Material Handler at Manufacturing Plant

Plant Technician
Plant Technician role for the chemical manufacturing plant in New Martinsville, WV. Strong Safety/Environmental commitment required. Must be able to monitor, operate, and report upon responsible areas within the New Martinsville Site.
Health, Safety, and Environmental
Fully knowledgeable in and routinely applies all company and applicable regulatory HSE Standards, practices, and procedures including confined space entries.
Responsible to assist in removing equipment from service, prepare, secure, lock out, and establish permits for maintenance of equipment
Reports all incidences immediately and responds to emergencies by taking appropriate operational actions, such as shutting down the process whenever necessary and notifying supervision and/or security.
Shovels debris, picks up and disposes stray materials, etc. Responsible for using good housekeeping practices.
Process Operations
Monitor and record settings on equipment such as flow-meters, pump speeds, temperatures, and pressures that affect speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
Obtain samples of products and perform QC tests to ensure qualifications are met and be able to make adjustments based on QC results.
Provide shift change relief. Communicate effectively with other personnel regarding operational conditions at time of shift change.
Conducts frequent tours of manufacturing area to ensure good operating condition of all equipment. Identify and resolve mechanical and/or process-related issues. Communicates findings to supervision.
Works regularly assigned shifts and provides a fair and equitable to peers' amount of overtime coverage for co-worker absences, illnesses, vacations, holidays, etc.
Must be able to complete physical aspects of job, including climbing stairs, climbing ladders, operating valves, motors, etc.
Must be able to troubleshoot problems with equipment and processes to optimize and repair deficiencies. Maintenance activities are required within this position through the use of tools or adjustments to control loops.
Loading and Unloading of materials. Utilizing bulk trucks and packaged containers.
Additional duties and responsibilities as defined by supervision
In accordance with the company's Quality Policy, responsible for and authorized to perform following actions as applicable:
Support achieving plant Quality Objectives and other KPI goals as applicable
Initiate action to report and prevent the occurrence of any non-conformity relating to the product, process, and quality system.
Control further processing or delivery of non-conforming product until the deficiencies or unsatisfactory condition have been corrected.
Use the Corrective and Preventative Action program and Internal Audit process to initiate, recommend and resolve product issues or quality system failures.
providing full support to others, gives help and assistance readily. Keeps self and others informed about changes to plant and equipment:

Pursues effective safe shift change over, takes time to get understanding of others, listen to views of others. Sound knowledge of the process and can predict outcomes, demonstrates care for the plant and equipment, persistent in getting things done with ability to prioritize activities.

Confronts situations, reacting quickly and effectively in emergency situations, reflects on root cause to learn from experience.
Strong Mechanical Aptitude and Background
Cooperates with any co-worker, supervisor, maintenance worker, etc. to guarantee safe, efficient operation and maintenance of your responsible area.

Employee must occasionally use the head and neck in a static position, and for rotational, flexing and extension movements. Environmental Conditions
~ Gases, dusts, odors, fumes and mists associated with normal chemical plant operation may be present. In production areas, employee must wear company-supplied protective equipment such as a uniform, hard hat, safety glasses, respirator, gloves, slicker and boots.

Preferred Chemical Plant Experience or equivalent training.
Reading, math, written language and memory abilities are essential to performing this job.
This role interfaces with all levels in the New Martinsville Site
The Material Handler will also be required to interface with Bayer personnel on a routine basis to coordinate emergency issues, utility issues, maintenance issues, etc.
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