Ineos Plaquemine , LA 70764
Posted 2 weeks ago
Company:
INEOS Oxide
Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?
Organizational context
and job purpose
INEOS Organization:
INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Its businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, and medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.
BUSINESS CONTEXT:
The INEOS manufacturing complex consists of three world-class manufacturing plants; ethanolamines, polyglycol and glycol ethers. Collectively, all three plants produce over 500 million pounds per year with sales revenue in excess of $250 million per year. Two of these plants, the polyglycol and glycol ethers plant, are contract manufactured for The Dow Chemical Company.
A staff of sixty INEOS employees and forty contractors operates the manufacturing plants continuously. With the exception of supplying raw materials, utilities and some technical support, all activities are handled by the staff at the Plaquemine plant. These activities include reaction, distillation/finishing, process control, packaging, loading, quality control/quality assurance, maintenance, safety, environmental, and supply chain activities.
Purpose of the Job:
This position is primarily supporting the analytical requirements of all block assets, although work permitting, may assist other quality staff members or lab operators in other tasks. The priority is to ensure all finished products, raw materials, and wastes meet all specifications and to perform assigned L9 responsibilities to ensure good housekeeping and identification of equipment concerns, which is accomplished by: performing analytical measurements, reviewing results generated by operations, keeping laboratory stocked, good housekeeping performed, and reagents managed to ensure expired chemicals are removed and unavailable for use, and notifying the lab supervisor when additional chemicals and supplies are needed.
Responsibilities AND Accountabilities
Accountability 1: All Laboratory Technicians
SHE
Most important activity
This position - and all positions - with the INEOS Oxide US organization requires that the incumbent commit to learning, following, and practicing INEOS 20 Principles of Process & Behavioral Safety as applicable to the position. These Principles are posted throughout each Oxide facility and each employee must also commit to following INEOS' Life-Saving rules on a daily basis. These are also posted within each Oxide facility
Routinely collect, report, and address SHE near misses
Ensure all required regulatory and job specific training is completed in a timely manner
Maintain laboratory environment by ensuring proper housekeeping in lab area including retain storage building
Accountability:
Initial Training 5.0 (3 months expected)
Most important activities
Safety Training with Safety Department
Module 1 training
Plant orientation and introductions
Handling of lab generated waste including Dak Paks and 90-day storage
Module 2 training
Module 4 training
Module 5 training (excluding ICP-MS)
7 day check testing and requirements
Communicate instrument issues to Equipment Specialist and lab Supervisor
On-call rotation with support from lab staff
Second level review of lots
Module 8 training (excluding nitrite/nitrate)
Module 9 training (maintenance forms, and titration sections, volumetric flasks, solutions book entry, instrument control practical demonstration, weekly carbonyl checks)
Module 10 training (DOW LIMS backup, Excel calculators, logging samples into LIMS, intro to labware, intro to efficient lotting process, lab schedule, peg positive ID, low Aldehydes procedures, DEG from Glycol 2)
Module 11 training (marine procedures for EOA and GE, lab management for rerun analysis requests)
Complete practical demonstration of efficient lotting
Accountability:
Grade 5.05: Laboratory Technician I
Must be qualified on all prior items
The following competencies must be demonstrated to progress to Lab Tech II (6 months expected completion time)
Able to update load edit and peg edit sheets as required
retain management (analysing and logging samples)
L9 program compliance
OOS & OOC compliance
On-call compliance
Comply with new hire shadow training needs
Handling of raw material analysis and login
Log in and store lab chemicals and supplies
GE Off-Series testing and requirements
Module 12 forklift training
Management of Dak Paks
Procedure review compliance
Generate MOC for procedure review
Assist operations with lab testing when required
Module 10 (Carbitol Hypure and PMEG metals login)
Metals analysis entry into Labware for ICP-MS
Accountability:
Grade 5.10: Laboratory Technician II
Must be qualified on all prior items
The following competencies must be demonstrated to progress to Lab Tech III (12 months expected completion time)
Module 10 (COA generation for Contanda samples)
Lemont sample analysis (exception: ICP-MS)
Nitrite/Nitrate
Module 9 (GC maintenance, bomem check, FTIR system check)
Sample shipment prep to third party lab for metals testing
Module 11 (Generate COA's out of SAP and via manual templates, managing customer pre-shipment samples)
Accountability:
Grade 5.15: Laboratory Technician III
Must be qualified on all prior items
The following competencies must be demonstrated to progress to Lab Tech IV (12 months expected completion time)
Comply with new hire sign off training needs
Module 9 (calibration check for Hunterlab)
ICP-MS sample prep and analysis
ICP-MS torch maintenance
Customer sample request fulfillment
Tech service request fulfillment
Hydroxyl testing
Accountability:
Grade 6.0: Laboratory Technician IV
Must be qualified on all prior items
The following competencies are growth opportunities on skills, interests, and quality team needs
ICP-MS troubleshooting
Control Program participation
Leads special lab projects and reports findings back to management
High-level troubleshooting of lab instruments
GC calibration
Supply ordering
Generating MOC's for projects Able to update
Accountability:
Grade 6.1: Senior Laboratory Technician
Must be qualified on all prior items
The following competencies are growth opportunities on skills, interests, and quality team needs
Ownership of one or more Lab Programs
Back up to equipment or control specialist ICP-MS troubleshooting
Drive high-level processes without the need for supervision
Skills/Competencies
Education/Experience
Chemistry related degree preferred
Two - Seven years plant experience preferred
Technical Skills
Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, SAP, and LIMS
Strong computative and analytical ability required
Knowledge of the scientific method and be able to use it in practical conditions preferred
Knowledge of the following preferred
Gas Chromatography (lab and field)
Colorimeter
UV-VIS
FTIR
NIR
TOC
Acid/base titrations
pH measurements
Balances
Karl Fisher water titrations
ICP-OES
ICP-MS
Viscometer
Density Meter
Behavioral Skills
Able to work in a fast-paced and growing environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Motivated, self-starter who desires success
responsive to questions and needs in a deadline-driven environment
Ability to work independently with little supervision
Demonstrate flexible and efficient time management and appropriately prioritize workload based upon organization needs
Ability to work overtime as necessary
ADA Physical requirements, visual acuity requirements and environmental conditions
Inside
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
The worker is subject to both environmental conditions that occur inside and outside.
Outside
The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.
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