Associate Technician Production - Celanese
Florence, KY
About the Job
Celanese is a Fortune 500 global chemical and specialty materials company that engineers and manufactures products essential to everyday living. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, Celanese employs approximately 13,300 dedicated people working at more than 50 owned and operated manufacturing facilities across 27 countries. We are committed to employee growth and creating shareholder value, and strive to make a difference in the communities where we operate. Our company focuses on the safety of its employees, provides competitive compensation (including benefits starting Day 1), and emphasizes giving back to the community.
The Production Operator role is key in the production of quality products in a safe manner every day.
The Production Operator is an extrusion machine operator position that requires broad knowledge of production processes, equipment troubleshooting, equipment operation, packaging procedures, health and safety policies, and quality policies.
The Production Operator is expected to operate an extruder / pultrusion line along with other production pieces of equipment such as driers, and the parts burn off oven with minimal supervision in a participative team environment.
Responsibilities:
The Production Operator role is key in the production of quality products in a safe manner every day.
The Production Operator is an extrusion machine operator position that requires broad knowledge of production processes, equipment troubleshooting, equipment operation, packaging procedures, health and safety policies, and quality policies.
The Production Operator is expected to operate an extruder / pultrusion line along with other production pieces of equipment such as driers, and the parts burn off oven with minimal supervision in a participative team environment.
Responsibilities:
- Reading and complying with the Company's Environmental and Quality Policies. This position is also responsible for reporting to management deviations from the policy when they are observed.
- Assume personal responsibility for safety performance and demonstrate a genuine concern for the safety of co-workers.
- Maintaining acceptable housekeeping standards.
- Comply with all safety/health related policies and procedures, participate in company sponsored safety programs and activities, and report to management those conditions or actions by employees or others that might create a hazard to themselves or others in the plant.
- Setting up extruders to run a product that is in accordance with standard operating conditions with minimal downtime and loss of product. This includes the setting of feed totes and product totes. Must be able to learn to use tote tumbling and screw/element oven equipment.
- Maintaining proper records, which includes run logs/sheet, feed blends online, amount of product in totes, packaging reports, work orders, log books and keeping the on-coming operator informed as to important issues.
- Completing a product turn-around, which includes cleaning the extruder barrel and screws, the feeder, the chopper, the classifier, the reclaimer system, bagging system, product totes to prevent product contamination. Requires familiarity in the operation and use of various hand tools.
- Review and understanding of the policies and procedures contained in standard operating procedures, hazardous communication, and waste disposal procedures.
- Troubleshooting processing problems with the product. This includes, but is not limited to surging, black specks, improper pellet size, pellets with tails and contaminated product.
- Troubleshooting equipment failure and repairing. This includes but is not limited to, placing thermocouples, vacuum leaks, vacuum conveying problems.
- High School Diploma, GED, or 5 years of manufacturing experience in lieu of diploma or GED
- No experience required.
- A valid driver's license is preferred.
- Requires ability to meet the quality expectations for manufacturing.
Source : Celanese