Operator

Company Overview

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This is where bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators come together to shape what’s next. Whether you're engineering advanced materials, transforming manufacturing technologies, or leading strategic innovation, your ideas and actions leave a lasting mark. We cultivate an inclusive culture of growth, collaboration, and accountability, ensuring every contribution propels us forward.

We don’t follow the status quo-we challenge it, disrupt it, and improve it. Every role at Hexion is part of something bigger.

We invest in innovation, sustainability, and continuous development-equipping you with the tools, training, and opportunities to excel. With an unwavering commitment to safety, partnership, belonging, and impact, we empower you to lead change and strengthen industries worldwide.

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If you’re ready to push limits, reimagine what’s possible, and create the extraordinary, Hexion is where you belong.

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Position Overview

Responsibilities include the safe and environmentally sound production, testing, and manufacturing of products within prescribed quality specification ranges. Participation in plant safety, environmental, quality, and production programs and audits is required. The role also involves understanding and troubleshooting equipment and participating in housekeeping, maintenance, and equipment preparation activities.

Job Responsibilities

The urea-formaldehyde resin manufacturing process operator is required to perform the following tasks during their workday:

• Follows all ESS and plant requirements. Maintains a clean and safe work area.

Performs inspection checks of the mixing container for the various chemical components.

• Maintains a commitment to safety by preventing illness and injury and advocating for environmental protection.
• Wears the prescribed PPE for the task at hand. This includes, but is not limited to, safety helmets, steel-toed safety shoes, sealed goggles, and respirators.
• Operates manufacturing process control equipment and performs operational requirements such as loading and unloading trucks.
• Operates a forklift.
• Issues and monitors safe work, hot work, and confined space permits.
• Monitor the track and record operating conditions.
• Follow procedures to produce a product that meets quality standards.
• Maintain accurate material inventory.
• Other assigned duties.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED completed
• College diploma in a technical field preferred
• Relevant experience in the general manufacturing, industrial, or chemical industry preferred
• Basic English proficiency
• Good communication skills
• Ability to perform/solve mathematical problems
• Forklift operation experience or the ability to obtain forklift certification
• Must work well with others and in a team environment
• Ability to work independently
• Strong attention to detail
• Troubleshooting and mechanical skills
• Proficient computer skills

  Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

• Knowledge of SAP is an asset
• Ability to read, develop, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating procedures, maintenance instructions, manuals, and diagrams or schematics

Other requirements:

• Physical: Walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, twisting, reaching, kneeling, grasping, manipulating, fingering, speaking, hearing, and seeing. Daily stair climbing and descending.
• Skills: Intelligence, verbal, numerical, motor coordination, and familiarity with traffic functions and transport regulations.
• Working in all weather conditions.
• You may be required to wear a respirator for confined spaces and similar activities, and facial hair is not permitted.
• Ability to accept responsibility, adapt to situations involving the interpretation of information or facts; assess and decide on a course of action; perform repetitive work; perform tasks under pressure; adapt to situations requiring precision; and adapt to changing tasks and responsibilities.
• Attention to detail, seated, and monitoring activities on a computer screen.
• Ability to communicate information to others regarding production, quality, and ESS products.
• Ability to work a rotating shift schedule.
• Varied duties include other movements such as climbing tanks near a ladder, carrying equipment, using heavy tools, securing harnesses, and working at heights.
• Perform repetitive tasks inside tanks using shovels and scrapers.
• Fit for work report