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Night Shift Chemical Operator

Caterpillar Inc.
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Sept 2025
💰 $39,100/yr

About the role

Career Area:

Operations

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Company Benefits:

  • 6% 401k match
  • Day one medical, dental, vision, RX (get all starting as low as $33.00/month!)
  • HSA with company contribution
  • Monthly bonus (possibility of up to 11%)
  • 10 paid vacation days (prorated first calendar year)
  • Paid personal days
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Annual merit increases
  • Opportunity for overtime hours/shifts
  • Education Tuition Assistance

Job Responsibilities:

  • Induct, load, and unload piece parts.
  • Maintain and add prescribed chemistry as required.
  • Clean electrical contacts as required.
  • Perform chemical dumps.
  • Maintain tank levels and temperatures as required.
  • Record daily pressure readings for hoods and scrubber mesh pads per EPA directives.
  • Setup, use, and ensure proper calibration of precision measuring equipment, such as calipers and micrometers.
  • Read/interpret blueprints to ensure quality products.
  • Perform all maintenance on conveyor system: filter system, pumping system, hydraulic system, and tanks.
  • Maintain spare parts and tooling inventory.
  • Ensure proper makeup of tank chemistry.
  • Adjust recipes to salvage undersized materials.

 

Basic Qualifications:

  • Must have 1 year of manufacturing experience
  • Must be able to read blueprints

 

Additional information:

  • Pay - $19.55/hour (plus $1.00/hour night shift premium)
  • Night Shift: M-TH, 8 pm - 6 am
  • Work location - Sumter, SC (Sumter Pins Facility)

 

Please ensure you frequently check the e-mail account you provided on your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method in our recruiting process.  If you wish to know the status of your application - please review your job submissions on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

 

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.  As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers. 

Summary Pay Range:

$19.55 - $25.35

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

  • 401(k) savings plans*

  • Health Savings Account (HSA)*

  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

  • Health Lifestyle Programs*

  • Employee Assistance Program*

  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

  • Career Development*

  • Incentive bonus*

  • Disability benefits

  • Life Insura

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