Must Haves:
- Trade School Certification or High School Diploma
- Ability to write and comprehend documents in English
Plusses:
- Experience in a chemical manufacturing environment (working with sealants, adhesives, mortars, primers, and intermediates)
- Great communication skills
Day to Day:
Insight Global is seeking a Mixing Specialist to join one of our clients in Lakewood, New Jersey. This position will be responsible for working on manual or semiautomatic systems to process substances into industrial and consumer products. It is expected that this person can understand, analyze and resolve technical problems in the work area while adhering to all safety guidelines. There are both 2nd and 3rd shift openings for this role (See details below).
Work schedule:
- 2nd Shift Mixer - 1:00pm to 9:30pm
- 3rd Shift Mixer - 9:00pm to 5:30am
- 3rd Shift Packer - 11:00pm to 7:30am
Detailed Responsibilities:
- Tends manual or semiautomatic systems that process chemical substances into industrial or consumer products, such as sealants, adhesives, mortars, primers, and intermediates
- Loads specified amounts of solid materials into heating/cooling vessels or blending tanks. Turns valves to feed liquid and solid materials through equipment units, or sets controls in specified sequence on control panel to start automatic feed
- Observes chemical reactions; monitors gauges, signals, and recorders; and receives notification from quality control laboratory, supervisor, or other workers to make specified operating adjustments
- Draws samples of products for quality control analysis. Will perform chemical tests/QC checks on product to ensure conformance with specifications, using standard test equipment, materials, and procedure
- With the use of a forklift, packages, palletizes, shrink-wraps and stages Sika product into a staging area or directly onto a truck for transportation to external warehouses
- Performs other duties of a similar or related level and assists with special projects as necessary or assigned
- Responsible for conformance with all safety rules to maintain plant safety.
- Maintain good housekeeping, and performs minor maintenance of equipment, workstations and manufacturing areas.