Technician, Lab 4, LP/BC

Company:

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:

INEOS Oxide is one of the most diverse, dynamic and successful businesses within INEOS. We operate 5 manufacturing sites in Europe and North America (Antwerp BE, Köln DE, Lavéra FR, Plaquemine US, Bayport, US). We produce a broad range of 200+ products which spread across five key value chains (Ethylene Oxide, Propylene Oxide, Oxoalcohols, Acetic Acid, and ENB), and on many of our products we are the European market leader. Our total manufacturing capacity is above 3 million tonnes per annum generating an annual EBITDA of ~300 M€. INEOS Oxide is an energetic business which is growing actively on a global level, with projects to extend our production base to new sites in North America and Asia in addition to continued investment on our existing platforms. We are committed to resourcing the Procurement team accordingly to deliver on this ambitious growth agenda.

Purpose of the Job:

The Laboratory Technician reports to the Laboratory Supervisor and is part of the site Quality Group.  The Laboratory Technician is responsible for safely providing accurate and timely sample results for quality conformance, for operational process control, to fulfill special customer requirements, or in support of troubleshooting or improvement projects.

Responsibilities AND Accountabilities

• Follow all safety/PPE rules and actively promote safety issues such as behavior-based safety, safety audits, safety committee meetings, safety improvement reports, job safety analysis, safety inspections, etc.
• Directly responsible for understanding, promoting and upholding the INEOS 20 Principles.
• Directly responsible for understanding and following INEOS Oxide Life Saving Rules.
• Directly responsible for understanding and completing all regular Cybersecurity training and awareness campaigns.
• Perform routine testing to determine product quality status as specified by the product specification system.
• Perform routine testing to support unit production or process control as specified by the inline testing schedules or requests from the manufacturing units.
• Perform non-routine testing with the assistance of the laboratory staff.
• Accurately input all data into LIMS system.
• Proactively and continuously clean the laboratory and equipment to display and maintain the housekeeping standards necessary for a world-class organization.
• Follow the rules of statistical process control (SPC) on laboratory test results to assure the measurement system is in statistical control.
• Actively promote quality goals and demonstrate attention to quality in job performance.
• Check operation of testing equipment, troubleshoot equipment to identify and/or correct source of problem, perform required routine preventative maintenance, and notify the shift team leader of any abnormalities or maintenance requirements.
• Schedule work to meet priorities.
• Conduct job tasks in a professional manner utilizing good housekeeping practices and laboratory technique.
• Participate as required safety or quality work teams to improve the current systems.
• Work as part of the laboratory team to accomplish organization goals.
• Improved and consistent housekeeping practices on shift to meet Asset Care expectations.

The candidate is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of a 24/7/365 laboratory.  The employee must be able to manage routine and non-routine samples and workloads while communicating with operations, product movement, and other site departments.  Internal factors will be supporting operations, Environmental critical samples, process safety sampling and maintaining instrumentation and tools.  This position works a rotating shift and will be expected to work overtime. 

This worker is required to work with ethylene oxide.  A complete commitment to safety is not negotiable.

Internal Factors: 

Sedentary Work:  Exerting up to 10 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.

This worker is required to work with ethylene oxide.  A complete commitment to safety is not negotiable.

Subject to inside environmental conditions:  Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.

Employee must have the ability to see written documents, computer screens, and to adjust focus.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.   Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

External Factors:

This worker is required to work with ethylene oxide.  A complete commitment to safety is not negotiable.  Physical requirements include being able to lift 5-gallon containers (up to 50lbs.) and sample trays up to 30 lbs. and walking for up to 20 feet. 

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions:  Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions:  No effective protection from the weather.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions:  Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to extreme cold:  Temperatures below 32 degrees F for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to hazards:  Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• 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.
• The worker is subject to oils:  There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.
• The worker is required to wear a respirator.
• The worker is required to don a gas mask.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Accountabilities:

• This position – and all positions – with the INEOS Oxide US organization requires the incumbent to 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.

SHE

• This worker is required to work with ethylene oxide.  A complete commitment to safety is not negotiable.
• Maintain and control the safe and efficient operation of the Bayport Laboratory using established operating disciplines and procedures.  Ensure safety and environmental compliance is achieved.
• Responsible for maintaining the laboratory assets and protective systems integrity.
• Assist in defining and maintaining a laboratory threat board to proactively address safety risks.  
• Participate in the development of laboratory procedures.
• Support the OSHA VPP efforts including laboratory participation in the site employee safety team. 
• Ensure environmental compliance by working with the Environmental department on routine sample canister management including HON rule summa canister repair management.
• Help investigate all SHE incidents.
• Report all incidents immediately.
• Maintain safety as the highest priority of the plant
• Maintain the 20 Principles of Safety and Process Safety.
• Responsible for Asset Care compliance of the laboratory and retain buildings.  Conduct routine Asset Care tours and participate in audits.
• Adhere to and uphold all safety policies and standards

Manufacturing Excellence

• This worker is required to work with ethylene oxide.  A complete commitment to safety is not negotiable.
• Understands internal/external customer needs and strives to exceed their expectations.
• Demonstrates shared commitment to the success of the team and the wider organization.
• Looks for ways to do things better, faster, more efficiently
• Understands general laboratory analytical techniques & practices
• Problem Solving and Judgment
• Performance Delivery
• Technical and Functional Skills
• Priority Setting
• Anticipates problems and adjusts accordingly
• Consistently makes timely, effective decisions
• Maintain job level certifications.

Skills/Competencies:

Level of Education & Experience in general

• High School diploma or GED minimum with eight hours of college level chemistry.
• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field preferred.
• 2 years of industrial laboratory experience (chemicals, fuels, polymers, R/D).

Technical Skills

• Training Skills
• Keen computer skills with knowledge of MS Office
• Working knowledge of a LIMS system (Sample Manager, LabWare, BLISS). 
• Computer Skills:  E-mail, SAP, Word, Excel and PowerPoint experience preferred.
• Experience using Personal Protective Equipment preferred.
• Experience following safety procedures, including OSHA standards preferred.

Behavioral Skills

• Performance Bias: A bias for action – does things before being asked or forced by events
• Business Insight: Understands internal/external customer needs and strives to exceed their expectations
• Partnership & Teamwork:  Demonstrates shared commitment to the success of the team and the wider organization
• Innovation: Looks for ways to do things better, faster, more efficiently
• Understands general laboratory analytical techniques & practices
• Problem Solving and Judgment
• Performance Delivery
• Technical and Functional Skills
• Priority Setting
• Anticipates problems and adjusts accordingly
• Consistently makes timely, effective decisions

ADA Physical requirements, visual acuity requirements and environmental conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and perform tasks requiring repetitive use of hands.  The employee must occasionally walk, stand and travel by car, airplane or other means.   Exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Employee must have the ability to see written documents, computer screens, and to adjust focus.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.   Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

Work Environment:  This job is performed mainly in a temperature-controlled office environment.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Zero injuries or HIPOs in the laboratory.
• Achieve SHE metric targets for safety and environmental incidents
• Meet or exceed SHEQ production goals
• Meet or exceed laboratory reliability
• Asset Care, 20P, ISO compliance achieved
• Completion of assigned action items
• Achieve plant department and personal metrics as defined in annual performance assessment

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.