Production Operator (Rotational Shifts)

PPG Industries • Monroeville, AL

1d • $47,150 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Production Operator at PPG's Monroeville Research & Development, you will be a crucial part of our Specialty Synthesis Group (SSG) operations. You will be responsible for process development and manufacturing of photochromic dyes, OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) materials and optical coatings, ensuring that a quality product is available to our customers when they need them. Your work will directly affect people's lives! You will work onsite in Monroeville, PA. PPG is the world’s leading coatings company, serving more industries than any of our competitors. From automobiles and jetliners to wind turbine blades, and from ocean-going vessels and water tanks to family homes, our coatings and specialty materials help our customers protect, enhance and beautify valued assets. As part of our team, you’ll have access to world-class customers, industry experts, the best and brightest colleagues, and leading-edge technology. PPG makes it happen, and seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share their values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Production and scale experience in a similar plant or laboratory environment
• Mechanical aptitude
• High level of safety awareness
• Attention to detail and documentation skills
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Strong problem solving, initiative, and knowledge of PC applications
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on a consistent basis throughout the day
• Must be able to stand, bend, crouch, kneel throughout the day
• Use basic tools
• Operate a Forklift or ability to learn to do so
• Climb ladders to reach equipment/parts/storage

Nice To Haves

• Chemical and manufacturing experience preferred
• Exposure to some inorganic and organic college chemistry lab experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Multi-step organic reactions in a plant environment (50 L to 400 L scale)
• Run reactions/purifications according to batch sheet
• Modify batch sheets and other procedures as needed
• Collaborate with variety of people with minimal supervision
• Blend, measure, and produce raw materials to manufacture industrial coatings
• Work in a production environment with a high level of safety awareness and follow all appropriate safety procedures in place

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits
• Matching 401k + retirement savings
• Paid Vacation
• Holiday pay
• Shift differential for 2nd shift
• Opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others
• Employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees