Production Lead
Orbia
- Madison, WI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Batch execution
- Packaging / shipping readiness for all produced materials
- Receiving incoming materials and coordinating material flow through the plant
- Weekly production schedule coordination
- COMPLEXITY OF THE JOB (ie The occupant manages vendors from different geographical regions with various financial and legal conditions, level and impact of descisions the occpant needs to make)
- This position will be responsible for execution of commercial blending operations and is critical to the successful manufacture and release of fine chemical products with exacting quality standards.
- The manufacturing process is executed in an isolation chamber with closed transfers required to maintain integrity of the product
- This position's tasks will be executed in a hazardous chemical environment where attention to detail is imperative for worker safety
- MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Execute electrolyte blending operations in the 50L - 200L mixing equipment. Including dispensing of raw materials out of an isolator glovebox, operation of 50L - 200L mixing equipment, monitoring automated material additions via flowmeter and executing manual material addtions through the top of the vessel.
- Clean electrolyte blending equipment and supplies.
- Ensure that material and people resources are available to support production orders in the weekly production schedule
- Assist in packaging and shipping of completed electrolyte blends.
- Execute electrolyte blending operations in an isolator glove box using bench scale techniques.
- Create week-to-week schedule based on Sales and Operations Planning forecasts to meet shipping targets.
- Schedule material transfers from a satellite warehouse facility to the production plant to maintain appropriate stock on hand to support production activities.
- Receive material transfers and operate drum lift to move 200L kegs into flammable storage cabinets between areas of the production facility.
- KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- Knowledge of operating chemical process equipment
- Experience executing small-scale chemical processes to generate high quality product
- Experience coordinating and prioritizing operational activities to meet operations scheduling targets
- EDUCATION
- High School Diploma
- EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- 5 years chemical manufacturing plant process experience
- Experience working in hazardous environment requiring a full-face regulator or other breathing apparatus.