Mill Operator

Sherwin-Williams • Homewood, IL

10h

About The Position

The Mill Operator operates and maintains horizontal processing mills used to manufacture architectural and industrial colorants. The operator ensures products are processed to customer specifications by cleaning, maintaining, and monitoring equipment. The role also involves operating high-speed mixers, maintaining batch and equipment records, following environmental, health, and safety procedures, and performing hazardous-waste management duties in accordance with applicable training and standards.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without current or future employment-visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• At least 2 years of work experience in a manufacturing or distribution facility, or in an operations environment.
• At least 1 year of experience operating mobile power equipment, such as lift trucks, tow motors, pallet-handling equipment, order pickers, high lifts, forklifts, or cherry pickers.

Responsibilities

• Manually clean the mill and related component parts during breakdown and assembly.
• Start assigned batches on the mill, monitor and record designated parameters, and follow batch-specific requirements.
• Troubleshoot horizontal mill issues as needed.
• Clean tanks, select tanks appropriate to batch size, and maintain cleanliness in assigned areas.
• Maintain mill log sheets for individual batches.
• Maintain mill maintenance records for daily inspections.
• Perform mill displacement and media checks and complete the required documentation.
• Operate high-speed mixers to mix batches.
• Follow environmental, health, and safety regulations and guidelines, including participating in Behavioral Observations and other safety programs.
• Inspect and maintain site-generated hazardous-waste satellite and 90-day areas to ensure compliance with EPA standards and training.
• Ensure proper management and labeling of hazardous-waste containers.
• Assist with transferring site-generated hazardous waste to on-site staging areas.
• Complete annual hazardous-waste and universal-waste training.

Benefits

• Performance-based bonus, subject to the terms of applicable Company plans.
• Health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
• Disability coverage.
• Retirement and savings benefits.
• Time-away-from-work benefits, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, and holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed