Process Technician Operator - 3rd Shift

Sherwin-Williams; Hagerstown (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwin-Williams seeks a Process Technician in Maryland to learn latex and alkyd resins, prepare pre-weighs for latex and alkyd resins, follow batch tickets, add raw materials, monitor temperatures, and document data.

Responsibilities include operating reactors with a computerized control system, staging materials, adjusting gauges and valves, ensuring safety, completing records, and coordinating with maintenance, quality control and warehousing.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Minimum 1 year experience in a manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

• Operates a reactor utilizing a computerized control system to ensure proper chemical reactions and requirements occur; follows batch ticket and procedures.
• Stages, prepares, lifts, and loads raw materials and other components required for production; uses computerized/automatic processes.
• Monitors and adjusts gauges, valves, switches, pumps, and other components according to production requirements.
• Ensures compliance with safety policies and may require wearing safety equipment.
• Completes paperwork and enters data regarding materials, work-in-progress, finished goods, and other operations.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Process technician

Fork truck operation

Tools

Forklift

Computerized control system

Job description

Job Description

Process Technician learns both latex and alkyd resin. This role prepares the pre-weighs for the product, follows the batch ticket and instructions for the product they are making. Process Technician adds the raw materials into the kettles, watches the temperatures, conducts double checks and quality checks, documents data on paper and within the computer system then transfers the batch to holding tank.

Additional Information

Schedule: 3rd Shift: Sunday to Thursday, 10:00pm to 6:30am.

Shift Differential: $0.85 Per Hour.

This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company’s applicable plans.

This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, retirement and savings benefits, vacation, and holidays. Additional information regarding benefits is defined in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Job duties include contact with other employees, operating heavy machinery, and access to proprietary information, raw materials, finished merchandise, and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Operates a reactor utilizing a computerized control system to ensure the proper chemical reactions and requirements occur; follows appropriate batch ticket and operational procedures.
• Stages, prepares, lifts, and loads raw materials and other components required for the production process; will also utilize a computerized or automatic process to perform tasks.
• Monitors and adjusts gauges, valves, switches, pumps, and other components according to production requirements.
• Ensures compliance with operating policies and procedures to maintain a safe environment and efficient operations; may require the employee to wear safety equipment or gear.
• Completes appropriate paperwork and/or enters data regarding materials, work-in-progress, finished goods, and other operations to ensure records and actions are accurate.
• Assists with maintaining a clean and safe working environment and may perform various janitorial or housekeeping tasks.
• Communicates with maintenance, quality control, warehousing, and other departments to maintain a safe and effective environment and to ensure quality products.
• Prepares and/or performs quality control analysis, testing, and review to ensure adherence to standards and parameters.
• May operate a variety of computerized, manual, and mechanical equipment to mix, fill, unload, label, pack, and store working-progress and finished goods.
• Work with hazardous materials and will require annual hazardous material training.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.
• Must have at least one (1) year experience working in a manufacturing facility within production
• Must have OSHA Fork Truck certification with the ability to operate fork truck.

Preferred Qualifications

• Have at least two (2) years of manufacturing experience as a process technician in production.
• Have manufacturing experience in a process technician capacity.

About Us

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being

Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution

Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities

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At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world‑class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well‑being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/ . Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.