SOP Board Operator

We invite you to Explore the Potential of being part of something Clearly Essential!

Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical, and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 11 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit for more information about the company and its products.

Essential Job Functions: Include but are not limited to the following:

(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)

• Accurately logs all analysis results
• Reviews entire chemistry profile for process operations
• Directs operators to adjust their respective areas of responsibility in alignment with profile analysis
• Continuously monitors control panel arrays and alarms
• Adjusts plant process temperatures, flow rates, tank levels, and motor amperages as needed to optimize process chemistry
• Balances the feed rate to thickeners as it applies to finished product requirements
• Consistently monitors plant production rates and quality profiles
• Coordinates plant operator's efforts to align with product specifications and plant dynamics
• Responds to incoming radio/telephone calls from maintenance, management, and the power plant
• Directs utility operator to minor plant repairs or other needs
• Maintains accurate logs of all related events
• Follows established safety and housekeeping rules and reports, and/or, corrects unsafe conditions
• Performs other functions as directed by the supervisor
• Ability to work rotating shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and/or holidays as required.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience: Must have a high school diploma and previous experience or education demonstrating the ability to monitor equipment for proper operation and perform tasks related to maintaining product quality. Experience in a process plant in the mining/minerals industry is preferred.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to touch the equipment, handrails, tools, or product; talk and hear to communicate to others; stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at . July 2025