Production Control Operator

BASF Catalysts•Huntsville, AL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Production Control Operator at BASF ECMS, you will be responsible for following work instructions, procedures, and product specifications. This includes adding raw materials to vessels, setting valves and controls, weighing chemicals, and monitoring chemical reactions. You will also be responsible for adjusting controls to maintain system parameters, drawing samples, performing tests, and calculating additives and dilutions. The role requires the ability to read and make decisions based on process parameter sheets, manage the sampling process, and carry out ready-to-coat tasks. Additionally, you will learn the slurry bench process, serve as a backup to the process technician, and understand the basics of the targeting process for correct documentation.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED
2 years’ work experience in a production/manufacturing plant
Regularly required to use hands and fingers, handle and feel as well as to reach with hands and arms.
Frequently required to stand and sit as well as frequently required to walk, stoop, bend and climb stairs.
Frequently move hoses and drums, and lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Use of personal protection equipment is required including, safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection and gloves.
Use of respirators and splash protection may be required.
Must be able to work with minimal supervision and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations while performing tasks which may require multiple steps.
Ability to operate complex machines and often including use of intermediate computer skills.
Must demonstrate enhanced trouble shooting skills within their assigned process.

Nice To Haves

2 years’ experience in a Chemical Operations plant
Experienced in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel etc.)
Demonstrated enhanced math and/or science ability

Responsibilities

Follow work instructions, procedures and product specifications; add specified amounts of raw materials into vessels or blending tanks; set valves to feed liquid and solid materials through equipment units.
Set controls in specified sequence on control panel to start automatic feed.
Weigh out quantities of powdered or liquid chemicals, following formula sheets.
Start and monitor feed of solid or semi-solid materials through equipment units, such as mills, heating vessels and mixing tanks.
Dump pre-weighed ingredients into tanks, hoppers, or ball/continuous mills.
Adjust controls and valves to maintain system at specified temperature, pressure, and vacuum levels.
Observe chemical reactions; monitor gauges, samples and data recorders; and receive notification from analytical laboratories, supervisors, or other workers to make specified operating adjustments.
Observe gauges, and instruments, turn valves, and move controls to regulate temperatures, pressures, and flow of steam, coolant, and chemical constituents through system to effect prescribed reaction within critical limits, according to knowledge of equipment and process.
Draw samples of products at specified stages of synthesis and perform standard tests to determine if manufacturing is proceeding efficiently and in conformity with specifications.
Attach hoses, pumps or transfer equipment to move completed slurry to holding area or manufacturing coating equipment.
Calculate additives and Dilutions required for batches in support of the Ready-to-coat process.
Read and make decisions based on process parameter sheets in support of ready-to-coat.
Own and manage the sampling process to ensure that all samples are representative of what is in the storage tanks (including knowledge of foam/mixing issues/Sample cups and procedures).
Carry out required ready-to-coat tasks provided by the targeters.
Learn the slurry bench process and serve as a backup to the process tech.
Understand the basics of the targeting process to ensure that work is documented correctly.