Process Technician

Process Technician

Job Category: Manufacturing Requisition Number: PROCE001082

Posted: June 3, 2026

Full-Time On-site Freeport, TX 77541, USA

Description

Process Technician

12-hour rotating shift

Responsibilities:

• Regular and punctual attendance.
• Read, monitor, and record flows, temperatures, pressures, and other parameters of plant processes. Make necessary modifications to ensure they operate within design or specified limits.
• Maintain continuous communication with all employees in the plant including team leads, peers, maintenance, etc.
• Operate and maintain process equipment such as gas scrubbers, vacuum pumps, agitators, pumps, and other related equipment.
• Sample the process and preform lab tests as required for quality control.
• Perform other duties as requested by manager.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED with 2 years' related experience or an Associate's degree in Chemical Process Technology is required.
• Experience in a chemical plant with hazardous chemicals is strongly preferred.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have the ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out detailed written, oral, or diagram instructions.
• Must have a basic understanding of how to operate a computer.
• Able to work 12-hour rotating shifts, overtime, nights, weekends, holidays, and call outs as required.

Work Environment:

• This position operates in an outside chemical plant environment.
• The role routinely uses the following equipment: hand tools and mechanical equipment such as a forklift.
• The position can be exposed high and low temperatures and noises.

Physical Demands:

• Stands 12 hours/day or more
• Climbs multiple levels of stairs and straight ladders
• Lifts, carries, pushes, or pulls up to 25lbs regularly
• Performs twisting, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching motions
• Wears required PPE

Shin-Etsu Silicones of America offers traditional benefits such as: Medical (choice of 3 different plan options), dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, 10-paid holidays, vacation and personal time off, competitive pay.

Additional benefits include: Job stability and security, a safe and clean work environment, a great reputation in the industry as a leading silicone manufacturer, and an exceptional culture.

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