Chemical Operator

Rippling, Inc.; Catoosa (OK); On-site; USD 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Inhance Technologies is seeking a process operator at our Oklahoma facility to control and monitor chemical processing systems, including reactors, pumps, filters, and PLCs. You will record data, adjust settings, and ensure safety and quality standards are met.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED, forklift experience, and the ability to pass pre-employment screening. Shifts are 12 hours, and compensation ranges from $24 to $30 per hour for on-site work.

Qualifications

• Must pass pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to drive a forklift.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience in chemical manufacturing facility or other industrial plant experience is preferred.
• Must be willing to work 12 hour shift.
• Shift times are either 6a-630p or 600p-630a.

Responsibilities

• Operate chemical processing equipment and monitor reactions.
• Load and unload raw materials, intermediates, and finished products.
• Start pumps to move materials or regulate flow; adjust settings per procedures.
• Record operating data and maintain process condition logs.
• Confer with supervisors to resolve safety, efficiency, or quality issues.
• Draw samples and perform quality checks to ensure standards.

Skills

Forklift operation

Safety-conscious

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Inhance Technologies is a leading provider of specialty chemicals, gases and material technologies in a wide range of industries, across four continents. For more than 40 years, Inhance Technologies’ world‑class experts have been collaborating with customers globally to create customized solutions and offer exclusive technologies.

What you'll do

• Controls equipment systems that process chemical substances into specified products.
• Operate a variety of process equipment, including but not limited to; reaction systems, filters, storage tanks, reactors, pumps, process logic control systems (PLC), chillers, compressors and pressure vessels in compliance with prescribed operating procedures.
• Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields as directed by supervisor and written procedures.
• Monitor and record reactions, noting changes in chemical and physical properties and compositional changes of substances.
• Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi‑automatic equipment.
• Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
• Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or 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 emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
• Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases or vapors, to regulate the flow of raw materials, steam, air, or nitrogen to reactors, or to add products to converter or blending vessels.
• Load and unload raw materials, intermediates, and finished products into and out of process equipment.
• Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
• Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
• Inspect and maintain operating units, such as scrubbers, storage tanks, pressure vessels, centrifuges, or driers to ensure that all are functioning and to maintain maximum efficiency.
• Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage tanks, or pressure vessels and reactors.
• Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
• Assists in the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), processing, and quality enhancements.
• All other duties as assigned, work must be performed on site.

Qualifications

• Must pass pre-employment screen, including drug screen, and background check.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to drive forklift.
• Must have high school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Experience in chemical manufacturing facility or other industrial plant experience is preferred.
• Must be willing to work 12 hour shift.
• Shift times are either 6a-630p or 600p-630a
• Pay is based on experience, $24-30 per hour