Job Title: CO₂ Operator / CO₂ Plant Operator

Department: Production / Utilities / CO₂ Recovery

Grain-Based Distillery Plant (Ethanol, ENA/Alcohol & CO₂)

Job Purpose

To operate, monitor, and maintain the CO₂ recovery, purification, liquefaction, and storage system in a grain-based distillery plant, ensuring safe operations, optimal recovery efficiency, product quality, and compliance with safety and statutory standards.

Key Responsibilities

CO₂ Plant Operations

• Operate CO₂ recovery plant including scrubber, compressor, dryer, liquefaction unit, storage tanks, and bottling/dispatch system.
• Monitor CO₂ generation from fermentation and ensure maximum recovery efficiency.
• Control operating parameters such as pressure, temperature, flow rate, and purity levels.
• Start-up, shutdown, and changeover of CO₂ plant equipment as per SOPs.

Quality Control

• Ensure CO₂ purity meets required specifications for food-grade / industrial-grade CO₂.
• Conduct routine checks for moisture, oil content, odor, and non-condensable gases.
• Coordinate with QC/QA team for sampling and testing.

Equipment & Maintenance Support

• Perform routine inspections of compressors, pumps, heat exchangers, dryers, and valves.
• Identify abnormalities, leakages, vibrations, or inefficiencies and report promptly.
• Support maintenance team during preventive and breakdown maintenance.
• Maintain proper lubrication and housekeeping of CO₂ plant area.

Safety & Compliance

• Strictly follow safety procedures related to high-pressure gases and cryogenic systems.
• Ensure proper handling and storage of liquid CO₂ cylinders/tanks.
• Use PPE and comply with HSE policies, statutory norms, and plant safety rules.
• Participate in safety drills, audits, and risk assessments.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain daily production logs, operating parameters, and shift reports.
• Record CO₂ recovery quantities, losses, downtime, and energy consumption.
• Assist in preparing reports for management review.

Coordination

• Coordinate with Fermentation, Distillation, Utilities, and Maintenance teams.
• Support CO₂ dispatch/loading activities as per schedule.

Educational Qualification

• Diploma / B.Sc. (Chemistry) / Mechanical or Chemical Engineering (preferred)

Experience

• 8–12 years of hands-on experience in CO₂ plant operations
• Prior experience in grain-based distillery / sugar / ethanol / brewery plants preferred

• Operate CO₂ recovery plant including scrubber, compressor, dryer, liquefaction unit, storage tanks, and bottling/dispatch system.
• Monitor CO₂ generation from fermentation and ensure maximum recovery efficiency.
• Control operating parameters such as pressure, temperature, flow rate, and purity levels.
• Start-up, shutdown, and changeover of CO₂ plant equipment as per SOPs.
• Ensure CO₂ purity meets required specifications for food-grade / industrial-grade CO₂.
• Conduct routine checks for moisture, oil content, odor, and non-condensable gases.
• Coordinate with QC/QA team for sampling and testing.
• Perform routine inspections of compressors, pumps, heat exchangers, dryers, and valves.
• Identify abnormalities, leakages, vibrations, or inefficiencies and report promptly.
• Support maintenance team during preventive and breakdown maintenance.
• Maintain proper lubrication and housekeeping of CO₂ plant area.
• Strictly follow safety procedures related to high-pressure gases and cryogenic systems.
• Ensure proper handling and storage of liquid CO₂ cylinders/tanks.
• Use PPE and comply with HSE policies, statutory norms, and plant safety rules.
• Participate in safety drills, audits, and risk assessments.
• Maintain daily production logs, operating parameters, and shift reports.
• Record CO₂ recovery quantities, losses, downtime, and energy consumption.
• Assist in preparing reports for management review.
• Coordinate with Fermentation, Distillation, Utilities, and Maintenance teams.
• Support CO₂ dispatch/loading activities as per schedule.

• CO₂ plant operations
• Scrubber operation
• Compressor operation
• Dryer operation
• Liquefaction unit operation
• Storage tank management
• Bottling/dispatch system operation
• Monitoring operating parameters (pressure, temperature, flow rate, purity)
• Start-up and shutdown procedures
• Equipment inspection
• Troubleshooting
• Safety procedures for high-pressure gases and cryogenic systems
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) usage
• HSE policies compliance
• Documentation and reporting
• Coordination with other departments

• Diploma / B.Sc. (Chemistry) / Mechanical or Chemical Engineering (preferred)