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Form of workJob Characteristics: The primary focus of the Second Equipment Operator is to operate and control equipment units or systems that process chemical substances into specified products, according to knowledge of operating procedures and chemical reactions. Duties may include one or more of the following: Reads plant specifications to ascertain product, ingredients, and prescribed modifications of plant procedures. Starts feed of materials through equipment units, such as heating vessels and mixing tanks; or dumps pre-weighed ingredients into tanks, hoppers, or onto conveyor. Moves controls to regulate feed of liquids and gases through equipment in specified timing and sequence, or starts automatic feed. Sets up and adjusts indicating and controlling devices to facilitate simultaneous analysis and control of process conditions. Observes gauges, signals, and recording instruments, turns valves, and moves controls to regulate temperatures, pressures, and flow. Draws samples of product at specified stages to ensure that the reaction is proceeding efficiently and in conformity with plant standards. Maintains log of gauge readings, shift production, and equipment malfunctions.
Responsibilities:
Educational/Experience:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements:
Must always be safety conscious for self and others. Computer literate with basic writing skills. Has the ability to initiate tasks and work in an independent manner. Must be able to communicate with visitors, professional and plant personnel.
Contacts and Relationships:
Interfaces with other department personnel in the corporate office, administration and plant locations as necessary. Requires good communication, interpersonal skills and interacts well with external customers, visitors, employees and management in other departments.
Working Conditions:
Position operates in an environment in which there may be temperature extremes and exposure to weather, excessive noise and vibrations, moving mechanical parts, electric shock, hazardous chemicals, gases, odors, hot liquids or equipment. May work in high, low or confined spaces.
Physical Demands:
Physical requirements: Requires ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time, up to and including sixteen hours; walk, bend, reach, grasp, handle, push, pull, twist, kneel, squat, carry and lift uneven loads. Lift floor to waist, lift waist level and above, including overhead, up to and including 60 lbs. Contact stress on body from tools, machines or equipment. Climb step stools, stairs, ladders and scaffolds. Ability to roll drums on and off of pallets potentially up to and including 500 lbs.
Visual requirements: Requires ability to use tools, machinery or lab equipment, including viewing computer screens, write and review documentation. Close visual acuity in order to perform mechanical or skilled trade tasks; inspect parts and machinery; fabricate or assemble parts. Ability to operate light and heavy equipment, motor vehicles.
Close visual acuity in order to read small print, analyze data, transcribe, determine the accuracy, neatness or thoroughness of assigned work or work area.
Hearing requirements: Talk and/or hear normal audible sounds including the spoken word and sounds over the telephone. Understand and convey spoken instructions accurately, softly, loudly or quickly, frequently in a noisy environment.
Mental requirements: Ability to comprehend complex information or instructions, interpret and convey information in a written or oral format.
Emotional demands: Ability and willingness to deal with high stress fast paced situations and make accurate and quick decisions.
Equipment use: Extensive computer use, frequent use of lab equipment, forklift, and other machinery and tools.
This position description is not intended to be all inclusive, and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned. The Purolite Corporation reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract with the employee.
Benefits
Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits.
If you are viewing this posting on a site other than our Ecolab Career website, view our benefits at jobs.ecolab.com/working-here.
Covid-19 Vaccine Notice
Due to local mandates and customer requirements, applicants for certain customer-facing positions must be fully vaccinated (which in some situations requires a booster if eligible), unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Ecolab will provide reasonable accommodation (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with our application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process, please visit the Recruiting Support link in the footer of each page of our career website.
Responsibilities:
- Effectively operates polishers.
- Maintains effective operation of the Low TOC area.
- Operates three units (LC, M-Regen and CY-4) in series and separately, as well as the extraction unit and scavenger.
- Operates the Separator, Separation of Mixbed Resins.
- Performs small unit (Cation and Anion) and V-Mixer operations.
- Charges all units.
- Neutralizes waste tanks in Regen.
- Performs effective operation of Grinder, Microlite tanks and centrifuge.
- Instructs Second Equipment Operator of his duties and ensures they are completed.
- Writes paperwork as necessary and ensures the accuracy of paperwork before submission to supervisor.
- Operates a sewing machine and heat sealer.
- Operates the ferrix system, keks and drying.
- Reports unusual occurrences relating to processes and equipment to Regen supervisor.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Educational/Experience:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Previous mechanical skills preferred.
- Licensed forklift operator preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements:
Must always be safety conscious for self and others. Computer literate with basic writing skills. Has the ability to initiate tasks and work in an independent manner. Must be able to communicate with visitors, professional and plant personnel.
Contacts and Relationships:
Interfaces with other department personnel in the corporate office, administration and plant locations as necessary. Requires good communication, interpersonal skills and interacts well with external customers, visitors, employees and management in other departments.
Working Conditions:
Position operates in an environment in which there may be temperature extremes and exposure to weather, excessive noise and vibrations, moving mechanical parts, electric shock, hazardous chemicals, gases, odors, hot liquids or equipment. May work in high, low or confined spaces.
Physical Demands:
Physical requirements: Requires ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time, up to and including sixteen hours; walk, bend, reach, grasp, handle, push, pull, twist, kneel, squat, carry and lift uneven loads. Lift floor to waist, lift waist level and above, including overhead, up to and including 60 lbs. Contact stress on body from tools, machines or equipment. Climb step stools, stairs, ladders and scaffolds. Ability to roll drums on and off of pallets potentially up to and including 500 lbs.
Visual requirements: Requires ability to use tools, machinery or lab equipment, including viewing computer screens, write and review documentation. Close visual acuity in order to perform mechanical or skilled trade tasks; inspect parts and machinery; fabricate or assemble parts. Ability to operate light and heavy equipment, motor vehicles.
Close visual acuity in order to read small print, analyze data, transcribe, determine the accuracy, neatness or thoroughness of assigned work or work area.
Hearing requirements: Talk and/or hear normal audible sounds including the spoken word and sounds over the telephone. Understand and convey spoken instructions accurately, softly, loudly or quickly, frequently in a noisy environment.
Mental requirements: Ability to comprehend complex information or instructions, interpret and convey information in a written or oral format.
Emotional demands: Ability and willingness to deal with high stress fast paced situations and make accurate and quick decisions.
Equipment use: Extensive computer use, frequent use of lab equipment, forklift, and other machinery and tools.
This position description is not intended to be all inclusive, and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned. The Purolite Corporation reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract with the employee.
Benefits
Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits.
If you are viewing this posting on a site other than our Ecolab Career website, view our benefits at jobs.ecolab.com/working-here.
Covid-19 Vaccine Notice
Due to local mandates and customer requirements, applicants for certain customer-facing positions must be fully vaccinated (which in some situations requires a booster if eligible), unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Ecolab will provide reasonable accommodation (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with our application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process, please visit the Recruiting Support link in the footer of each page of our career website.
