Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Safety, Risk Awareness, and Escalation
• Maintain an uncompromising commitment to personal, team, and process safety always.
• Proactively identify unsafe conditions, at risk behaviors, and abnormal process conditions; immediately correct when safe to do so and escalate when conditions exceed authority or capability.
• Follows all safety procedures, permits, and controls (including PPE, LOTO, and hazardous material handling) and actively reinforce safe behaviors within the team.
• Clearly communicate safety concerns, near misses, and abnormal events during shift handovers and through proper reporting channels.
Operational Discipline & Decision Making
• Operate, monitor, and control a continuously running production line using established procedures, standard work, and operating limits.
• Use process data, instrumentation, and alarms (temperature, pressure, pH, flow, etc.) to make informed decisions and take timely corrective actions.
• Recognize early indicators of process deviation or equipment degradation and respond before issues escalate.
• Maintain strict adherence to process limits and specifications; do not bypass safeguards or procedures.
• Execute startups, shutdowns, and transitions deliberately and in accordance with approved instructions.
Equipment Ownership & Process Execution
• Own assigned equipment and process areas, ensuring they are operated, inspected, and maintained in a stable and compliant condition.
• Operate a wide range of chemical processing and material handling equipment, including but not limited to:
• Holding tanks, utility manifolds, and bulk material conveyance systems
• Centrifugal and metering pumps
• Heat exchangers, filters, centrifuges, and filter presses
• Kilns, evaporators, and wastewater treatment systems
• Perform routine field rounds, sampling, and basic troubleshooting activities.
• Accurately document operating conditions, deviations, and actions taken.
Sampling, Quality, and Communication
• Collect in process and finished product samples in accordance with procedures and verify results against expected parameters.
• Communicate process status, risks, and issues clearly with Engineering, Maintenance, and Manufacturing teams.
• Execute thorough, factual, and disciplined shift handovers to ensure continuity and shared understanding across shifts.
• Support troubleshooting, maintenance coordination, and continuous improvement efforts when required.