Production Operator, Process Expert

Celanese is a Fortune 500 global chemical innovation company that engineers and manufactures chemicals used in products essential to everyday living. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, we employ over 7,700 dedicated people working between 43 facilities across 18 countries. We are committed to employee growth and creating shareholder value to ensure continued opportunities make a difference. Our company focuses on the safety of its employees, provides competitive compensation (including benefits starting day 1), and emphasizes giving back to the community. For more information about Celanese and our products please visit www.celanese.com 

The Production Operator (Process Expert) role is key in the production of quality products in a safe manner every day.

The Production Operator (Process Expert) is an extrusion machine operator position that requires broad knowledge of production processes, equipment troubleshooting, equipment operation, packaging procedures, health and safety policies, and quality policies. 

The Production Operator (Process Expert) is expected to operate an extruder / pultrusion line along with other production pieces of equipment such as driers, and the parts burn off oven with minimal supervision in a participative team environment

• Reading and complying with the Company's Environmental and Quality Policies.  This position is also responsible for reporting to management deviations from the policy when they are observed.
• Assume personal responsibility for safety performance and demonstrates a genuine concern for the safety of co-workers.
• Maintaining acceptable housekeeping standards.
• Comply with all safety/health related policies and procedures, participate in company sponsored safety programs and activities, and report to management those conditions or actions by employees or others that might create a hazard to themselves or others in the plant.
• Setting up extruders to run a product that is in accordance with standard operating conditions with minimal downtime and loss of product.
  • This includes the setting of feed totes and product totes. Must be able to learn to use tote tumbling and screw/element oven equipment.
• Maintaining proper records, which includes run logs/sheet, feed blends on line, amount of product in totes, packaging reports, work orders, log books and keeping the on-coming operator informed as to important issues.
• Completing a product turn-around, which includes cleaning the extruder barrel and screws, the feeder, the chopper, the classifier, the reclaimer system, bagging system, product totes to prevent product contamination.  Requires familiarity in the operation and uses of various hand tools.
• Review and understanding of the policies and procedures contained in standard operating procedures, hazardous communication and waste disposal procedures.
• Troubleshooting processing problems with the product.
  • This includes, but is not limited to surging, black specks, improper pellet size, pellets with tails and contaminated product.
• Troubleshooting equipment failure and repairing.
• This includes but is not limited to, placing thermocouples, vacuum leaks, vacuum conveying problems.

• High School Diploma, GED or 5 years of manufacturing experience in lieu of diploma or GED
• 0-5 years of experience
• Must successfully complete and maintain a license for operation of a fork-lift.

• Requires ability to meet the quality expectations for manufacturing.
  • This includes: Understanding and applying appropriate control techniques, e.g., control charts; as required, accurately sampling the material made so that the laboratory can accurately analyze the physical properties of the product and working with the supervisor to make the necessary corrections to the product to meet specifications.
• Environmental, and physical requirements of this position include
  • working (nights) 12-hour shifts, overtime
  • working in confined spaces around 300 - 700-degree Fahrenheit extrusion equipment
  • working at elevated heights, regular climbing of stairs and ladders
  • regular crouching
  • ability to wear a partial respirator to protect against dust and fumes
  • ability to lift  55-pound bags (floor to chest),
  • frequent walking, standing and reaching in front of bod
  • functional sensory skills, i.e., hearing, sight, speech, smell and feel, full use of both hands, handling, good finger dexterity
  • ability to deal  with hazardous situations and materials, and effective communication skills. 
• Frequent climbing on/off fork-lift.
• Other required protective equipment includes: hard hats, safety shoes, hearing protection, and safety glasses.
• Good communication skills required
• Basic mechanical and a sound mathematics aptitude which includes the ability to calculate percent's, ratios, unit conversions, averages, as well as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.