OxyChem Production Assistant - La Porte VCM

Production Assistant

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with OxyChem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? OxyChem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people.

OxyChem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading producer of essential chemistry with operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. OxyChem's products play an essential role in everyday life, supporting critical applications in water treatment, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, personal hygiene, and residential and commercial construction. OxyChem actively participates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, underscoring our commitment to safety. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, OxyChem is a top three U.S. manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali and chlorinated organic chemicals, and calcium chloride.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

We are looking for an experienced and self-motivated individual to fill the position of Production Assistant within our Chemical Manufacturing facility located in La Porte, TX.

Essential Job Duties:

• Maintain as our highest priorities: protection of our environment, health and safety of our employees, customers, and communities, safe transport of the products we ship.
• Provide attention to detail, and dedication to work in order to ensure reliability of the work site as well as high quality product.
• Prepare and maintain files for the production units including critical items checklists, safety checks, operator round sheets, ISO records, production reports, operating logs, etc. All the daily paperwork management and filing systems.
• Reviews daily production, efficiency, and raw material usage reports and reconciles month-end reports for unit responsibility areas.
• Performs all administrative functions for the supervisors, superintendent, and manager of the department.
• Prepares production volumes, raw material usages, internal consumptions, and operating material usages for monthly financial closings for responsibility areas.
• Inputs all production SAP data as Core User and completes month end functions in SAP system including all production posting, consumption adjustments, sales orders issuing, stock transports, and pipeline raw material receipts.
• Troubleshoots and resolves issues within the SAP system related to production needs.
• Establishes, submits, and maintains data, reports, and records for all products. manufactured, shipped, and inventoried.
• Assist SMC on operating logs and unit SOP's updates as marked for the process areas.
• Updates unit files and inputs information for monthly unit key measure charts.
• Updates and maintains computer database systems related to production systems.
• Order supplies, coordinate meetings and meals, and provide other assistance as- needed.
• Performs Traffic Coordinator duties for Chlorine and serve as back-up for the Traffic Coordinator.
• Provide support and coverage for other department Coordinators and departments as-needed.
• Handle special projects and assignments as directed by supervision.
• Assist in the head count of employees for the La Porte Plant administration building rally point during plant emergencies.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent GED is required. A two-year college degree is preferred.
• Must be very detail oriented, able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
• Must be dedicated to making sure all information received and communicated is 100% accurate
• Must be willing to accept daily change.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Must be very skilled in SAP and Excel.
• Preferably have knowledge of RAILTRAC, Railroad EDI (Railconnect), Yardmaster & Union Pacific Systems.
• Be a leader in managing shipping records as per Oxy records management policies.
• Demonstrates the ability to assume responsibility without direct supervision, exercises initiative and judgment and makes decisions within the scope of assigned authority.
• Must be flexible in meeting departmental needs.
• Must be able to respond to visual and audible alarms.
• Must be able to respond to off hour emergencies and work weekends and holidays as needed.
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment including the use of a respirator.
• Physical requirements - Must be able to lift 40 lbs., climb ladders and stairs. Walking, bending, stooping is required.

Fraud Statement:

It has come to our attention that various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of OxyChem. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate, nor are they associated with our recruitment process. All OxyChem job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website. OxyChem does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never: Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process. We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don't know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.