Job Description
Hires at Eastman Chemical Companys Performance Films facilities in Martinsville, Virginia will be responsible for performing production work in one of 7 areas: Coating &Laminating, Dye House, DIY, Rewind, Sputtering, Metalizing and Silicone. All positions will report and work under the general supervision of a Team Manager. Primary responsibilities include:
* Perform start up and shut down of operating equipment.
* Monitor and troubleshoot equipment.
* Maintain production area and participate in housekeeping/safety/environmental inspections.
* Load and unload items from machines, carts, and dollies.
* Feed or place items onto equipment for processing.
* Lubricate equipment.
* Ensure output is in conformance to Quality specifications.
* Pull damaged or ineffective equipment off the line.
* Mark parts for identification.
* Remove product and machine attachments.
* Remove waste material from machine.
* Monitor, read and interpret equipment guages, dials and other indicators to ensure equipment is running properly.
* Record data.
* Load and unload processing equipment.
* Load and unload trucks or other equipment.
* Place Safety as a core value and perform all work to Safety specifications.
* Perform preventative and routine maintenance.
* Identify process deviations and perform root cause/corrective action.
* Other duties as assigned.
Education:
* High School Diploma/GED Required
Qualifications:
* Must be at least 18 years of age
* Must have valid driver's license
* Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
* Must meet minimum Workkeys Assessment ratings
Job Requirements:
* Must follow all safety procedures.
* Must wear specified company-provided personal protective equipment such as safety shoes, safety glasses with side shields, and hearing protection at all times in designated areas.
* Must be willing to work 12 hour rotating shift schedules or others as dictated for the department.
* Overtime work is required from time to time.
* Must be dependable reporting to work on time, ready to work.
* Be familiar with basic computer functions such as creating, sending, and receiving e-mail and data entry.
* Have a strong work ethic, demonstrating both initiative and a professional attitude.
* Must have clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
* Must be able to apply mechanical fundamentals to properly operate and maintain the performance of the equipment within their area of responsibility.
* Must be able to perform the essential elements of the positions with or without reasonable accommodations.
Qualified candidates should apply online to Requisition 0000
http://www.careers.eastman.com
Eastman is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
Kingsport, TN
Eastman Chemical Company operates as an advanced materials and specialty additives company worldwide. The company’s Additives & Functional Products segment offers specialty coalescent, specialty and commodity solvents, paint additives, and specialty polymers; hydrocarbon and rosin resins; insoluble sulfur and anti-degradant rubber additives; performance resins; amine derivative-based building blocks; heat transfer and aviation fluids; organic acid-based solutions; and metam-based soil fumigants, thiram and ziram based fungicides, and plant growth regulators. It serves the transportation, consumables, building and construction, animal nutrition, crop protection, energy, personal and home care, and other markets.
Its Advanced Materials segment provides co-polyesters, cellulose esters, polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheets, specialty PVB intermediates, and window and protective films, and aftermarket applied film products for value-added end uses in the transportation, consumables, building and construction, durable goods, and health and wellness markets. The company’s Chemical Intermediates segment offers Olefin and acetyl derivatives, ethylene, and commodity solvents; primary non-phthalate and phthalate plasticizers, and niche non- phthalate plasticizers; and methylamines and salts higher amines and solvents to the industrial chemicals and processing, building and construction, health and wellness, and agrochemicals.
Its Fibers segment provides cellulose acetate tow, triacetin, cellulose acetate flake, and acetic anhydride for use in filtration media primarily cigarette filters; natural and solution dyed acetate yarns for use in consumables, and health and wellness markets; and wet-laid nonwoven media, specialty and engineered papers, and cellulose acetate fibers for transportation, industrial, agriculture and mining, aerospace, personal hygiene, and consumables markets. Eastman Chemical Company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.