Reactor Operator

Boyd•Magnolia, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Position: Reactor Operator Group: Incumbents Name: Business/Service Unit: Prepared By: Jeffery Barnard Department: Production Review Date: August 20, 2024 Reports To: Production Crew Leader GENERAL PURPOSE: (A brief statement indicating the reason for the existence of this position) The position is responsible to the Crew Leader for the timely manufacturing of resin batches to specified requirements. The Reactor Operator is required to work with other to produce a quality product in a safe manner PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: (The major activities or end results necessary to fulfill the position requirements on an ongoing basis) - Complies with all rules, policies and procedures. - Assist in making spreads, pulling/pushing buns. - Conducts and logs daily inspections of work areas and equipment. - Performs minor maintenance. - Assists in cleanup of plant during down time. - Be familiar with Solimide Foams’ Loss Control Policies - Complete Reactor Operator Task list - Complete Reactor Operator Daily Checklist - Complete Forklift inspection and operate safely. - Run assorted quality tests in lab. - Makes resin batches. - Moves raw materials from the warehouse to the production area. - Loads, unloads and moves hazardous and non-hazardous waste and raw materials. - Compact scrap foam. - Write work orders. - Performs other duties as assigned by the Crew Leader. - Regular attendance is required. - Ability to work in extreme and varying temperature and weather conditions is required. - Participate in the Site 5S program - Attend all required safety meeting Frequency daily daily daily daily weekly biannually weekly daily weekly daily daily daily daily daily daily daily daily daily daily % of time spent on each major activity 5 10 5 5 5 5 2 2 5 2 10 5 5 5 2 2 5 5 10 5 STRATEGIC FOCUS: (The focus desired and expected on the position over the next 1-3 years) The Reactor Operator is expected to complete batches in a timely and safe manor. The operator is also required to follow batch procedures to assure quality product. NATURE & SCOPE: a. Qualifications – If you were transferred to a new position, list the specific education, skills, training, and relevant experience (in a similar or lower level position) that your replacement would need to qualify for this position. - High School education or equivalent - WAGE Certificate preferred for employees hired on or after January 1, 2004 - One-year experience in production type environment and an understanding of plant operations. - Operate a computer - Relates and interacts well with people at all levels in the company. - Requires walking, standing, use of hands and reaching for up to -12 hours per day. - Must be able to pull, push and lift weights up to 100 lbs. - Requires some manual dexterity with body flexibility. Requires normal vision and hearing. - Must be able to operate all types of basic factory & maintenance equipment. - Must be able to operate a fork truck and various saws. - Use of Windows based computer systems - Must be able to wear and function with all required PPE. - Pay Attention to details. - Good communication skills. b. Contacts – Identify the internal (departmental and company) or external (outside the company) contacts you are required to establish and maintain in order to perform the duties described. Describe the nature of these contacts. Internal: Reports to the Production Crew Leader and interacts daily with the Powder Operator, Saw Operator, QC Laboratory Technicians, Shipping and Maintenance personnel. Occasionally, will interact with the Operation Manager, Production Manager and other Office personnel. c. What types of decision are referred to other levels (how work flows to and from the position.) What sources of support and guidance are available to this position. Work flows to the Reactor Operator via communication from the Production Crew Leader, Production Manager, and Operation Manager. Work flows from the Reactor Operator to the Powder Operator, Saw Operator, Maintenance, QC, Shipping, and Production Crew Leader. Degree of authority delegated to this position: High Examples: Authorized to communicate directly with the employees at Solimide Foams, Inc. Authorized to make the necessary decisions required to produce a quality batch. ORGANIZATION: PLEASE PROVIDE UPDATED ORGANIZATION CHART OR FILL IN THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENT Production LOCATION Magnolia Position to which Supervisor Reports (Title) Production Manager Supervisor of this position (Title) Other positions reporting to the same supervisor Production Crew Leader Production Powder Operator This position (Title) Production Saw Operator Reactor Operator Number of titles of people supervised As indicated report on the two levels that the position being evaluated reports. The functions being supervised by this position must be direct reports. If a dotted line or matrix relationship is significant please indicate. QUANTITATIVE DATA: (Indicate the scope of the position in terms of dollar measures, unit measures, budgets, etc.) Dollar Measures: Department Budgets – Capex - Signing Authority Unit Measures: (number of plants, locations, units/pounds.) Total number of employees supervised (direct or indirect). direct Total operating budget for which this position is accountable: $ per year. SECTION I THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF THIS POSITION (highlight ALL that apply) Identify which physical activities are commonly associated with the job by highlighting all that apply. Indicate the percentage (%) of time during a typical workday in the right hand column next to the activity you highlighted. Percentage % A. Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion. 5 B. Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium. 5 C. Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. 10 D. Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. 5 E. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and spine. 5 F. Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. 2 G. Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. 5 H. Standing: Remaining in an upright position particularly for sustained periods of time. 5 I. Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. 10 J. Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward. 10 K. Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. 10 L. Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. 5 M. Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. 2 N. Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. 3 O. Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. 2 P. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly. 5 Q. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds with no less than a 40-db loss @ 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz and 2,000 Hz with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communications, and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts. 2 R. Repetitive motions: Substantial movements (motions) on the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. 5 S. Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms or on the shoulder. 2 T. Sitting: Remaining in the normal seated position. 2 U. Other: (Please specify) Non Essential Functions of the Job (Please list): Percentage % SECTION II. THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION (highlight one) Indicate only one of the following that best describes the job by highlighting it. A. Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. B. Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work. C. Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. D. Heavy work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. E. Very heavy work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. SECTION III. VISUAL PLEASE NOTE: This section is to be filled out only if applicable to the job requirements. Identify which visual activities are usually performed by marking the percentage of time during a typical workday. Percentage % A. Acuity, Far: Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. 20 B. Acuity, Near: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. 20 C. Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distance and space relationships. 15 D. Field of Vision: Area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while fixed on a point. 15 E. Accommodation: Adjustment of eye to bring object into sharp focus – Important for near point work. 15 F. Color Vision: Ability to identify and distinguish colors. 15 G. Other: (Please Specify)_________________________________________________ SECTION IV. THE CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL/ATMOSPHERIC THE WORKER WILL BE SUBJECT TO IN THIS POSITION (highlight ALL that apply) Indicate all the conditions to which an incumbent is subject when performing the functions of the job during a typical work day by highlighting all that apply and indicating the percentage (%) of time in the right hand column next to the condition you highlighted. Percentage % A. The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. 10 B. The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather 10 C. The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside. 5 D. The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures below 32 degrees F for periods of more than one hour. 5 E. The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees F for periods of more than one hour. 10 F. The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level. 5 G. The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body. 5 H. The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals. 5 I. The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation. 10 J. The worker is subject to oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids. 5 K. The worker is required to wear respirator. 15 L. The worker is required to don a gas mask. 10 M. None: The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work). 5 Other: ______________________________________________________________ All Job Posting Locations (Location) Magnolia Remote Type On-Site EEO Statement Boyd Corp is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Boyd is the trusted global innovator of sustainable solutions that make our customers’ products better, safer, faster, and more reliable. As a leader in the industry we focus on our people, customers, technology, innovation, materials, and market needs of today and performance requirements of the future. We are always looking for ambitious minds to help us deliver advanced technology to our customers. Together we solve the challenges of today and empower solutions of tomorrow. Boyd is the world’s leading innovator in sustainable engineered material and thermal solutions that make our customers’ products better, safer, faster, and more reliable. We develop and combine technologies to solve ambitious performance targets in our customers’ most critical applications. By implementing technologies and material science in novel ways to seal, protect, cool, and interface, Boyd has continually redefined the possible and championed customer success for over 90 years.

Requirements

High School education or equivalent
One-year experience in production type environment and an understanding of plant operations.
Operate a computer
Relates and interacts well with people at all levels in the company.
Requires walking, standing, use of hands and reaching for up to -12 hours per day.
Must be able to pull, push and lift weights up to 100 lbs.
Requires some manual dexterity with body flexibility. Requires normal vision and hearing.
Must be able to operate all types of basic factory & maintenance equipment.
Must be able to operate a fork truck and various saws.
Use of Windows based computer systems
Must be able to wear and function with all required PPE.
Pay Attention to details.
Good communication skills.

Nice To Haves

WAGE Certificate preferred for employees hired on or after January 1, 2004

Responsibilities

Complies with all rules, policies and procedures.
Assist in making spreads, pulling/pushing buns.
Conducts and logs daily inspections of work areas and equipment.
Performs minor maintenance.
Assists in cleanup of plant during down time.
Be familiar with Solimide Foams’ Loss Control Policies
Complete Reactor Operator Task list
Complete Reactor Operator Daily Checklist
Complete Forklift inspection and operate safely.
Run assorted quality tests in lab.
Makes resin batches.
Moves raw materials from the warehouse to the production area.
Loads, unloads and moves hazardous and non-hazardous waste and raw materials.
Compact scrap foam.
Write work orders.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Crew Leader.
Regular attendance is required.
Ability to work in extreme and varying temperature and weather conditions is required.
Participate in the Site 5S program
Attend all required safety meeting