What are the responsibilities and job description for the Batchmaker position at Rustoleum Corporation?
Job Description
Position Summary:
Responsible for blending and mixing of various pigments, resins, hardeners, and other raw material additives to produce acceptable in-process batches per approved batch instruction sheets with a minimal number of corrections.
Essential Functions
Position Summary:
Responsible for blending and mixing of various pigments, resins, hardeners, and other raw material additives to produce acceptable in-process batches per approved batch instruction sheets with a minimal number of corrections.
Essential Functions
- Stages and prepares all raw materials associated with production batches
- Maintains orderliness and cleanliness in batch making area and proper storage of batch area inventories
- Communicates low levels of raw materials to the Plant Supervisor
- Develops a thorough knowledge of raw material storage tanks, valving and piping, their contents, actuation, and directions of flow
- Maintains a good working relationship with Quality Control
- Must be capable of logical structuring of the batch making process, particularly optimization of mixer usage and efficiency
- Reports on all spills and leaks, equipment malfunction, safety hazards, accidents, near-miss accidents, and material shortages immediately to the production supervisor
- Acknowledges and understands the hazards and safety precautions required for working with inorganic metal-based powdered pigments and modifies work and hygiene practices accordingly.
- Some college level chemistry
- Sector-specific batching/manufacturing experience
- High school diploma or GED
- Minimum 2 years prior related experience or 1 years' experience as a production batchmaker.
- Ability to take initiative in completing assigned work and projects.
- Excellent organizational and multi-tasking abilities.
- Ability to be resourceful and proactive when issues arise.
- Strong communication skills.
- Must pass standard eye exam (corrected or uncorrected) and must pass standard color-tone testing
- Must be capable of wearing Company standard respirators as qualified by a fit test performed by an authorized agency
- Lifting up to 50 lbs.
- Stooping, bending, squatting up to 50% of the time
- Standing and walking up to 90% of the time.
- This position requires consistent wearing of safety glasses, gloves, long pants, and closed-toe shoes; with additional specific PPE depending on the chemicals or materials handled, which could include respirators, hearing protection, or specialized gloves for hazardous substances.