Chemical Operator I

Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

Within this framework, Water Tech brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy.

Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Operate or tend equipment to control chemical changes or reactions in the processing of industrial products. Cleaning and loading of the Chemsure trailers in the Point of Feed (POF) room as well as material staging for the production areas, tote washing, receiving, and putting materials into storage locations, inventory consolidation and general housekeeping.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Support all Environmental, Health, and Safety programs, policies, and regulations.
• Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, and yields.
• Monitor recording instruments, flow meters, panel lights, and other indicators, and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
• Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panel boards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
• Record operating data such as process conditions, test results, and instrument readings.
• Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, and product quality.
• Draw samples of products, and conduct quality control tests in order to monitor processing, and to ensure that standards are met.
• Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
• Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases and vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, and to add products to blending vessels.
• Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors, and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
• Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks and troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
• Notify maintenance, and other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions and to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
• Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
• Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
• Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
• Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
• Minimum of (6) six months experience working in a chemical manufacturing environment with hazardous materials.
• Experience driving a forklift

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2 years' related batch chemical blending/ formulation experience with hazardous materials
• Minimum of 1-year analytical testing experience
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Attention to detail and strong math skills
• Strong computer skills, including MS Outlook, Excel, Word, and the Internet
• Team player, individual thinker
• Customer focused; positive attitude

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate degree from an accredited university, college or technical school
• Attention to detail and numbers-oriented
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Strong computer skills
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Team player, individual thinker

Physical Requirements

Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Safety Boots, Safety Clothing, Safety Helmet,

Safety Goggle/Glasses, Respirator, Gloves)

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger

communities. We're an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder

and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

* Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Starting Day 1!

* Life Insurance

* Paid Time Off

* Paid Holidays

* Parental Leave

* 401(k) Plan - 3% default contribution plus matching!

* Flexible Spending & Health Saving Accounts

* AD&D Insurance

* Disability Insurance

* Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this

posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable

law.

****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not

sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity****

VWTS does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a

current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and

candidate profiles will be deemed the property of VWTS, and no fee will be due.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.