Chemical technician Jobs in St Louis, MO

Company Description

PQ is a leading global provider of silicates, silicas and derivative products. PQ's products are used in a wide variety of industrial processes and many customer products, from decorative paints to green cement, from clean drinking water to green tires and from toothpaste to biofuels and beer.

Ideal candidates resonate with PQ's Core Values of Integrity, Sustainability, People, Customer Focus and Safety. Successful employees embrace and model these values in their behaviors and actions.

Job Description

This position is responsible for producing and packaging finished silica gel products per customer specifications from incoming raw materials. Operate the process in compliance with all health, safety and environmental rules and regulations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitor the process through manual and / or automated control panel adjustments
• Make necessary adjustments (physical and mathematical) to the process to maintain quality product and output.
• Perform lab testing for in-process and finished products
• Document all test results, process parameters and adjustments and environmental regulatory requirements
• Perform all packaging requirements including filling, palletizing and warehousing of finished product.
• Operation of forktruck to include loading and unloading of trucks.
• Comply with all federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations and requirements.
• Comply with company policies and site work rules.
• Perform needed housekeeping functions
• Complete environmental data gathering, as needed
• Other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Behavioral & Job Competencies (including leadership competencies)

Additional Information

Special Factors

EHS Responsibilities

PQ is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Click on the link to read Know Your Rights : Workplace discrimination is illegal (eeoc.gov). For more information, please review the link Know Your Rights : Workplace Discrimination is Illegal / U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov).