Department: Manufacturing
Location: La Porte, TX
Description:
The Operator operates plant machinery and equipment designed to generate polypropylene, adheres to established operating standards, and is always vigilant about safety processes and protocols.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Follows operating discipline, procedures, and practices to ensure a safe and efficient operation of assigned duties.
- Performs routine operation of basic control systems and devices to monitor levels, temperatures, pressures, and flow rates, and transfer of products.
- Monitors the process, takes readings, and adjusts controls to correct deviations from set operating standards.
- Controls, monitors, and makes needed adjustments to all control systems and manually operated equipment.
- Identifies any equipment that requires maintenance, clears and tags equipment as required, and issues Safe Work Permits for maintenance and project work.
- Uses troubleshooting skills to resolve process, product quality, safety, and environmental problems.
- Product transfers and transitions as required by the Operating Schedule Category Activity Report.
- Communicates and coordinates outside activities with outside operators, including the extruder operator and the product loading area operators.
- Communicates and coordinates outside activities with other Process Operators, Maintenance Technicians, Production and Process Team Members, and Site Management.
- Acts as a resource for other Technicians on job tasks and prioritization of work activities. Performs tasks assigned per task list, accurately completing all required paperwork.
- Qualify in all Unit roles and assist with training new operators in your qualified roles.
- Performs all duties with a high degree of dedication to safety and environmental stewardship.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Six months of experience working in a chemical plant environment.
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- A current, valid United States driver's license.
- Capable of the physical demands related to this position, including frequent walking, standing, working in confined spaces, climbing ladders/scaffolding to perform elevated work, repetitive motion, and occasional lifting of weights up to 60 pounds.
- Flexibility to work potential overtime, if needed (including weekends and holidays), given advanced notice.
- Be able to complete self-paced computer based training.
- Have general computer skills necessary to operate SharePoint and Microsoft Office.
- Be able to drive a forklift
- Solid inventory management skills
- Solid organizational skills
Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience:
- 2 years of chemical plant operator experience.
- Process Technology degree.
- Previous Polyolefin operations experience.