UTILITY OPERATOR

There has never been a more exciting time to join our team! LaMotte Company is looking for a Utility Operator who is hands-on, works well in a team environment, along with being an excellent team player with a positive attitude.  

We are looking for candidates who can grow, think, dream, and execute with us.  Our culture is results oriented and we recognize that our people are our greatest asset. We invest to equip our teams with technology, healthy living options, team incentives, flex work schedules and ongoing education and training opportunities. We value collaboration and personal initiative, and we are committed to ensuring employee satisfaction and success

Qualifications: 

• Must be detail oriented and able to accurately count and read job travelers. 
• Requires much walking and standing. 
• Must be able to transport up to 60 pounds and push a full loaded cart up to 200 lbs. 
• Must be comfortable using computers and copiers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Reviews Job Travelers to pull the materials for the scheduled jobs.
2. Ensures that operators have materials to maintain job flow – bottles/cards/ labels/foil/boxes/blister cards/etc.
3. Threads up label lines and sets lot code and expiration dates on labelers.
4. Helps team maintain room standards of cleaning/organization.
5. Moves materials to the next stage for packaging.
6. Follows guideline to takes finished products to the warehouse or shipping.
7. Sets up and operates the bander.
8. Follows all QC procedures which apply to the jobs at hand.
9. Helps with finished goods packaging as needed.
10. Completes all logs and batch records related to the above activities /operations.
11. Reports all major problems to the Test Strip Coordinator or Department Manager.

Miscellaneous

1. Participates in lean activities, including but not limited to:
   1. Lean training and lean events such as kaizen or a 5-day event.
   2. 5-S program in department or other areas assigned. 
      1. DMAICs. Continuously looks for ways to improve both the department’s and own individual efficiencies and time management, as well as ways to improve any aspect of the Company’s operations and develops and implements DMAICs accordingly.
2. Provides Supervisors/Managers with feedback to determine where additional training would benefit and obtains additional training, as necessary.
3. Assists in other department activities as needed.
4. Floats to and works in other Production areas as needed.
5. Complies with all Company policies (i.e. personnel, safety, etc.).
6. Performs other duties as assigned.  (Such duties may or may not be essential functions of the job.)

Environmental Factors & Physical Demands:

• Works indoors in temperature controlled and humidity-controlled environments.  
• Requires walking, standing, sitting stooping, bending, and transporting up to 60 pounds. 
• Requires good judgment, decision making and communication skills, dexterity, and color perception. Must be able to read and understand directions.

LaMotte Company, a 100 year-old global industry leader in developing and manufacturing premier water testing solutions, employs 250 employees at its existing manufacturing site in Chestertown, MD and is opening a new manufacturing site due to expansive business growth.  The new facility, located in Newark, DE will operate 24/7 and will employ 50 employees within the first year and 100 soon thereafter.   We have an amazing culture and have been ranked as the Best Place to Work in Kent County, MD for the 3rd year in a row now!!!

LaMotte is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local laws.