, the company may make reasonable accommodations to allow you to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties described above, you:

1. Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds, exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

2. 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.

3. Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

4. Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

5. Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

6. Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

7. Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

8. Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

9. Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.

10. Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

11. Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

12. Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

13. Lifting. Raising objects 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 substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

14. Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

15. Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

16. Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

17. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

18. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

19. Must be able to work all day outdoors in a hot, humid and sometimes stormy subtropical climate.

20. The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and

outside

1. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; using measurement devices; at distances close to the eyes.

2. The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operates machines and pumps where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature.

3. Must be able to reach overhead and use hand tools

4. Must be able to operate a forklift and pallet jack

5. May be subjected to chemical fumes below OSHA stardards

6. May be subjected to be fit for a chemical respirator

7. The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

8. 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.

9. The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions. One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.

10. The worker is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways.

11. Must be able to comply with general safety requirements (wearing safety glasses, gloves, ect)

12. Knowledge of safe operation of common power and hand tools is required.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person