General Operator

Operator Responsibilities

• Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
• Monitor recording instruments, flow meters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
• Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using computer systems, panel boards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
• Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
• Collect samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
• Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
• Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases or vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, or perfume to towers, or to add products to converter or blending vessels.
• Interpret chemical reactions and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
• Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
• Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
• Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
• Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.

Qualifications

• Must have a High School diploma or GED.
• Willing and able to work a rotating shift, including nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, and on short notice call in as needed by the business.
• Willing and able to: lift 10lbs frequently, 25lbs regularly, 55lbs occasionally; climb stairs, ladders, and columns; stand, walk, stoop, bend, kneel, crawl, utilize visual acuity for close work, reach overhead, hear and respond to alarms; and work in various weather conditions.
• Willing and able to wear required PPE (personal protective equipment) such as steel toes, hardhat, Nomex, protective eyewear, face shields, arc protective clothing, and SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus).
• Willing and able to serve on the Circleville site emergency response team in that capacity firefighting, hazmat, confined space rescue, and medical first response with the appropriate training and equipment.
• Willing and able to work for any of the business divisions within Qnity at the Circleville site.
• Willing and able to work as a chemical or machine operator.

Preferred Experience

• Working in a manufacturing or similar environment, or 3 years of related experience.
• Experience working in 5S teams, lean manufacturing teams, or other quality/process improvement programs.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical systems, chemical reactions, or manufacturing processes.