Chemical Worker

Summary

Loads, unloads, moves materials and fills containers within plant by performing the following duties.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
• Uses fork lift truck to load and unload materials onto or from trucks.
• Loads and unloads tank trucks and railcars.
• Fills drums, totes, and pails. Responsible for mix/blending and packaging of chemicals both hazardous and non-hazardous in compliance with current environmental standards and regulations.
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
• Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One to three months related experience and/or training
• Ability to operate forklift truck and other mechanical equipment.
• And/or equivalent combination of education and experience
• ERP System Experience- Preferred

Language Skills

• Ability to read documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions and is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places. The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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