Compound Plant Operator manages the overall production of raw materials for blending and mixing. The compound plant operator duties and responsibilities include overseeing the production process to ensure it runs smoothly, safely and meets quality standards. They must keep a clean environment while maintaining plant machines such as mixers, scales and control functions.
Duties and Responsibilities
*Responsible for monitoring and running the proper recipes i.e. proper amount of ingredients, heating and cooling time, heating and cooling temperatures, etc.
*Responsible for monitoring the compound computer system - ensuring proper weights, heats, pressure, etc. are met and maintained
*Responsible for physically inspecting, repairing and/or reporting needed repairs of filters, material lines/hoses, etc.
*Must monitor and maintain railcar unloading system - properly securing hoses, properly venting railcars, capping off unused hoses, keeping railcar area clean and communicating with railroad yard *responsible for filing correct and accurate paperwork - batch reports, resin/silo reports, tote reports, railcar reports, etc.
*Must communicate with production supervisor any silo or material changes which may affect the compound
*Must wear the respirator properly when loading mic units - material must be loaded through the closed grate at all times
*Each operator will be responsible for their assigned housekeeping duties
Requirements and Qualifications
Honesty, fairness, integrity, the golden rule: a customer-first culture. Customers want it- even demand it. And it’s so easy to promise.
This is ‘distance race’ thinking, and building a business on it is harder than you might think. It requires you to sacrifice many short-term opportunities for gain. It means spending whatever time it takes to help a client solve a problem on deadline. It means resisting the urge to cut corners on materials that, once in place, no one will ever see.
It means innovation: going beyond what your customers want or expect, and working restlessly to create new products and ideas to fill unmet needs. It means keeping your word, even when it’s inconvenient, and honouring relationships over transactions, even when it costs. And it means building a team with people who believe it, live it, and stand by it.
At IPEX we’ve long-since made a decision to embrace this long-term thinking, not just when it’s easy, but every day, in everything we do, for every customer and every employee. We don’t do it because we’re nice people, though we like to think we are. We do it because it’s good business, and that the reputation we’ve built over time, job by job, one customer at a time, pays the best dividends.
Alex Mestres
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
