Position Summary
Operate or tend equipment to control chemical changes or reactions in the processing of industrial products. Clean and load Chemsure trailers in the Point of Feed (POF) room; stage materials for production areas; wash totes; receive materials; put materials into storage locations; consolidate inventory; and perform general housekeeping.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Support all Environmental, Health, and Safety programs, policies, and regulations
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, and yields
- Monitor recording instruments, flow meters, panel lights, and other indicators, and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panel boards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment
- Record operating data such as process conditions, test results, and instrument readings
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, and product quality
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergencies, as directed by supervisory personnel
- Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases and vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, and to add products to blending vessels
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors, and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks and troughs are not in danger of overflowing
- Notify maintenance and other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions and to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies
- 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
- Defrost frozen valves using steam hoses