What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping Operator position at ALTIVIA?
We are seeking safety-focused, dependable, and detail-oriented individuals to join our team for a dynamic, hands-on role in a chemical manufacturing facility. This is a key role that ensures timely and accurate unloading of raw materials, packaging products, and making shipments. It is ideal for those people who take pride in doing essential work and who enjoy seeing the immediate results of their efforts. This position is a great way to build a stable career in a growing company while staying active. If you are dependable, hardworking, and enjoy working outside, we want to hear from you.
Primary Requirements & Responsibilities
Technical expertise
Primary Requirements & Responsibilities
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced chemical plant environment, safely and effectively multitasking while adapting to a constantly changing workday where priorities can change frequently
- Load, unload and package hazardous chemicals into tank trucks, totes, drums and railcars while maintaining chemical inventory accuracy and compliance with federal, state and local regulations
- Utilize chemical manufacturing knowledge and experience to operate and troubleshoot the loading and unloading in safe and efficient manner while ensuring proper labeling, placarding, and documentation for all shipments
- Process line ups for the equipment to provide accurate transfer of products and raw materials using pumps, hoses, valves, meters, and transfer systems safely and accurately
- Store materials properly in designated locations and ensure that they are labeled correctly
- Perform daily equipment checks such as forklift, yard mule, scrubber, etc. and other various housekeeping activities
- Verify shipment contents against documentation (e.g., shipping labels, paperwork)
- Operate and monitor automated and manually operated chemical process equipment
- Move/transfer chemicals and equipment throughout the facility both manually and with the aid of powered and automated equipment; operate yard mule and forklift
- Obtain quality control samples of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished products for quality control laboratory analysis
- Retain knowledge of basic chemistry, arithmetic operations, and chemical hazards to apply this knowledge in daily work activities
- Understand the hazards and risks associated with maintenance and repair activities in a chemical manufacturing facility; support the site HSE policy and comply with all regulatory and internal requirements
- Understand plant environmental health and safety regulations and comply with all applicable laws and regulatory requirements
- Wear appropriate PPE (e.g., respirators, chemical suits, eye protection, ear protection) and follow all safety protocols while having to endure various weather conditions
- Exhibit the importance of maintaining quality work in all production-related activities, and keep accurate monitoring reports/logs and documentation of process events
- Make independent judgments concerning assigned tasks, considering safety and environmental concerns; discern situations where supervisory/management input is advisable
- Participate in HSE activities provided by site management (e.g., Safety Process, etc.)
- Support and promote the reporting of all health, safety, environmental, near-miss, accident or injury incidents
- Effectively carry out verbal and written instructions, including the direction of the shift leaders/supervisors
- Other duties as assigned
Technical expertise
- Ability to assimilate new information and apply it to unfamiliar situations in the future
- Ability to improve safety, organization, and housekeeping with minimal direction
- Strong safety-minded work ethic and work history
- Strong team member skills including communication, participation, and expressing mutual respect
- This position requires working on rotating shifts (24/7 operations) at the discretion of supervisory and management personnel
- This position may periodically require overtime or a modified schedule to ensure that production needs are met
- Work is primarily performed outside during all seasons
- No travel is required, except for training purposes
- This position requires the ability to lift 55 pounds regularly, hoisting, and frequent walking and climbing stairs and ladders
- PPE, or personal protective equipment (e.g., respirators, supplied air, aprons, rubber boots, rubber gloves, chemical resistant clothing, hard hats, safety eyewear, etc.) that may be required will increase the level of physical stress experienced by workers
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of three years’ manufacturing experience, preferred in chemical manufacturing
- Basic computer literacy, including email and data entry is required
- Experience with automated processing systems is preferred
- Ability to operate a forklift is required
- The work is performed in an outdoor chemical processing facility
