PeopleShare has an opening for a Chemical Operator in Camden, NJ. Candidates must have 3+ years of experience in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, or petroleum industries to be considered.
Title: Chemical Operator
Location: Camden, NJ 08105
Pay Range: $22-26/hr
Employment Type: Full-time Direct Hire
Schedule/Hours: AM Rotating Shift: 5:00 AM to 5:30 PM
- Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday
- Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Responsibilities:
- Operate all processing equipment in a safe and environmentally responsible manner to produce high quality ion exchange products in a timely and cost-effective fashion.
- Load raw materials and chemicals, as well as unload and package all finished resin products.
- Operate pumps, regeneration columns, acid/caustic dilution stations and other equipment to perform chemical regenerations to convert, steam, rinse, hot rinse, backwash, and mix/package processed ion exchange resins to H+ and OH- ionic forms.
- Operate pumps, regeneration columns, chemical metering/dilution stations and other equipment to convert, regenerate, steam, rinse, hot rinse, backwash, disinfect, dewater, etc. a variety of products. Also, operate specialty equipment, including a filter press and stirred tank systems.
- Operate pumps, carbon loading, acid washing, dewatering, drying, dust control and packaging equipment to produce and package various grades of granular activated carbon products.
- Operate pumps, regeneration columns, chemical metering/dilution stations and other equipment to separate, regenerate and re-mix a variety of products. Also, operate dry-blending equipment for blending of finished resins.
- Operate pumps, mixing vessels and polymerization reactors to polymerize flammable monomers to solid polymer bead precursors within OSHA PSM requirements, as well as operate a slurry tank for transfer to downstream finishing areas.
- Operate pumps, centrifuge, dryer, screener and transporter systems to finish polymer processing and load polymer to sulfonation weigh hoppers.
- Operate pumps, polymer loading equipment, sulfuric acid metering, sulfonation reactors, acid recovery vessels and acid recycle tanks to sulfonate and hydrate ion exchange products to transfer to downstream finishing areas.
- Operate pumps, in-line dilution equipment to perform caustic conversions of products to the Na+ ionic form, as well as steam, rinse, hot rinse, backwash and package ion exchange resin products.
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
- US Citizen.
- High School Diploma or GED required; Associate's degree or higher in a science/technical field preferred.
- 3+ years in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food or petroleum industries. 10+ years of experience in batch chemical processing preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb stairs and ladders.
- Ability to work at elevated heights.
- Ability to be trained in respirator use and confined space entry.
Work Environment:
- Production plant: Approximately 80% indoors, 20% outdoors.
- 24x7 production with 12-hour shifts, every other weekend off, steady day or night shift.
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