Shipping Technician - Chemical Plant

Company Overview

Grounded by a history that is deeply rooted in innovation, Hexion is a global employer committed to building and protecting the future by producing innovative performance materials.  Our materials are the building blocks for critical industries, including construction, agriculture, energy, automotive, and infrastructure protection. Everywhere you look, you will find our materials and people at work to help customers make products that are stronger, safer, and cleaner. When you work for Hexion, you’ll join a team that is committed to operating safely and with integrity to build a more sustainable future for all, our associates, our customers, and the communities where we live and work.  

What We Offer

At Hexion, we prioritize providing progressive, inclusive, and competitive benefits that acknowledge the valuable contributions made by our associates while enhancing their overall well-being and promoting a healthy work-life balance. 

• Healthcare, Vision, Dental and Parental Leave
• 3 weeks’ vacation to start
• 401k Match 
• 16 hours paid volunteering time

Our commitment to investing in our employees goes beyond these exceptional benefits, as we also offer continuous training and certification opportunities that enable you to advance your career with Hexion. 

Position Overview

Perform all functions associated with loading outbound shipments and offloading inbound shipments as assigned.

Job Responsibilities

Safety

• Attend all required safety training.  Follow all SOP’s and PPE requirements to work in a safe manner.  Maintain high housekeeping standards in all work areas.  

Quality

• Follow SOPs to ensure product quality and avoid contamination.
• Ensure that product is shipped to meet customer needs.
• Follow instructions on picking tickets and SOPs to ensure product is properly strained during loading, orders are filled as requested, special instructions are followed.

Responsibilities

• Unload raw materials – bulk liquids, dry van.
• Maintain strainers, clean and replace strainer bags as required.
• Load outbound tank trucks, sample, seal if necessary.
• Stock supplies at scale houses
• Properly dispose of resin solids accumulated from strainer cleaning as needed.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards at all loading stations and in all work areas.
• Perform real-time data entry into SAP and AutoBOL, sign out drivers, supply placards as required, prepare shipping document packets for drivers.
• Spot tankers for loading from reactors as necessary
• Spot tankers for unloading by production as necessary.
• Follow loading checklist recording all required information for tracking, record keeping and improvement. 

Regulatory

• Understand and follow DOT, OSHA, EPA and other regulations.

Other

• Complete other tasks as assigned by leadership.

Organizational Relationships 

• This position reports to the Shipping Leader

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• Entry level role
• Must be able to drive semi-tractor and tanker and yard tractor in plant for loading and unloading
• Physical: Walking, driving, standing, lifting 55 pounds repeatedly, sitting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, fingering, talking, hearing, and seeing.  Ability to enter confined spaces and wear a respirator.
• Aptitudes: Must possess the ability to understand the meaning of words and their ideas, as well as instructions and their underlying principles.  Perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately and possess eye-hand motor coordination.  Temperaments: Must have the ability to accept responsibility, follow directions, perform duties under stress, adapt to situations requiring preciseness, and adapt to changing duties and responsibilities. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Computer skills – must be able to learn and use several computer systems.
• Mechanical aptitude a plus 

Other

We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.

In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years of age, willing to take a drug test , submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies

Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

If currently an employee of the Company, you must have current satisfactory work performance and in most cases, have been in your current role 18 months.

Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.