Operator

Job Responsibilities

• Proactively seek to identify and eliminate hazards in the workplace.
• Understand and ensure safety standards are met.
• Participate in safety training and audits.
• Maintain working area in clean and safe conditions at all times.
• Issue and monitor Safe Work, Hot Work, and Confined Space Permits for maintenance and contractors.
• Ensure lab safety practices are adhered to.
• Perform analytical testing of in-process samples and finished products.
• Support troubleshooting of lab equipment, as needed.
• Responsible for the safe, efficient, & reliable operation of the process to produce solutions in-specification.
• Report deviations from the production schedule and help perform root cause analyses to minimize future lost time.
• Blend tanks.
• Transfer product via pipeline.
• Load and unload raw materials and finished product.
• Perform SAP transactions for the following including, but not limited to: materials moved from the warehouse; maintenance work notifications; store room requisitions, PI sheet corrections, inventory reconciliations, and others, as applicable.
• Follow instructions, coordinate efforts, and contribute to teamwork by constructive interaction and professionalism to ensure safe, environmentally compliant, reliable, efficient, economical, and profitable plant operations.
• Understand, support, enforce and follow all company policies and procedures.
• Troubleshoot issues with equipment to assist with maintenance operations and write work orders, as required, to address issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience in an industrial environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to perform mathematical operations quickly and accurately.
• Troubleshooting skills and mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to use a computer effectively with knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of applications.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, manufacturer’s literature, diagrams or schematics.
• Safety focus in prior jobs
• High School Diploma or GED required

Aptitudes

• Must possess the ability to understand the meaning of words and their ideas, as well as instructions and their underlying principles.
• Perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately, and possess hand-eye motor coordination.
• Mechanical and electrical aptitude.
• Perform basic computer functions.

Temperaments

• Must have the ability to accept responsibility, perform duties under stress, adapt to situations requiring preciseness, and adapt to changing duties and responsibilities.
• Must be able to adapt to situations involving the interpretation of feelings, ideas, or facts;
• Be able to influence people in the opinions, attitudes, or judgments;
• Be able to generalize, evaluate, make decisions, and perform repetitive work.

Education

High School Diploma or GED required.

Physical Requirements

N/A

Other

We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, pregnancy, race, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or military status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.