Sulfonation Operator (Nights)

Henkel Corporation; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Henkel Corporation in Missouri seeks a Technician IV, LL for our Sulfonation plant. You’ll lead a crew, optimize production, and allocate resources to keep downtime to a minimum. The role requires hands-on operation of Sulfonation, hourly plant inspections, and data recording from control monitors.

Based on lab results, you will adjust processes and storage to sustain product quality. Proficiency with PCs and SPC, plus strong planning, communication, and teamwork, are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead crew and optimize results.
• Strong communication and planning skills.
• Familiarity with sulfonation processes preferred.
• Ability to use PCs and monitor SPC data.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to crew to optimize results and allocate resources.
• Operate and demonstrate proper Sulfonation operation.
• Perform hourly inspections of the Sulfonation plant and record control monitor data.
• Make process or storage changes based on lab results to maintain product quality.
• Develop proficiency with PCs and statistical process control.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Sulfonation operation

Resource planning

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping thefuture through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trustedbrands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and ourcutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore newpaths and grow.

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where weempower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hairproducts to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance inyour career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• The technician at this level will be able to provide leadership and direction to crew members to optimize results and improve skill levels; plan for and allocate resources including downtime, EOs, sludge deterrence or removal, changes in production plan or , coordinate production inventory for shipments and internal usage.
• Must know and demonstrate proper operation of Sulfonation.
• Technician IV,LL performs hourly inspections of the Sulfonation plant and record data retrieved from the control monitors.
• Based upon lab analytical results, the operators will make necessary changes to the process or to storage tanks to maintain acceptable quality in the finished product.
• In addition, the operators are required to become proficient in working with personal computers and statistical process control.
• Must be able to prepare for and lead tie-in meetings with the previous shift and management personnel prior to the start of each shift for review of results in all functional areas, including staffing discussions to ensure operator role coverage to minimize operating disruptions, costs, delegate resources to problems and prioritize maintenance projects to improve department key measures.
• Must be able to provide direction, coach and train other Technician IV, LL in new processes, standards, operating instructions, and cause and effect learnings.
• Must frequently communicate with all crewmembers, to ensure that tasks are properly assigned and allocate resources to effectively run the daily operations (i.e. lunch breaks, callouts, shift changes, etc.) and anticipate production, schedule, customer and raw material needs, plan and execute solutions to upcoming issues.
• Must learn and understand the reliability measures and be able to utilize the downtime system for troubleshooting and maintenance planning and execution.
• Must learn and understand yield trends and implement yield improvements.
• Must learn and understand the relationship among accuracy in production reporting, yields, cost and competitive performance.
• The technician must frequently communicate with other crew members on shift including Stationary Engineers/Mechanic, Electricians, Lab Technicians, Technician IV, LL, Technician III, and internal and external customers and Team Managers to optimize production results and problem solve to ensure positive customer service results.
• Must have good planning and organizational skills.