Batch Operator

Carlisle; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Carlisle is hiring a Mixing and Blending Operator in Kentucky to set up, operate and tend emulsion mixing processes. You will handle materials, adjust formulations, and monitor equipment to ensure quality and safety.

You will also transfer materials, run pumps, and perform cleaning and maintenance of equipment in a fast-paced production environment. Prior manufacturing teamwork and forklift operation are a plus.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Reliable attendance and punctuality essential.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Mechanical aptitude or hands-on technical ability helpful.
• Forklift operation experience with propane-powered forklift preferred.

Responsibilities

• Weigh or measure materials to meet specifications.
• Compound or process ingredients according to formulas.
• Read work orders to determine production specs.
• Observe equipment for safe and efficient operation.
• Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for set times.
• Dump/pour materials into machinery as required.
• Collect samples for laboratory testing.
• Operate or tend machines to mix/blend various materials.
• Add or mix chemicals using hand tools or devices.
• Stop mixers when product specs are reached and transfer mixtures.

Skills

Attendance

Communication

Mechanical aptitude

Propane forklift operation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary

The Mixing and Blending Operator will be responsible for set up, operate, or tend machines to proportionately mix and blend emulsion materials containing chemicals, powders, liquids, pigments, etc. Adding and/or or mixing chemicals or ingredients for processing using steam, air, and hydraulics. Maintaining and cleaning the equipment. Tending and operating accessory equipment, such as pumps or conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes. Transfer materials, supplies, or products between work areas, using moving equipment or hand tools. Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using forklift, hand tools, or other devices.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.


• Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.


• Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.


• Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.


• Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.


• Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.


• Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.


• Operate or tend machines to mix or blend any of a wide variety of materials.


• Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.


• Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Reliable with proven record of attendance


• Good verbal and written communication skills


• Mechanical/Technical aptitude preferred


• Propane forklift operation

Education and Experience

• Prior manufacturing experience in a team-based industrial work environment


• High school diploma or GED equivalent

Working Conditions

• Activities occur inside a building materials manufacturing facility


• Temperatures exposed to both ambient/outside temperatures


• Nuisance dust, use of chemicals, working with mechanical parts, pinch points


• Noise of industrial machinery


• Typically 40 hour per week with overtime as required


• Fast paced operation

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