Process Technician in Hattiesburg, Mississippi at ZEON Chemicals Inc

Purpose:

Performs diversified process technician duties requiring individual initiative and judgment, to ensure safe and efficient process operations that will produce a quality product that satisfies customer's needs.

Job Functions/Accountabilities (Essential & Marginal):

Essential:

• Starts, operates, and stops various types of mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic, and computer equipment by established standards and specifications.
• Maintains process control.
• Implements corrective action for various types of processes and equipment when an out-of-control limits situation occurs.
• Operates various types of analytical equipment within established methods, standards, and specifications.
• Gathers and records process data from various types of instrumentation.
• Maintains equipment, tools, and company property within established standards and specifications.
• Participates in all required training programs.
• Participates in the development of improvements to the process, procedures, tools, equipment, and operational practices to eliminate or reduce waste and to ensure safe and efficient process operations.
• Assists in the activities of contractors, maintenance crews, and others who may be performing work at the facility.
• Continuously seeks ways to improve performance of our plant's operation and ensures that your customer's (both internal and external) needs are met.
• Adhere to the quality system.

Marginal:

• Provides assistance to the receiving/shipment/inventory of materials.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications:

Education:

High School Diploma or GED required.

Chemistry and Math proficiency is required.

Experience:

Minimum two (2) years experience working in an industrial environment required with some background in the chemical industry preferred.

Special Qualifications:

General knowledge of distillation and reaction processes, chemical hazards, safety and environmental regulations and mechanical equipment preferred. Good writing skills required.

Travel:

Less than 10%

Work Conditions:

Chemical Plant/Manufacturing environment. An extensive amount of time is spent on the floor in a manufacturing plant environment. Plant environment is a multi-acre site. Typical daily assignments are physically demanding, requiring balancing, standing, cleaning, reaching, visual discernment, crawling, climbing, twisting, turning, squatting, kneeling, pushing, pulling, full respiratory function and lifting.

Benefits:

Zeon employees enjoy growth opportunities as well as a highly competitive salary and benefits program.

Zeon Chemicals does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.