Job Description:

• 1) Controls equipment in bulk sugar plant to load and unload sugar and to blend sugar syrups according to formula: Signals drivers or engineers by hand to give directions in positioning trucks and railroad cars for unloading.

• 2) Positions conveyors and attaches unloading hoses and pipes to truck and railroad cars.

• 3) Opens conveyor gate and pipe valves and starts pumps, blowers, and conveyors to unload sugar from vehicle and to transport it to storage bins.

• 4) Starts pumps and agitators to transport and mix specified amounts of water, corn syrup, and sugar in blending tanks.

• 5) Dumps bags of diatomaceous earth into blend and pumps mixture through filter to remove impurities.

• 6) Tests syrup to measure acid, yeast, and soluble sugar content, using pH meter and refractometer.

• 7) Keeps records of test results, weight of sugar received and shipped, amount and type of syrup blended, and percentage of wasted materials.

• 8) May weigh truck before and after loading.

• 9) May tend steam boiler to supply steampower to plant equipment.