Chemical Operator Rotating Shifts - Niagara Falls, NY

Kerry Group•Niagara Falls, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Niagara Falls, NY location produces organic salts, including propionates and acetates, serving Pharmaceutical, Food, Feed and Technical Industries. With this long-standing and fully automated manufacturing site, Kerry offers world class quality products to the global market. Our products fill vital needs in a broad range of applications that are essential to everyday life including food preservation, antibiotic formulation, dialysis treatment, energy production and more. The Chemical Operator is responsible for maintaining operating control of assigned production unit including committing company resources appropriately.

Requirements

Must have Chemical Operator experience
High School diploma or equivalent
Basic English and Math skills
Prior chemical plant experience preferred
Ability to climb mezzanine stairs to access process equipment and computer interface points, lift loads up to 50#, work in confined spaces.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, climb stairs and frequently required to reach with hands and arms and occasionally to stoop, kneel, or crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. The position frequently requires the ability to hear and to communicate verbally.

Responsibilities

Completing assignments in a safe and orderly manner
Completing all assignments with minimal amount of supervision or instructions.
Handling and use of products and materials and operation of process equipment to manufacture the company’s products to specification.
Receiving, storage and loading of product and materials, housekeeping and various miscellaneous types of work are necessary to support operations of the plant.
Loading finished products
Monitoring unit operations an perform standard tests to verify product compliance with specifications
Setting up, testing or performing general service or repair to process equipment in support of plant operations.
Analyzing problems and trouble shoot to effect resolution
Maintaining a working knowledge of materials and processes in the workplace.
Communicating as needed with other operators and the unit manger
Using materials and equipment to avoid damage, lost production and waste.
Ability to lift 50lbs on a regular basis.
Performing other duties as assigned.