Chemical Process Technician
Goodyear, AZ, US, 85395
Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging and aerospace solutions. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!
Primary Purpose of this Position:
Performs tasks and provides services to support the plant's production goals, overall business plans and objectives as directed.
What will you be responsible for?
- Complies with established job safety practices, policies and procedures a specified in plant and corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignment.
- Supports and follows the guidelines of the food safety system.
- Receives, stores, and handles hazardous and non-hazardous acids, caustics, oils and other process materials keeping accurate records of all materials received and shipped.
- Monitors and adjusts wastewater systems and sludge removal for EPA compliance.
- Advises management of any violations of environmental procedures regarding labeling, storage or spills of hazardous and non-hazardous materials.
- Performs troubleshooting on production and support equipment as required.
- Performs preventative maintenance on production and support equipment as required.
- Conducts inspection of in-process materials and in-process and finished product.
- Responsible for replenishing supplies, materials, and parts required for assigned area.
- Performs record keeping duties as required under the direction of management.
- Accesses, inputs, and retrieves information from the computer.
- Supplies and maintains required hand tools.
- May perform various lab chemical functions for assigned area.
- Initiates, reviews, and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.
What are we looking for?
- Broad training in a related field usually acquired through high school education or equivalent.
- Job related experience for 2 year(s) minimum
- Working knowledge of the following areas: basic knowledge of environmental regulations; knowledge of chemicals, oils, soluble oil compounds, water treatment process techniques, and/or chemical related manufacturing operations; nomenclature of all assigned equipment and products.
- Ability to apply standard evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard chemical process techniques, procedures, and criteria.
- Must be able to handle sensitive related and proprietary information in a confidential manner.
- Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
- Must follow company policies, procedures, practices, and standards of conduct as outlined in the Ball Corporation manuals.
- Maintains an awareness and complies with hazardous waste management and other environmental management requirements in the workplace by attending scheduled training sessions.
- Thorough understanding of the operating principles of all assigned equipment.
- Ability to identify product defects.
- Ability to effectively train personnel.
- Ability to operate and functionally use a computer.
- Ability to use hand and power tools.
- Ability to perform proper handling of hazardous and non-hazardous materials.
- Must maintain professional competence, ethical integrity, knowledge, and skills.
Compensation & Benefits
- Hiring Hourly Rate: $37.32
- This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
- Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.
Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.
When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 22,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups, and aerosol bottles to aerospace solutions that enable our customers to have a deeper understanding of our planet and the universe.
Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.
Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.
Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
No agencies please.
#LI-BD1
Nearest Major Market: Phoenix