Position title
Industrial Gases Production Operator
Description
Our client company produces industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and associated gas handling equipment in North America.
We are seeking a chemical or refinery plant experienced operator to assist with their air separation production requirements.
Responsibilities
- Sets up and/or operators manufacturing process in accord with published Work Instructions.
- Changes reactants, operates valves, controls, and related items to obtain specified flow rates, temperatures, and pressures.
- Fills finished product into cylinders or correlates filling with the Gas Filling Department.
- Performs general, preventative maintenance on gas or chemical manufacturing equipment.
- Maintains daily inventory production records.
- Maintains run charts for performance of scales.
- Collect samples for quality assurance testing and perform various routine chemical analysis.
- Controls inventory of raw material.
- Performs all other tasks as assigned by local plant management.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Must be able to perform mathematical exercises of moderate complexity.
- Good mechanical aptitude and hands on capability is required.
- Conscientious and common-sense attitude toward safety due to position requirements of handling a variety of hazardous materials is required.
- Must be able to lift 50 lb. and able to handle compressed gas cylinders.
- Prior experience in the chemical, petroleum, food processing, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred.
- Prior experience with handling, filling, manufacturing, disposing compressed gases is very beneficial.
- Prior experience with hazardous chemicals, such as air sensitive, flammable, reactive and corrosive materials is useful.
- Should have experience working with the production and manufacture of Air Separation Units (ASU).
- Prior safety training in first aid, CPR, Hazmat, Emergency response is useful.
Accountabilities
- Notifies supervisor when maintenance of equipment requires greater expertise than he/she possesses.
- Recommends process and equipment changes as needed.
- Recommends process changes to improve the quality/purity of the products manufactured.
- Performs scale and instrument calibration checks as required by company quality system.
- Notifies Supervisor of quality assurance problems.
- Adheres to all quality assurance policies and standards.
- Keeps working area clean and orderly, follows all company procedures and safety policies.
- Inspects manufacturing equipment daily to ensure the safe operation of the chemical process.
- Keeps leak detection equipment, if required, in good working order.
Contacts
careers@ops-orion.com
