Chemical Blender/Compounder

Come join our growing team as a Blender/Compounder and play a vital role in producing top-quality products by utilizing your expertise in mixing and blending ingredients with precision and care.

Position: Blender/Compounder – 1st, 2nd or 3rd shift positions available

Pay: Exact pay based on experience, knowledge, skills and abilities. 2nd and 3rd shift premuim is $2 per hour

1st shift M-F 4:30am-3:30pm

2nd shift M-TH 3:30pm-2am and F 3:30pm-midnight.

3rd shift Su-Th 9:30pm-6am

Benefits available on the first of the month after date of hire.

• Medical, dental, and and other voluntray available with employee contribution
• Short and long term disability, life, and vision are paid for by IKI
• 401(k) with a match
• 2 weeks of PTO upon hire, holiday pay upon hire

Summary:
This position is responsible for working with the team to ensure timely mixing of raw materials and blending of chemicals (powder and liquid) to supply to the next step in production. They will work closely with quality control teams and internal supply chain to complete work orders that are set to strict specifications, that will then be used in production of aerosol can materials of many familiar household brands.
The person filling this role needs to possess diligent planning skills & the ability to communicate effectively through both written, CB radio and in-person means. They will be continuously informing both their internal specialized team, and also interdepartmentally on workflow to support production. This Warehouse/Production position is well supported by layers of quality and supply personnel to ensure the level of accuracy and consistency is maintained.
Responsibilities:

• Adhere to all safety and compliance regulations. This position works with chemicals that require provided uniform, gloves and safety glasses. Respirators are provided and yearly fit tests for half-mask are required. Safety shoes meeting at least composite toe and anti-slip are mandatory and will be re-imbrued up to 100$ upon receipt.
• Operate blending equipment and make adjustments to ensure quality of the blending process. This includes mixers and tanks to end user specification. This position works with line operation to ensure flow and quantity of materials is communicated.
• Follow work order instructions to weigh and combine raw ingredients in accurate amounts. Following the quality control departments specifications laid out by the end user customer, the blender is provided a ‘recipe’ to follow and document. This requires basic math skills and the ability to estimate quantities.
• Work hand-in-hand with the quality department to ensure the blend and cleaning samples used are tested and recorded within the specified timeframe to ensure smooth transition of the workflow.
• Thorough, diligent and consistent written documentation is a key factor in success of this position. Working with individual batch information for each ingredient used, time, humidity and temperature measurement, and maintaining timely workflows. Penmanship consistency is a necessary to be accurately read by all parties
• Time management and multi-tasking are needed to balance a diverse workflow. Throughout the day, the production line and management would request checks on materials. The candidate would need to be able to keep track of what exactly is going with their workflow to communicate the answer to the team’s requests.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with production, maintenance, quality control and scheduling personnel. Though this position works independently on individual orders and in different areas, as a team they rely on others in the department to assist with, and support others during down-time or gathering of materials.
• Supporting the logistics department by weighing and properly labeling and storing chemical inventory. Organization and use of forklift to procure materials that need to remain uniformly identifiable. This includes following proper procedures for unloading bulk deliveries of chemicals via tanker trucks.
• Minimal potential of customer interaction, as our customers may come for a site visit. Requirement to keep appearance, attitude and hygiene well-kept and professional on a daily basis.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities

• Ability to read and understand technical information in English and imperial measurements
• Ability to understand and compute mathematical conversions
• Good organization and documentation skills
• Accurate and legible hand writing
• Ability to operate forklift, electric and manual pallet jack
• Teamwork and positive attitude

Education and Experience:
Required;

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Ideal, but not necessary;

• Chemical operator/handling experience
• Data entry/Inventory experience
• Blending/Batch/Recipe manufacturing experience
• Quality control experience

Physical Requirements:

• 95% standing, lifting and walking
• Frequent heavy lifting of up to 50 lbs
• Production environment, non-controlled conditions
• Provided PPE must be worn when required and safety precautions must be followed.
• Half and full-face respirators when required, approximately 10% of duties
• Safety Gloves (Nitrile)
• Safety Glasses
• Composite toe, Slip resistant sole shoes