Production Operator

4 days ago


High Point, North Carolina, United States AkzoNobel Full time
About AkzoNobel
We're a leading global paints and coatings company, dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that help our customers succeed. Our portfolio of brands, including Dulux, International, Sikkens, and Interpon, is trusted by customers around the world. We're active in over 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life.

We're committed to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today, while creating an even better tomorrow. Our mission is to help our customers paint the future together.

Job Purpose
As a Production Operator, you'll be responsible for executing assigned production tasks in accordance with procedures, ensuring the right levels of HSE, Quality, Service, and costs. You'll take ownership of production assets and ensure they're operated safely and as per established procedures, guidelines, and industry good practice.

Key Responsibilities
• Perform daily production, preventative maintenance, process data collection, and administration tasks as per procedures and control systems.
• Report safety, quality, or other issues related to products or production processes to Team Leader/Shift Supervisor.
• Ensure all production targets are met while maintaining appropriate quality standards.
• Issue CAR or Hazard report when any relevant issue is noticed, regardless of location or responsible department.
• Provide progress updates to Team Leader/Shift Supervisor.
• Attend and contribute to meetings.
• Contribute to the investigation of HSE or quality issues, such as customer complaints, reject batches, or other quality-related issues.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement activities and programs for HSE, Quality, ALPS, or other assigned tasks.

Additional Responsibilities
• Clean portable tanks, valves, filters, pumps, and other equipment using cleaning chemicals, pressure washers, brushers, scrapers, and other cleaning tools.
• Operate the automated tank washer machine.
• Clean portable tanks with the pressure washer.
• Perform area housekeeping duties per expectations.
• Other duties as needed to complete the production process.
• Maintain storage of raw materials, intermediates, and finished goods while obtaining materials needed for batch makers, adjusters, tinters, and fill-off as needed by production, following all safety guidelines and procedures.
• Operate a forklift as needed to move materials.
• Coordinate will operate and inspect the forklift daily and turn in the inspection form.
• Batch makers will order materials needed to make a batch from the material coordinator or the warehouse.
• Materials are delivered to a designated area for the batch maker.
• Remaining material is put back where it came from or the empty containers are taken to designated areas for proper disposal or reconditioning.
• Assist the fill-off operator in obtaining proper containers for batches being filled off.
• Finished goods are taken to shipping, intermediates placed in their storage location, and overages in the overage area.
• Hazardous waste containers are taken to the accumulation area as soon as they are full, labeled, and dated.
• Keep yards and storage areas in a neat and clean state.
• Remove all trash and rags from the building at the end of the shift.
• Must move to other production tasks the operator has been trained to perform as needed.
• Other duties as needed to complete the production process.
• Transfer completed products into containers of various sizes and types (1 qt cans to tankers). Identify and apply the correct information on the containers and/or proper documents while following all fill-off and safety procedures.
• Fill off approved batches ranging from 1 gallon to 5000 gallons into the proper shipping containers.
• Measure the amount of product into the correct container for proper yield, by weighing and/or measuring the weight of the material in the containers with the tools provided.
• Once containers are filled and all openings are closed and tightened, check for leaks around the ring, bungs, and chimes.
• Properly complete the batch ticket as instructed, label all containers, and number them in the sequence they were filled off.
• Once the batch ticket has been approved and signed by the supervisor, send the containers to the shipping department along with the batch ticket.
• Properly dispose of filters; wash out the pump; wash the tanks, filter housing, and hoses with the appropriate cleansing material.
• Properly label and stage all cleaning material in proper areas.
• Properly label and stencil all containers to satisfy customer and shipment requirements.
• Perform area housekeeping duties per expectations.
• Raw materials are added in the arranged order on the batch ticket.
• Weighs/measures all materials used in the process for yield and accuracy of completed batches.
• Coordinates sample testing with QC and makes necessary hits/changes to batch as instructed by QC.
• Must practice and sustain expected housekeeping standards in the work area.
• Must move to other tasks such as fill-off and tank washing when needed once trained.

Job Requirements
• Prior experience working in a paint manufacturing facility is preferred.
• Prior manufacturing experience.
• English speaking.
• Microsoft basic skills are preferred.

Minimum Required Qualifications
• Ability to read, comprehend, and follow safety instructions and safety guidelines.
• Ability to pass the forklift test and obtain forklift certification.
• Ability to operate a forklift, following all operating instructions effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to read and apply accurate labels.
• Ability to measure and weigh accurately.
• Ability to lift and handle containers such as 5-gallon pails up to 75 lbs, 60-lb bags of pigment, or maneuvering drums up to 900 lbs.

Preferred Qualifications
• Prior experience working in a paint manufacturing facility is preferred.
• Prior manufacturing experience.
• English speaking.
• Microsoft basic skills are preferred.

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