Compounding Automation Operator - Maintenance

Location: Somerset, NJ • 1st Shift Monday-Friday

Pay Rate: $30 - $35 per hour depending on experience

About the role

Growing fragrance manufacturer is in need of a Compounding Automation Operator to join the team. This individual will operate, troubleshoot and maintain the robotics compounding equipment to safely make a variety of fragrance compounds.

Responsibilities

• Robot operation
• Refilling materials
• Organizing pots for the robot
• Troubleshooting mechanical problems with the robot
• Safe start-up, operation, and shutdown of robot unit(s), following established procedures
• Implement basic troubleshooting procedures to identify deviations (errors) during start-up/shutdown and either implement or recommend corrective action
• Communicate issues, risks, and expected maintenance activities to immediate supervisor
• Evaluate confirmed production batches for raw material issues/concerns based on FP, stock outs, or valve PM
• Print and organize batches according to production plan
• Plan each run based on production requirements relative to the master production schedule
• Perform routine preventive maintenance of equipment
• Conduct daily and weekly robot maintenance following established procedures, including cleaning and checking the robot, turrets, stator, scales, clamps, truck, sensors, systems, and printers
• Check for nitrogen leaks throughout the dispensing network
• Perform daily visual and odor checks on pots to be used
• Maintain safety of the automation workspace
• Identify and report potential safety risks to production management immediately
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Strong aptitude or skills to operate and troubleshoot mechanical and/or electronic equipment
• Minimum 1 year of experience operating, maintaining, or troubleshooting automated manufacturing, dispensing, batching, filling, packaging, or material-handling equipment
• Experience in fragrance or chemical industry a plus