Job Description
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions) is a leading provider of high-performance building solutions that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. We manufacture engineered wood building products that include an extensive offering of innovative and dependable building materials and accessories. LP’s values-driven culture creates an environment where talented and hardworking people thrive in an ethical, inclusive, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Since our founding in 1972, we’ve developed careers and provided advancement opportunities in the building products industry. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates more than 20 facilities across North and South America. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.
Job Purpose
To monitor and maintain sufficient operating moisture and levels in furnish bins in order to ensure quality material is supplied to forming and press process.
In this position you will have the opportunity to:
- Maintains specified moisture content in material by adjusting controllers, monitoring moisture and charts, performing moisture tests
- Monitor trends on dryers to control process
- Monitors thermal oil temperature, adjusts controllers, maintains fuel supply
- Regulates bin levels, maintains dryer temperature and regulates fuel level by manipulating panel controls
- Uses panel control switches to direct emission flow
- Uses radio to maintain communication with operating personnel, plant maintenance, dryer end helper and supervisor
- Monitors RTOs and Wesp functions to stay in compliance with EPA regulations.
- Assign causes for MACT alarms, Opacities, and Excursions
- Assign root causes in AFX downtime database
- Perform all duties in accordance with safety rules and regulations
- Perform other duties as assigned/necessary
What do I need to be successful?
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to read and understand safety rules and regulations
- Ability to respond quickly and appropriately to alarm warnings
- Basic computer skills and process control monitoring
Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience strongly preferred
- Preparatory experience as a dryer utility and dryer aid
Work Environment
OSB Manufacturing Plant
LP offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including health and welfare benefits, 401(k) program, career mobility, tuition reimbursement, volunteer opportunities, profit sharing and more.
