Darling
Ingredients
About Darling Ingredients
Hiring Contact
Meredith Rudemiller
Meredith.rudemiller@darlingii.com
Darling Ingredients repurposes and recycles material from the animal agriculture and food industries – transforming them into essential ingredients that do everything from feeding animals to fertilizing crops to fueling planes and nourishing people.
We take materials that would otherwise be wasted and transform them into hundreds of valuable ingredients that the world depends on daily – food for livestock, pets and people; gelatin and collagen for human health and wellbeing; low-emission fuel for cars, trucks, trains and planes; and renewable energy to power homes and businesses.
We’re always chasing new ways to maximize resources and help the world find solutions, innovating to create new products from the old, making lives better and more sustainable. A whole new cycle of good, born from the old, exactly as nature intended.
Maintenance Worker
Job Description
The Maintenance Worker position performs preventive and corrective maintenance in the plant under management supervision.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Assists in the installation of new equipment.
Assists personnel on special fabrication and construction projects.
Follows preventative maintenance schedule.
Performs machine repair and installation such as replacing motors, rebuilding gear boxes, run threaded piping, run weld piping, overhaul pumps, replace packing shaft seals on cookers and pumps, welds and uses cutting torch.
Conducts daily greasing and oiling of plant equipment as needed.
Diagnosis and replacement of equipment parts with little or no direction.
Maintains clean, neat, and orderly work area at all times.
Responsible for using assigned personal protective equipment and required safety equipment; responsible for being familiar with and observing all Company safety rules and regulations.
Attends regularly scheduled safety meetings and may be asked to serve on Safety Committee
Program Benefits
Base Pay: Hourly/Varies based on location and shift
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time Off, Holiday Pay
Additional Information
Required qualifications:
High School diploma or GED.
Experience in operating a forklift.
Frequently required to push, pull, move or lift up to 50 lbs.
Frequently required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch.
Regularly required reach with hands and arms.
Maybe asked to travel to other plants for construction projects.
May need to work nights and weekends.
Work Environment
Job functions will be carried out in a rendering facility which requires tolerance for wet and or slippery floors and high heat or cold temperatures.
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Operator
Job Description
The Operator is responsible for the operation of the computer controlled process equipment, cooker, machinery, and evaluation of any process problems in addition to performing product quality testing.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Oversees rendering process from raw material bin to finished goods storage.
Maintain steady flow of material to cooker.
Maintain cooker temperature, rate, and steam at peak operating levels.
Monitor evaporation rate to maintain rate per hour according to requirements.
Control flow of material to presses and to finished goods storage.
Monitor control panel and various gauges to accomplish process.
Operate pollution control system including air/odor control system and wastewater control.
Responsible for boiler start up and operation.
Perform periodic preventative maintenance on all equipment in process.
Monitor machinery; bring all problems to attention of manager.
Assures equipment and work area is clean after each shift.
Maintains safety as top priority in accordance with all company safety rules and regulations.
Program Benefits
Base Pay: Hourly/Varies based on area
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time Off, Holiday Pay
Additional Information
Required qualifications:
Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
Ability to pass a drug screen and/or background check
Ability to stand/walk for extended periods of time
Highlighted areas represent Local Workforce Areas where this position is available.
Truck Dumper
Job Description
The Truck Dumper is responsible for moving trucks/trailers around on the property, keeping raw material trailers dumped in a safe and timely manner.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Ensures a steady flow of raw material is dumped in order to maintain a consistent mix of material.
Cleans trailer after dumping to ensure trailer is set up in accordance with customer requirements.
Positions each trailer in the holding lot to ensure readiness for next day's routes.
Ensures Bartlett lift tractor and dock area is clean when dumping is complete.
Performs various tasks related to the operation of the facility in terms of general labor.
Maintains safety as top priority in accordance with all company safety rules and regulations.
All other duties as assigned.
Program Benefits
Base Pay: Hourly/Varies based on location and shift
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time Off, Holiday Pay
Additional Information
Required qualifications:
Must be 18 years of age.
Manufacturing, industrial, or agricultural experience preferred.
Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch.
Occasionally must push, pull, move or lift up to 50 lbs.
Regularly required reach with hands and arms.
Job functions will be carried out in a production facility which requires tolerance for high heat and/or cold temperatures
Highlighted areas represent Local Workforce Areas where this position is available.
Utility Worker
Job Description
The Utility Worker is responsible for for assisting plant personnel in various production activities, loading and unloading of raw material/finished product, as well as cleanliness of plant and equipment.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Uses high pressure hose to wash parking lot, plant equipment, and surrounding areas of plant including spilled material on lot.
Paints and washes plant equipment and building fixtures as necessary.
Required to use standard hand tools (hammer, screw driver, wrenches, etc.) and power tools (drills, impact drivers, saws, etc.)
Operates company vehicles around plant and property.
Ensures steady flow of raw material from trailers to dock in safe and efficient manner.
Checks and reports condition of raw material load and truck interior.
Performs a variety of general labor tasks including janitorial cleaning and vehicle washing.
Maintains safety as top priority in accordance with all company safety rules and regulations.
Program Benefits
Base Pay: Hourly/Varies based on area
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time Off, Holiday Pay
Additional Information
Required qualifications:
Must be 18 years of age.
Manufacturing, industrial, or agricultural experience preferred.
Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch.
Occasionally must push, pull, move or lift up to 50 lbs.
Regularly required reach with hands and arms.
Job functions will be carried out in a production facility which requires tolerance for high heat and/or cold temperatures
Highlighted areas represent Local Workforce Areas where this position is available.
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