Chemical Operator

Inhance Technologies; Catoosa (OK); On-site; USD 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Inhance Technologies in Catoosa, Oklahoma, seeks a Chemical Operator to operate and monitor process equipment, manage flow and safety, and ensure product quality on a 12‑hour shift.

The role requires adherence to SOPs, the ability to draw samples, perform QC tests, and coordinate with maintenance and supervision on-site.

Qualifications

• Must pass pre-employment screen, including drug screen, and background check.
• Must have valid driver’s license and be able to drive forklift.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Experience in chemical manufacturing facility or industrial plant preferred.
• Willingness to work 12 hour shift.
• Shift times: 6a-6:30p or 6:00p-6:30a.
• Pay is based on experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate various process equipment (reactors, filters, storage tanks, pumps, PLCs, chillers, compressors, vessels) in compliance with procedures.
• Move control settings and adjust equipment to influence reactions, quality, and yields as directed.
• Monitor and record reactions and changes in properties and composition.
• Record operating data and report conditions affecting safety or product quality.
• Draw samples and conduct quality control tests to ensure standards are met.
• Regulate or shut down equipment during emergencies as directed.
• Load/unload materials, start/stop pumps, and manage flows to reactors and vessels.
• Inspect and maintain units (scrubbers, tanks, vessels, centrifuges, dryers) for efficiency.

Skills

Industrial equipment operation

Quality control

Safety procedures

Team communication

Shift work

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

Chemical Operator

Inhance Technologies Catoosa, Oklahoma, United States

About this position

About Inhance Technologies

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