About this role
Position Summary
Work Schedule : Night Shift, 5:00 PM – 5:00 AM, averaging five shifts per week. Workdays may vary within the Sunday–Saturday workweek.
Safely perform liquid or solid batch type chemical operations associated with devulcanizers, batch stills, molds, fermenting tanks, steam-jacketed kettles and/or reactor vessels. Handle chemicals in accordance with written or verbal instructions. Perform routine and operator-level preventive maintenance and cleaning of equipment or surroundings as required. Conduct and log QA/QC of product. Excel within a team environment.
Essential Functions
Uses heating and cooling systems per standard operating procedures and employee training.
Uses exothermic and endothermic reaction training to recognize abnormal chemical reactions.
Contacts the proper supervisor or maintenance personnel if abnormal situations occur.
Records proper mass balance after chemical reactions resolve and final product weight has been measured.
Works with proper HSE personnel to handle any waste generated during chemical reactions.
Executes required Safety & Hazmat policies, procedures, and reporting.
Maintains, inspects, and cleans equipment and facilities as required per standard operating procedures.
Samples, tests, and logs test results of materials and products, as required, to ensure quality and control of product.
Blends chemical per manufacturing specifications. No substitutions or modifications are permitted without supervisors authorization.
Uses proper containers for finished blended materials, ensuring all proper labeling is applied.
Verifies the correct batch number is applied to the container and the quality control sample is properly collected and stored.
Starts pumps and agitators, turns valves, or moves controls of processing equipment to admit, transfer, filter, or mix chemicals.
Follows the appropriate Hazmat clean up and disposal procedures and immediately reports all spills to the Blend Facility Supervisor.
Maintains the highest levels of sanitation to preserve product quality.
Qualifications
High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED).
Proficiency with safe use of various power tools.
Basic knowledge of various pumps and valves.
Forklift Certification is preferred, but not required.
Welding experience is preferred.
Skills & Abilities
Computer Skills: Have basic computer skills. Efficiently navigate a web browser, follow online instructions, type, and use a mouse.
Work Ethic: Be dependable, trustworthy, truthful, and credible in the workplace. Display a sincere desire to provide service or assistance, follow instructions, and take responsibility for your own actions. Show a commitment to doing the best job possible.
Physical Abilities: Lift and carry 100 pounds in various packaging. Tip and move 55-gallon drums, weighing up to 600 pounds, with the use of a drum dolly.
Work Environment
Chemical manufacturing environment outdoors and inside metal buildings. Employee will work in extreme temperatures and in an environment with chemical odors. Depending on specific job position, employee may be required to: operate a forklift, tip and move 55-gallon drums, weighing up to 600 pounds, with a drum dolly, lift and carry 100 pounds in various packaging, and lift and handle empty 55-gallon drums.
All employees of Jacam Catalyst LLC, and its subsidiaries, are required to adhere to the following:
Comply with all Federal, State, and Local laws.
Have fluency in reading, writing, and speaking in English.
Adhere to guidelines, policies, and procedures as described in the Jacam Catalyst handbook.
Adhere to Jacam Catalysts Drug and Alcohol policy and agree to submit to random drug testing as a condition of employment.
*** This company reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the company desires This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE COMPANY REMAINS AN AT-WILL EMPLOYER. Qualified employees who require reasonable accommodation to perform the essential functions of the position should notify the Human Resources Director. ***