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POSITION REPORTS TO:

Department Manager/Production Supervisor

 

POSITION OVERVIEW

Chemical Blender will be responsible for understanding all requirements to provide 100% first quality products and 100% on-time delivery while maintaining a safe and efficient working environment. The Chemical Blender is responsible for Safety, Quality, and productivity requirements of loading / unloading and mixing chemicals.

 

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Associate must follow all safety rules.
2. Associate must wear appropriate personal protective equipment – to be observed according to plant rules for the area the associate is located as well as for any mix being blended as defined by the mix sheet.
3. Participate in safety meetings to include leadership of audits of the chemical services department and participation in all other safety meeting activities. 
4. Participate in daily Industrial Team meetings – should be prepared to share any concerns with mixes, timing, and raw material issues – should be there to understand any schedule changes and adjust timing and amounts accordingly.
5. Unload bulk chemical tanker trucks following work instructions for each bulk chemical, fill out the proper paperwork, maintain a .pdf copy of each shipment in the appropriate folder.
6. Submit samples to wet lab for testing – retrieve samples after testing – input data on the mix sheet.
7. Secure the drain system in bulk chemical unloading area prior to and after each unload.
8. Wash out latex feed lines and pump after each charge of VP latex.
9. Conduct Inventory Count of All Industrial and Bulk Chemicals once per week and submit to production planning – preferably submitted prior to 9 AM each Monday morning.
10. Maintain organized and properly 5S’d chemical inventory of raw material totes and drums.
11. Work with supply chain management to understand when all chemicals are arriving each week – proper planning should be performed with other dut