Job Description

Job Location: AVO Mill - Arbuckle, CA 95912
Salary Range: $28.00 - $34.00 Hourly

Job Shift: GraveyardAbout Adams Group
Adams Group is a fifth-generation, family-owned specialty food company built on over 110 years of a simple but powerful belief: good food starts with good people. Founded on the principle of doing the right thing, we've grown to become the most trusted provider of high-quality specialty grains, oils, and seeds—delivering quality ingredients from seed to shelf.
Rooted in trusted farmer partnerships and vertically integrated operations, we combine agricultural expertise with intentional innovation to deliver specialty at scale. Our commitment to quality, sustainability, and integrity isn't just what we do—it's who we are.
Our Legacy of Innovation
While we stay true to our values, our success across five generations comes from our entrepreneurial spirit and ability to adapt to the needs of a changing food landscape. Embodying the spirit of California, we push boundaries, pioneer new standards, and create better-for-all alternatives that nourish people from infancy to adulthood.
More Than a Job—A Purpose
At Adams Group, we offer more than careers; we offer the opportunity to be part of something meaningful. Whether you're producing high-quality ingredients, supporting sustainable practices, or building trusted relationships across our global network, your work helps nourish lives and communities across generations.
We care deeply for our people, build strong relationships with our partners, deliver consistently for our customers, and enrich the communities we serve. Together, we're elevating industry standards and making a lasting impact on the world.
Join Our Story
Come be part of a legacy where good starts with you. At Adams Group, you don't just have a career—you have a legacy.

Our Core Values
At Adams Group, we live by five core values that guide everything we do:
- Quality in all we do
- Doing the right thing
- Building relationships for shared success
- Adapting to change
- Leaving the world better than we found it

Position Summary:
The Refinery Operator is a member of the Operations Team reporting directly to the Superintendent of Operations and Operations Supervisors/Shift Leaders. The Refinery Operator is accountable and responsible for the refinery of oils meeting established quality and customer specifications.
Schedule & Training:
New hires will initially work an 8-hour day shift (7:00 AM – 3:30 PM, no overtime) during a 6-month training period.
Upon successful completion of training, employees will transition to a permanent night shift (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM) and work a rotating schedule of 4 days on, 3 days off.
Key Responsibilities:
- Refines, bleaches and deodorizes crude vegetable oils into refined oils for human consumption
- Processes samples utilizing lab equipment to obtain and record values of oil in process
- Monitors and adjusts operations using Lab test results and computerized controlled systems to meet quality and production requirements
- Distributes crude and finished oil in and out of oil tanks as process and situation dictates
- Learn processing controls using a computerized system
- Complete all personal required safety trainings
- Operate forklift as needed after proper training/certification
- Read and follow Standard Operating Procedures and forms
- Ensure a clean and safe work environment adhering to food safety guidelines
- Learn and maintain proper use of personal protection equipment (P.P.E.)
- Report all accidents, incidents and near misses to the Superintendent of Operations and the Plant Manager
- Ensure all tasks are completed safely as assigned to the shift
- Participate in all audits, ensuring all areas are audit-ready at all times
- Follow all safety rules and requirements, attending safety meetings, and tailgates
- Other duties as directed or required.

Qualifications
- Must be, or become forklift operator certified
- 3-5 years of processing equipment operations experience
- Intermediate level in general computer applications use
Position Requirements:
- Have the ability to climb stairs and ladders
- Able to work in all weather conditions
- Able to lift up to 50 pounds on a regular basis
- Must be willing and able to work overtime hours during the week, weekends and/or holidays as directed by management
- Must be able to clearly communicate to co-workers and management
Food Safety Policy:
Adams Group is committed to producing and distributing high quality products through adherence to industry and regulatory standards. As an Adams Group employee, you will be trained on our food safety policies and will be held accountable to adhering to them.  You will be encouraged and required to notify supervision about actual or potential food safety issues. Everyone at Adams is involved in delivering safe food - within your scope of work you will be empowered to act to resolve food safety issues.
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