Are you looking for a company that promotes from within and supports your career aspirations? Nova Molecular Technologies is looking for employees that push past the status quo and embrace finding a better way.

We are expanding our operations in Sumter! We have an immediate opening for a Distillation Operator. At Nova, you’ll find opportunities to grow professionally, competitive wages and employee benefits, and an engaging, family orientated work environment.

Nova Molecular is a leading producer of high-purity solvents. Through our innovative recovery and return program, we offer a sustainable, environmentally friendly supply chain for our customers.

Key responsibilities include:

• Demonstrating a commitment to engage in our world class safety culture. This includes having a strong commitment and ability to practice required health and safety practices and precautions using chemical production equipment and watching out for others and ensuring they are doing the same
• Controls chemical processes and systems of distillation columns and equipment using, the DCS systems
• Applies changes to controller set points to make necessary adjustments on equipment and units affecting rates, quality, and yields following process specific procedures
• Monitors and records process data in order to verify conformity to process conditions
• Records operating data such as process conditions, test results, and instrument readings
• Monitors and records all analytical data gathered by collecting process samples and running required QC analyses to verify that all process streams meet specifications set forth by process specific procedures
• Performs troubleshooting of plant, process, and equipment problems including upset conditions, and product quality issues.
• Confers with supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, compliance, efficiency, and product quality
• Opens and closes valves to regulate flow of feed, product, waste, and purge streams to pumps, distillation columns, reactors, storage tanks, or bulk tankers
• Prepares line-ups to ensure that process streams flow to the proper destination
• Monitors and records all inventory in the Inventory Management System
• Conducts daily RCRA, housekeeping, and safety audits
• Prepares plant equipment to assure maintenance activities can be conducted safely and assists maintenance with equipment repairs
• Material Handling duties

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Broad knowledge of chemistry principles, desired
• Broad knowledge of protocol to safely load and unload chemicals from various forms of transportation methods (van trucks, ISO containers, etc.), desired
• Understand and perform mathematical calculations.
• Analyze data and make critical process decisions based upon data outcome.
• Ability to operate laboratory equipment to obtain accurate result.
• Ability to critically think through situations to make an appropriate response
• Observes process trends compared to established norms and obtains assistance to resolve unusual problems that arise.
• Ability to read, interpret, and execute detailed written instructions and procedures.
• Attentive listening skills to carry out verbal instructions accurately and precisely.
• Knowledge of HAZCOM handling procedures.
• Proficient at operating a Digital Control System (DCS) system.
• Effective organizational skills to ensure an orderly and safe workplace.
• Proficient mechanical based knowledge
• Ability to obtain required RCRA, OSHA and DOT training, understand and apply it to daily operations
• Initiative and ability to perform tasks in strenuous work environments
• High School Diploma or equivalent

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.00 - $24.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift

Work Location: In person