Lead Process Operator
A-Gas Americas
- Bowling Green, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 1st Shift: Monday-Friday, 1st shift 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
- Affordable health coverage for employees and your family
- Low-cost Dental and Vision benefits
- 401k retirement with company match
- 10 Paid Holidays, plus 2 flex days for your use
- Generous paid time off for personal, vacation, parental, and medical leave
- Comprehensive training program to help you learn and excel
- Opportunities for certifications and professional development
- All required PPE is provided, including an annual boot allowance, gloves, glasses, and uniforms
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check
- Maintain safe operation of the distillation tower, work assignments, and managing the production of blends, chemical transfers, and ISO movements
- Assist with the daily monitoring of the separation towers, select next feeds for towers and ensure the smooth and efficient running of site operations
- Report any faults, site, and maintenance issues to Maintenance to ensure site safety and product quality
- Accurately monitors inventory levels of material into the column for separation and finished goods product. Plan bulk transfers and filling.
- Handles high and low-pressure gas and takes and monitors samples
- Demonstrate the ability to be a safety leader by fostering a strong safety culture and ensuring a safe work environment with a commitment to zero injuries, emissions, and leaks
- Work with management to coordinate overtime needs and coverage
- Must safely operate a forklift, clamps, and overhead crane when necessary
- Understands hazards of various gases, sizes, and contents of cylinders by reading safety data sheets and cylinder labels
- Ensures that processed product meets established regulatory, customer, and A-Gas internal requirements and specifications
- Follows quality protocol concerning required documentation of verifications and the documentation, notification, and handling of non-conformities
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping and support 5S and lean initiatives
- Maintain ISO programs including 9001 and 14001 and comply with all OSHA requirements
- Any other task or duties assigned to you by your manager
- High School Diploma or equivalent required; process technician experience or associate degree preferred
- Must have excellent math skills
- Basic mechanical aptitude
- Previous experience with pumps, hoses, compressors, and preventative maintenance checks and lock out tag out
- Microsoft Office experience required
- Experience in manufacturing, or in the chemicals industry
- Experience driving ISO/ Tanker containers using a yard truck desired
- Gas chromatography
- Chemical blending and transferring
- EPA 608 Universal Certificate or must be able to obtain within 6 months
- Frequently pushes, pulls, moves, and/or lifts up to 50 pounds independently
- Sitting 10% of the day; standing and/or walking 80-90% of the time
- Lifting/Carrying from one level to another approximately 20% of the time
- Occasionally moves cylinders that weigh over 200 pounds with a four-wheel cart
- Frequently identifies written information on cylinders such as serial numbers, manufacture date, etc.
- Frequently operates a computer using a traditional keyboard to input detailed information such as serial numbers
- Manipulations (seizing, holding, grasping or otherwise working with hands) up to 50-75% of the day
- Frequently drives a motorized vehicle or powered industrial truck (i.e. Forklift) and safely maneuvers in restrictive spaces
- Stooping and kneeling up to 20% of the day
- Frequently communicates detailed information to others. Must be able to exchange accurate information that others can understand.
- Occasionally works in environments with uncontrolled climate and exposure to outdoor weather conditions