Manufacturing ​/ Production Operator, Machine Operator

With a strategy centered on people and sustainability, Braskem is engaged in contributing to the value chain to strengthen the Circular Economy. Braskem’s 9,000 team members dedicate themselves every day to improving people's lives through sustainable solutions in chemicals and plastics. With its corporate DNA rooted in innovation, Braskem offers a comprehensive portfolio of plastic resins and chemical products for diverse industries, such as food packaging, construction, manufacturing, automotive, agribusiness, health and hygiene, and more.

With 40 industrial units in Brazil, the United States, Mexico, and Germany, Braskem exports its products to clients in over 70 countries.

Braskem America is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A. headquartered in Philadelphia. The company is the leading producer of polypropylene in the United States, with six production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, as well as an Innovation and Technology Center in Pittsburgh and a New Renewable Innovation Center in Lexington, which focuses on leveraging groundbreaking developments in biotechnology and chemical catalysis.

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Department: Manufacturing

Location: Neal, WV

Travel Involved: 0%

The Operator operates plant machinery and equipment designed to produce polypropylene, adheres to established operating standards, and remains vigilant about safety procedures and protocols.

• Follows operating discipline, procedures, and practices to ensure a safe and efficient operation of assigned duties.
• Trace piping lines, learn flows, and know where materials are going
• Understand how the equipment you are operating works
• Take responsibility for your training
• Prepare for and work site Suture runs
• Comply with Operations Clean Sweep Blue Standards in work processes
• Comply with EPA Standards in work processes
• Comply with OSHA Standards in work processes
• Labeling Lines to site standards
• Performs routine operation of basic control systems and devices to monitor levels, temperatures, pressures, and flow rates, and to transfer products.
• Monitors the process, takes readings, and adjusts controls to correct deviations from set operating standards.
• Controls, monitors, and makes needed adjustments to all control systems and manually operated equipment.
• Identifies equipment requiring maintenance, clears and tags equipment as required, and issues Safe Work Permits for maintenance and project work.
• Uses troubleshooting skills to resolve process, product quality, safety, and environmental problems.
• Product transfers and transitions as required by the Operating Schedule Category Activity Report.
• Communicates and coordinates with outside operators, including the extruder operator and the product loading area operators.
• Communicates and coordinates outside activities with other Process Operators, Maintenance Technicians, Production and Process Team Members, and Site Management.
• Acts as a resource for other Technicians on job tasks and prioritization of work activities. Performs tasks assigned per task list, accurately completing all required paperwork.
• Qualify in all Unit roles and assist with training new operators in your qualified roles.
• Performs all duties with a high degree of dedication to safety and environmental stewardship.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Six months of experience working in a chemical plant environment.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Wear Required Personal Protective Equipment
• Capable of meeting the physical demands of this position, including frequent walking and standing; working in confined spaces; climbing ladders/scaffolding to perform elevated work; working with a fall arrest system; repetitive motion; and occasional lifting…