Sulfonation Operator

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

Executes the operational plan of an engineering task based on engineering designs and work specifications

Works closely with external contractors and ensures the quality of delivered services and products

Sets up or adjusts complex equipment according to manufacturing specifications

Identifies and implements opportunities of process optimization

What makes you a good fit

The technician at this level will be able to provide leadership and direction to crew members to optimize results and improve skill levels; plan for and allocate resources including downtime, EOs, sludge deterrence or removal, changes in production plan or shut downs, coordinate production inventory for shipments and internal usage.

Must know and demonstrate proper operation of Sulfonation.

Technician IV,LL performs hourly inspections of the Sulfonation plant and record data retrieved from the control monitors.

Based upon lab analytical results, the operators will make necessary changes to the process or to storage tanks to maintain acceptable quality in the finished product.

In addition, the operators are required to become proficient in working with personal computers and statistical process control.

Must be able to prepare for and lead tie-in meetings with the previous shift and management personnel prior to the start of each shift for review of results in all functional areas, including staffing discussions to ensure operator role coverage to minimize operating disruptions, costs, delegate resources to problems and prioritize maintenance projects to improve department key measures.

Must be able to provide direction, coach and train other Technician IV, LL in new processes, standards, operating instructions, and cause and effect learnings.

Must frequently communicate with all crewmembers, to ensure that tasks are properly assigned and allocate resources to effectively run the daily operations (i.e. lunch breaks, callouts, shift changes, etc.) and anticipate production, schedule, customer and raw material needs, plan and execute solutions to upcoming issues.

Must learn and understand the reliability measures and be able to utilize the downtime system for troubleshooting and maintenance planning and execution.

Must learn and understand yield trends and implement yield improvements.

Must learn and understand the relationship among accuracy in production reporting, yields, cost and competitive performance.

The technician must frequently communicate with other crew members on shift including Stationary Engineers / Mechanic, Electricians, Lab Technicians, Technician IV, LL, Technician III, and internal and external customers and Team Managers to optimize production results and problem solve to ensure positive customer service results.

Must have good planning and organizational skills.

Technician IV, LL will actively participate in related activities

The salary for

this role is $33.95- $37.73. This is the range that we in good faith

anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may

ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary

range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.