Cooke Inc.

Control Room Operator

Cooke Inc.  •  Virginia (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Responsibilities:

The Control Room Operator will be responsible for safely and efficiently performing the specific duties below:

INSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM

  • Monitor the cooker hoppers to insure uniform feed to cookers
  • Monitor cooker temperatures
  • Monitor press torque
  • Monitor decanters to insure proper operation
  • Monitor shaker screens for proper operation
  • Monitor steam dryers to insure proper operation: to include soluble addition rates, amp loads on dryers and proper screw conveyor operation
  • Monitor the Dupps system: dryer furnace and drum temperatures, CCP temperatures, amp loads on screw conveyor, adjustments to system as necessary
  • Adjust temperature settings to insure correct dryer moistures
  • Adjust equipment settings to maintain proper operation

OUTSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM

  • Visually inspect cookers, presses, shaker screens, hoppers, decanters, pumps
  • Oil & grease equipment as directed
  • Sample meal production from each dryer and the meal shed at least once per hour
  • Lubricate machinery as directed
  • Learn to analyze samples on the NIR
  • Produce an accurate 12 hour composite from the hourly samples
  • When not processing fish, jobs will be assigned by supervisors: to include: cleaning, sweeping, painting, general housekeeping etc.
  • Report all hazards, accidents, injuries, or environmental excursions to your supervisor or a member of the management team immediately
  • All other duties as assigned

Minimum requirements:

  • High school diploma or equivalent is preferred
  • Experience in food or fish processing or manufacturing helpful
  • Excellent work ethic
  • Ability to work overtime, weekend, and rotating shifts as required
Cooke Inc.

About Cooke Inc.

Fishing and farming isn’t just what we do. It’s who we are. What started as an undying family passion for the sea, passed down from one generation to the next, has been transformed into a global company. Today, the Cooke family of companies produces some of the very best seafood in the world. Our mission is to be a global seafood leader driven by an innovative team that delivers superior products, service, and value to our customers in a safe and environmentally sustainable manner.

The Cooke family of companies includes global aquaculture divisions under Cooke Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Cooke Aquaculture Inc. as well as a Canadian aquaculture division operated by its affiliate, Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. Cooke Aquaculture is a vertically-integrated corporation with salmon farming operations in Atlantic Canada, the United States, Chile and Scotland as well as seabass and seabream farming operations in Spain. The company also includes seafood and wild fishery divisions under Cooke Seafood USA, Inc., Icicle Seafoods, Inc., Wanchese Fish Company, Inc. and Omega Protein.

Cooke Inc. has earned the #1 spot on the SeafoodSource list of Top 10 North American Seafood Suppliers and our employee loyalty helped reaffirm our place as a Platinum-winning company on the list of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Saint John, CA
Year Founded
1985
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