Plant Operator, Operations & Maintenance

Oberon Fuels

Brawley, CA

Pay: $24-$30/hr

Shift: Full time

Description:

**Title**: Plant Operator

**Classification**: Non-Exempt

**Type/Hours**: Full-time position (shift-work expectation)

**Pay:** $24-$30 per hour

*Outlined specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by all employees. Essential Functions are* ***not*** *intended to reflect all duties performed.*

**Who We Are**

Oberon Fuels is a renewable products company focused on producing low-carbon molecules—including renewable dimethyl ether (DME), methanol, natural gas, and hydrogen—from waste-based and renewable feedstocks. Using proprietary technology, Oberon converts biogenic and recycled carbon sources into clean-burning fuels and sustainable chemical products for transportation, power generation, industrial, and aerosol applications.

By transforming waste into high-value renewable molecules, Oberon helps companies decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors while maintaining compatibility with existing infrastructure. Our renewable DME provides a practical pathway to decarbonize propellant applications, LPG and deliver renewable hydrogen, while our renewable methanol serves as a drop-in replacement for existing methanol applications and emerging low-carbon fuel markets.

With the world’s first commercial-scale renewable DME plant and a growing pipeline of projects capable of producing hundreds of millions of gallons per year, Oberon is helping accelerate the transition to a circular, low-carbon economy. Our approach is built on a vision of local feedstock, local production, and local consumption—creating jobs, strengthening communities, and turning waste into value.

**JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES**

Primary objective of Plant Operator is to properly monitor and maintain all plant systems during continuous production runs and during planned idling/shutdown periods between scheduled production runs. The Plant Operator is expected to be able to learn and understand the process, be able read process flow diagrams, P&ID’s and the process documents. Plant Operator must adhere to strict safety requirements at the facility.

Under direct supervision of Senior Operator/Shift Supervisor, the Plant Operator:

• Will be knowledgeable/well informed, with the Maverick facility, MeOH to DME process parameters and the performance of appropriate operating functions at the plant.
• Performs a variety of skilled technical duties and semi-skilled labor in the operations and maintenance of Oberon Fuels’ chemical production plant;
• Performs adjustments and minor preventive/emergent maintenance on all plant equipment
• Monitors process controls and safe equipment operation, to include at a minimum: valving, packaging, temperature/pressure sensing, and engineering processes;
• Collects and documents samples, performs prescribed GC analysis and laboratory testing and documents the results
• Maintains documentation and communication records using applications including ClickUp, Slack, Outlook, Word and Excel, or others as required.
• Will immediately report to the Senior Operator/Shift Supervisor any operating parameters or lab results which are abnormal and discuss and implement any remedial measures.
• Will ensure completion of the tasks assigned during the shift and provide complete handover of the plant status and activities at the shift change to incoming Plant Operator
• Performs a variety of related duties as assigned
• Maintain all required training and certifications through the Learning Management System (LMS) and company-provided programs
• Participates in on-site safety meetings, company events, and required virtual or in-person meeting
• Reading and understanding of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) for startup and shutdown procedures
• Troubleshoots operational issues, determines appropriate corrective actions, and sources necessary materials or escalates replacement needs as required
• Understanding and use of gas sensing and detection instruments throughout the facility.
• Maintains a working knowledge of and ability to operate key monitoring and analytical equipment, including gas chromatographs (GC), MSA devices, and gas detection instruments; interprets GC and water analysis reports

This role involves performance of routine tasks and duties assigned (in addition, but not limited to, the Essential Functions), including:

• Updating of operations logs
• Bi-Hourly rounds monitoring of plant pressure/temperature/levels and equipment,
• Routine repairs, and standard PM/GM of instrumentations such as motors, pumps, sensors, filters, gauges, level/pressure/flow indicators, etc.…
• Handling of hazardous chemicals under the supervision Shift Supervisor/Senior Operator

Requirements:

**EDUCATION, TRAITS & EXPERIENCE**

• Previous experience in Operations and Maintenance of chemical plants or similar industrial plants is preferred, but not required.
• In this role, employees may initially have limited knowledge of plant operations and requires guidance and on th