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Production Operator

RESONAC GRAPHITE AMERICA INC
Ridgeville, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 2/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/18/2026

Legal Entity:

Resonac Graphite America Inc. 

Job Profile

Division:

Carbon Division


Functional Area: Production                     

Manager’s Name:

 

Functional Leader:

 

Site: RGA

Type of position: Non-Exempt


Direct reports: 0


Job Title: Production Operator

Manager's Job Title:

 Area Manager

 

Indirect reports: 0


Name of Incumbent:

Date:1/2024

Technical                      

Assignments


Summary of job content: 

 

The Production Operator reports to the Production Supervisor with responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of a variety of heavy machinery in the assigned production process area to produce quantity and quality electrodes and support the production plan at Resonac Graphite America Inc. electrode manufacturing facility.

 


Experience & Skills:

  • High School Diploma or GED- Verified through background check/prescreening.
  • Capable of becoming certified for forklift operation.
  • Basic computer skills
  • The ability to communicate information so others will understand.
  • Must be able to complete tasks that require various PPE, including respirator, protective clothing, fall protection, safety glasses, and hard hat.

Preferred Experience:

  • 3 - 5 years’ experience in heavy manufacturing, overhead crane, and forklift experience, CNC machining experience or
  • 2-year degree in non-technical field plus 1-year experience in any of the following: heavy manufacturing, overhead crane, or CNC machining experience.
  • Minimum 1 year experience in heavy manufacturing, or construction, industrial services, operating forklifts, other heavy equipment, or overhead cranes.

Key Accountabilities:


  • Perform duties by RGA Code of Conduct and Company policy, applicable laws, regulations, and company regulations.
  • Perform all duties in a professional, legal, and ethical manner.
  • Actively promote safe work practices. Support HSE safety and loss control policies, procedures, and objectives. 
  • Assist in monitoring and analyzing Operations and general plant work activity and make recommendations as appropriate to help foster a safe work environment throughout the plant.
  • Adhere to and support RGA’s environmental management system. Foster environmental awareness of environmental behavior of team and all operations personnel. Maintains job ownership by arriving on time, staying on task, and taking pride in one’s work to contribute to better output and reaching production goals.
  • Operate forklifts, overhead cranes, and other heavy industrial equipment to move products through the production process.
  • Use gages such as micrometers, depth gages, and digital & dial indicators to measure product adherence to specifications.
  • Enter inspection & processing data into a computer database.
  • Operate specialized equipment as assigned.
  • Prepare machinery and equipment for use.
  • Keep the work area clean and maintain housekeeping to establish 5S/3F standards.
  • Communicate information to others in the production area and other levels of the plant regarding equipment problems and opportunities for improvement.
  • Complies with company policies, health and safety standards, environmental regulations, hazardous waste, and good housekeeping practices.
  • Applies independence and initiative by performing job duties with limited supervision.
  • Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions and perform duties according to the defined quality process.

Dimension:          

Area of responsibility/complexity:

Physical & Work Environment Demands:

 

  • Climb stairs and vertical ladders and work safely from heights above floor level.
  • Operate & work around various mobile equipment and overhead cranes safely and accurately.
  • Bending, stretching, reaching, kneeling, & rotating body while in various positions.
  • Good depth perception and hand/eye coordination to accommodate working with equipment at a distance.
  • Lift, push, and/or pull a maximum of 50 pounds.
  • Wear PPE (Respirators, steel toe shoes, safety glasses, hard hat).
  • Work in hot/humid, cold/adverse, semi-dusty to dusty, wet/damp environments for extended periods.
  • Work in moderate to high-level noise/ vibration settings for extended periods.
  • Workaround chemicals, pitches, solvents, oils, fumes, or other raw materials.
  • Ability to stand for long periods in an environment that may not be environmentally controlled.
  • Ability to lift, pull, or push up to 50 pounds.
  • Requires rotating shifts. Shifts rotate from Night - day/day to night and can vary on switch duration.

 

Incumbent Signature

 

Revised by

 

David Whichard

Reviewing Manager

 

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Date


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