SUMMARY:
This position performs tests and projects as directed by the QC/Lab Supervisor to support the manufacturing production operations and sales efforts.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Collect representative production samples for testing.
Perform appropriate QC Tests.
Compile and record test data into SAP/S4 system
Generate COA’s with each shipment.
Assure pre-ship samples are sent.
Assist in manufacturing quality troubleshooting.
Assist in administrative, organization of QC specifications, data and incoming data.
Perform additional duties as assigned.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
Must have scored Silver or above on WorkKeys test.
Experience in Quality or a quality laboratory is preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and work on a computer, stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Manufacturing environment includes dust, outdoors, high noise levels.
Worker Type: Regular (rotating work shift includes day, evening, and night shift)
Houston, TX
Westlake Chemical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers, and building products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Olefins and Vinyls. The Olefins segment offers polyethylene, styrene monomers, and various ethylene co-products, as well as sells propylene, crude butadiene, pyrolysis gasoline, and hydrogen products. The Vinyls segment provides specialty and commodity polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomers, ethylene dichloride, chlorine, caustic soda, chlorinated derivative, and ethylene products. This segment also manufactures and sells PVC compounds and building products fabricated from PVC, including residential siding, trim and moulding, pipe and fittings for various water, sewer and industrial applications, profiles for windows and doors, decking products, film for various inflatables, wall covering tapes, roofing applications, and composite roof tiles.
Westlake Chemical Corporation offers its products to a range of customers, including chemical processors, plastics fabricators, small construction contractors, municipalities, and supply warehouses in various consumer and industrial markets, such as flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, coatings, water treatment, refrigerants, and residential and commercial construction, as well as other durable and non-durable goods. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Westlake Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of TTWF LP.