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    laboratory technician - Plaquemine, LA, United States - INEOS

    INEOS
    INEOS Plaquemine, LA, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    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 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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