Associate Production Scientist - 1st Shift

 

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Your Role:

The Associate Production Scientist – 1st shift at our Cherokee site in St. Louis, MO performs manufacturing and packaging operations. This facility handles flammable solvents and is a process safety managed (PSM) area. Employees must comply with all PSM policies. Job duties include:

• Shift Hours: Monday – Friday, 5:30am – 2:00pm
• Complete the volume of work required to achieve group/departmental goals and meet deadlines.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting and technical investigations into operational deviations while proactively initiating and driving the associated change control processes to ensure continuous compliance and process improvement.
• Maintain high-level data integrity by performing and interpreting complex analytical evaluations of products and intermediates, ensuring all documentation is complete, accurate, and fully compliant with established quality guidelines.
• Maintain a pristine production environment by independently and collaboratively performing the setup, operation, and sanitation of all manufacturing and packaging equipment in strict accordance with H&H site standards and safety protocols.
• Design and evaluate complex experiments and process developments, while authoring compliant procedures and providing technical support for quality audits and responses.
• Maintain full compliance with safety and quality systems by completing all required training, following established SOPs, and ensuring the absolute accuracy of all operational logbooks.
• Contribute to support functions of manufacturing and packaging (e.g., maintain equipment, prepare reagents, restock lab supplies, waste disposal).
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and process improvement by training team members on ISO-compliant safety and documentation practices, while maintaining 5S standards and ensuring the secure, compatible storage of hazardous materials.
• Proactively identify and mitigate workplace hazards by taking immediate corrective action to maintain a safe and compliant manufacturing environment.

Physical Attributes:

• Don, doff, use and clean personal protective equipment appropriately
• Walk, reach above shoulders, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, crawl, and/or stand and perform repetitive movements for extended periods of time.
• Safely lift and transport materials weighing up to 80 lbs
• Maintain full compliance with safety protocols by consistently wearing required PPE, including respiratory protection, chemical-resistant aprons, and full-body Tyvek suits.
• Maintain the physical stamina to navigate stairs and perform repetitive lifting, twisting, and turning during material transport throughout the workday.
• Adaptable to working in environments with non-weather-related extreme temperatures, high humidity, and consistent vibration.
• Operates safely in high-noise environments and in close proximity to moving mechanical parts.

 

Who You Are:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or other scientific discipline 

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• Associate Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or other scientific discipline with 5 + years large scale chemical manufacturing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Highly motivated, detail-oriented professionals with the proven ability to drive results both independently and within a collaborative team environment.