Resin Technician

Hexion; Alexandria (LA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexion in Alexandria, Louisiana, is seeking a Resin Technician to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of reactor equipment. This role requires proficiency in MES, SAP, and Microsoft tools. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and a commitment to safety, participating in audits, training, and incident investigations.

Responsibilities include data entry, sampling raw materials, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. A High School diploma or GED is required, along with strong mechanical aptitude and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Must have a High School Diploma or GED.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to multi-task.
• Detail-oriented with strong math and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all safety practices are followed during operations.
• Perform real-time data entry using MES and SAP.
• Sample raw materials and perform required testing.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Strong Math Skills

Good Organization Skills

Strong Mechanical Aptitude

Critical Thinking/trouble shooting

Strong Team Player

Ability to Multi‑Task

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

MES

SAP

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Imagine Everything. Build the Future with Hexion.

At Hexion, we push boundaries, rethink possibilities, and create real impact. We activate science to deliver progress—developing breakthrough solutions that strengthen industries, protect communities, and drive a more sustainable future.

We imagine that bold thinkers, problem‑solvers, and innovators come together to shape what’s next. Whether you’re engineering advanced materials, transforming manufacturing technologies, or leading strategic innovation, your ideas and actions leave a lasting mark. We cultivate an inclusive culture of growth, collaboration, and accountability, ensuring every contribution propels us forward.

We don’t follow the status quo—we challenge it, disrupt it, and improve it. Every role at Hexion is part of something bigger.

We invest in innovation, sustainability, and continuous development—equipping you with the tools, training, and opportunities to excel. With an unwavering commitment to safety, partnership, belonging, and impact, we empower you to lead change and strengthen industries worldwide.

Your Future Starts Here.

If you’re ready to push limits, reimagine what’s possible, and create the extraordinary, Hexion is where you belong.

Anything is possible when you imagine everything.

Position Overview

Responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of reactor and associated equipment. The job task includes being proficient in MES, Alexandria DCS system, SAP and Microsoft suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, etc). The Resin Technician should be fully (and demonstrably) confident of their technical and personal abilities and should be able to use their abilities to positively affect the personnel and plant around them on a daily basis.

Job Responsibilities

Safety

• Ensures that all Hexion safety practices and policies are followed during regular operations, unit maintenance and operational outages.
• Participates in safety audits, training, inspections, incident investigations and PSM/PHA activities.
• Ensures excellent housekeeping is maintained at all times - both personally and as a unit team.

Environmental Compliance

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of the site air permit, water permit and discharge permit.
• Maintain unit operations within permit guidelines.
• Knowledge of hazardous and nonhazardous wastes generation and the proper disposal.

Quality

• Demonstrates analytical insight and knowledge of testing equipment and equipment utilized in the resin manufacturing and shipping processes along with storage tank areas.
• Participates in the investigation of quality incidents and takes action to prevent recurrence.
• Ensures raw materials are received per Hexion specification and finished product is shipped per Hexion and customer specifications and requirements.

Production & Shipping

• Perform real time data entry using MES, SAP, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, etc as needed to perform job duties.
• Sample raw materials, in‑process, and finished product. Perform required testing and analyze results against established specifications.
• Load finished product onto tank trucks following all Hexion policies and SOP’s.
• Offload raw materials from tank trucks to raw material storage following all Hexion policies and SOP’s.
• Perform minor unit maintenance under qualified supervision.
• Clean and maintain equipment per guidelines.
• Unload dry bulk raw materials and stage in production areas using forklift.

Regulatory

• Understand and follow DOT, OSHA, EPA and other regulations.

Leadership

• Works well with others; promotes attitude of continuous improvement.
• Independently completes day‑to‑day tasks with minimal supervision and to complete other special assignments, with an appropriate level of supervisory involvement.
• Practices Hexion Core Values in daily activities and adheres to all Company policies and procedures.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime as needed to maintain business coverage.

Minimum Qualifications

• Attention to Detail
• Strong Math Skills
• Good Organization Skills
• Strong Mechanical Aptitude
• Critical Thinking/trouble shooting
• Strong Team Player
• Ability to Multi‑Task
• High School Diploma or GED required
• Aptitudes: Must possess the ability to understand the meaning of words and their ideas, as well as instructions and their underlying principles. Perform some arithmetic operations, possess eye‑hand motor coordination and be able to operator a forklift.
• Temperament: Must have the ability to accept responsibility, perform duties under stress, adapt to situations requiring preciseness and adapt to changing duties and responsibilities. Must be able to adapt to situations involving the interpretation of feelings, ideas, or facts; be able to influence people in the opinions, attitudes or judgments; and be able to generalize, evaluate, make decisions and perform repetitive work.

Education

High School Diploma

GED

Physical Requirements

Frequent standing/walking

Frequently pushing/pulling

Frequently working from heights, including stairs, and climbing ladders.

Constantly use far visual acuity

Constantly use near visual acuity

Constantly use fine manipulation

Constantly use gross manipulation

Frequently wear full and half face respirators.

Ability to enter confined spaces Frequently

Other

We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, pregnancy, race, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or military status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.