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Michigan Sugar Company

MDS Tech III

Michigan Sugar Company, Bay City, Michigan, United States, 48706


Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.

Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate full-time opportunity for a MDS Tech III, located at the Bay City Factory.

Job Summary:

The MDS Tech III working at Michigan Sugar's Bay City Factory in Molasses Desugarization is responsible for off-loading incoming molasses and directing it to the appropriate tank. Additional responsibilities will be cleaning and washing factory Desugarization building, molasses unloading building and tank farm pumphouses.

MDS Tech III will be responsible for testing molasses limesalts and other parameters as required, including brix and pH. Additionally, MDS Tech III will be responsible for daily cleaning and preventative maintenance of hoses, fittings and valves for safety, and maintaining organization within the work being performed while working in the molasses off-loading building. The MDS Technician III is responsible for calling the MDS Technician I for support with maintenance and repairs outside of this role to repair equipment.

Additional responsibilities include: assisting maintenance personnel in MDS by pulling and cleaning filter baskets, re-clothing putsch filters, cutting gaskets, replace hose fittings, cleaning and inspecting heat exchanger plates.

Primary Responsibilities:

Ability to work safely and follow all PPE requirementsAssisting MDS Technician I's and II's as neededAssisting maintenance personnel when needed with changing out pumps etc.Offloading molasses railcars by connecting steam hoses to the railcars and molasses pump hosesLoading railcars with secondary molasses, particularly during extract/juice campaignOccasional loading and/or assisting with co-productsAssisting in removing and reinstallation of valves to unplug pipes or hosesTroubleshoot problems to improve railcar off loading to meet MDS operational goalsAdditional responsibilities as assigned by your Supervisor, MDS Tech I or MDS Tech IIPosition Qualifications:

Mechanical aptitudeComputer proficiency. Previous experience with computers preferred.Lab or data entry experience preferred.Ability to perform the physical demands of the position.Key Competencies:

Ability to quickly solve problems and make decisions.Demonstrated personal leadership and positive can-do attitude.Flexible and able to work in fast paced and varying environments.Ability to work well with others in a team environment.Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate value.Leading the self by demonstrating ethics and integrity, displaying drive and purpose, demonstrated capability to learn, and increasing self-awareness.

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.

Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive salary, opportunity for professional growth, and provides excellent medical insurance. A comprehensive benefits package includes: dental and life insurances, 401k match, paid holidays, vacation, sick leave and more. To learn more visit www.michigansugar.com.

Michigan Sugar Company

was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.

Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.

That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.

Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company's annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.

Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.

Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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