Material Handler

Davita Inc.; New Martinsville (WV); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in specialty chemicals seeks a Health, Safety, and Environmental operator for their New Martinsville site. This role involves monitoring processes, maintaining safety standards, and ensuring operational excellence. Candidates should have strong leadership, problem-solving skills, and relevant education or training in chemical plant operations.

Qualifications

• Ability to monitor and report on operational processes.
• Sets high standards for self and others.
• Pursues continuous improvement and effective shift change.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and record settings on equipment affecting chemical reactions and quality.
• Assist in maintaining and troubleshooting equipment.
• Conduct safety procedures and environmental compliance checks.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Mechanical Aptitude

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Some post-secondary work preferred

Chemical Plant Experience or equivalent training

Job description

About Us

Elementis is a global specialty chemical company, with 1,300 employees operating 17 manufacturing sites across the globe. At Elementis, we bring a distinctive combination of expertise, innovation, and teamwork to every formulation challenge. We create high-value specialty additives that enhance the performance of our customers' products and make a positive change in the world. Combining our leading positions in the science of materials flow, surface modification, and formulation with access to unique natural materials, Elementis delivers unique chemistry, sustainable solutions to customers in a wide range of markets, including cosmetics, anti-perspirants, decorative and industrial coatings, automotive and ceramics.

Job Description Summary

Strong Safety/Environmental commitment required. Must be able to monitor, operate, and report upon responsible areas within the New Martinsville Site.

Job Description

Health, Safety, and Environmental

• Fully knowledgeable in an routinely applies all company and applicable regulatory HSE Standards, practices, and procedures including confined space entries.
  • Active member of Safety Process.
  • Responsible to assist in removing equipment from service, prepare, secure, lock out, and establish permits for maintenance of equipment
  • Reports all incidences immediately and responds to emergencies by taking appropriate operational actions, such as shutting down the process whenever necessary and notifying supervision and/or security.
  • Shovels debris, picks up and disposes stray materials, etc. Responsible for using good housekeeping practices.

Process Operations

• Develop an understanding of the manufacturing process and understands the implication of operational decisions and actions.
• Monitor and record settings on equipment such as flow-meters, pump speeds, temperatures, and pressures that affect speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
• Reads and acts upon daily area operating instructions.
• Obtain samples of products and perform QC tests to ensure qualifications are met and be able to make adjustments based on QC results.
• Provide shift change relief. Communicate effectively with other personnel regarding operational conditions at time of shift change.
• Conducts frequent tours of manufacturing area to ensure good operating condition of all equipment. Identify and resolve mechanical and/or process-related issues. Checks levels, temperatures, pressures, etc. Communicates findings to supervision.
• Works regularly assigned shifts and provides a fair and equitable to peers' amount of overtime coverage for co-worker absences, illnesses, vacations, holidays, etc.
• Must be able to complete physical aspects of job, including climbing stairs, climbing ladders, operating valves, motors, etc.
• Must be able to troubleshoot problems with equipment and processes to optimize and repair deficiencies. Maintenance activities are required within this position through the use of tools or adjustments to control loops.
• Loading and Unloading of materials. Utilizing bulk trucks and packaged containers.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as defined by supervision

In accordance with the company's Quality Policy, responsible for and authorized to perform following actions as applicable:

• Support achieving plant Quality Objectives and other KPI goals as applicable
• Initiate action to report and prevent the occurrence of any non-conformity relating to the product, process, and quality system.
• Control further processing or delivery of non-conforming product until the deficiencies or unsatisfactory condition have been corrected.
• Use the Corrective and Preventative Action program and Internal Audit process to initiate, recommend and resolve product issues or quality system failures.

Additional Job Description

Knowledge/ Experience/ Skills required (qualifications, years of experience, training)

Leadership

• Sets high standards for self and others; actively follows procedures, suggests ways for improvements; regularly checks operating key measures. Takes individual responsibility for tasks; providing full support to others, gives help and assistance readily. Keeps self and others informed about changes to plant and equipment:

Self-Directing - Continuous Improvement

• Pursues effective safe shift change over, takes time to get understanding of others, listen to views of others. Sound knowledge of the process and can predict outcomes, demonstrates care for the plant and equipment, persistent in getting things done with ability to prioritize activities.

Problem Solving

• Ability to identify causes and effects in problem situations, gathers information to diagnose and assess current situation, clarifying and defining problems. Confronts situations, reacting quickly and effectively in emergency situations, reflects on root cause to learn from experience.

• Strong Mechanical Aptitude and Background

Teamwork

• Cooperates with any co-worker, supervisor, maintenance worker, etc. to guarantee safe, efficient operation and maintenance of your responsible area.

Physical Requirements

• Walking or standing most of the day, with some sitting. Frequently bends/stoops, squats, crawls, reaches above shoulder, kneels, and balances. Must be able to climb ladders, stairs frequently throughout the day. Must be able to carry/lift up to 50 pounds. The hands and fingers are frequently used for pushing/pulling, simple and firm grasping. Occasionally for fine manipulation. Employee must occasionally use the head and neck in a static position, and for rotational, flexing and extension movements. Must be able to evacuate unassisted in an emergency. Must be able to wear a respirator. This position requires a Fit for Duty Physical.

Environmental Conditions

• Employee's activities occur both inside and outside. There is exposure to extreme temperatures, moisture, humidity and loud noise. Gases, dusts, odors, fumes and mists associated with normal chemical plant operation may be present. In production areas, employee must wear company-supplied protective equipment such as a uniform, hard hat, safety glasses, respirator, gloves, slicker and boots.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• High school or equivalent required, some post-secondary work preferred.

• Preferred Chemical Plant Experience or equivalent training.

• Reading, math, written language and memory abilities are essential to performing this job.

Interfaces / Working relationships (Internal to organization and external relationships, even how processes are inter-related)

• This role interfaces with all levels in the New Martinsville Site
• The Material Handler will also be required to interface with Bayer personnel on a routine basis to coordinate emergency issues, utility issues, maintenance issues, etc.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Elementis does not discriminate in hiring or in the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, arrest record, citizenship or other category protected by federal, state or local laws.

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