Manufacturing Operator

​​Salary Range: 24/hr

Job type: Full time

Type of role: On-Site

Shift: 12 day or 12 hours Night Shifts

About Lubrizol
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit .

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

About Lubrizol

The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life . Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit .

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as Chemical Operator!

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the Specialty Chemical Industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You'll Do:

As a Chemical Operator, you will run our equipment in a safe and efficient mannger . You'll collaborate with a diverse group of passionate individuals to produce our products safel y and ef ficiently to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life.

• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean, safe, and orderly condition.
• Read and follow written procedures.
• Wear and maintain PPE as required.
• Follow site 5S program.
• Calculate gross, tare, and net weights.
• Cover Overtime and/or opens in a regular schedule to keep plant operating efficiently.
• Load and unload melting ovens as scheduled to prepare raw materials for the process.
• Responsible for accurate weighing and mixing of raw materials to manufacture batches of polyurethane.
• Monitor the process reaction and pour the reacting polymer while utilizing a lifting device.
• Unload cured polymer from ovens and palletize for intermediate storage.
• Complete in-process inspection of polymer batches and report non-conformances.
• Clean liners, trays, ovens, racks, and floors as scheduled or directed.
• Maintain necessary records while meeting plant and GDP expectations and record information with high level of accuracy.
• Conform to plant Quality Management System to maintain material traceability through the synthesis process.
• Ability to work on fork lift, electric pallet jack, scales, strapping machine, stretch wrapper, drum mover, drum tipper, skids, etc.
• Obtain and maintain valid fork truck license.
• Detect and report improper operation, faulty equipment, defective materials and unusual conditions to supervisor.
• Follow established company rules and regulations, safety precautions and maintain quality standards.
• Issue maintenance work orders using SAP system.
• Identify, label, and quarantine non-conforming materials.
• Ability to obtain HAZWOPER certification.
• Manage waste generated from the process and its disposal.
• Work closely with engineering to suggest possible process improvements.
• Report daily progress of production to supervisors.
• Perform other related duties as required or as directed by your supervisor.
• Follow training progression as defined in the plant Training and Role Matrix.

Skills That Make a Difference:

• High School Diploma or GED or Equivalent
• Math skills in order to calculate gross, tare, and net weights.
• Experience with Computers to complete Computer Based Training, Utilize MS Excel, MS Word, and SAP.
• Experience in plastics/manufacturing industry is preferred but not required.
• Must have good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must have the ability to work well with others in a team environment.
• Must be able to life 55 lbs frequently.

Work Environment:

• Either 12 hour day shift or 12 hour night shift schedules
• Regular work performed in non-climate-controlled buildings.
• Regular work performed outdoors, exposed to elements.
• Will be lifting 55 lbs frequently.

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today.

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.