Shipping Operator jobs at Occidental Petroleum Cincinnati

Company: Occidental Petroleum Corporation (View Profile)
Job Category: Operations (other)
 
Job Description

Job Number: 26628198
Company Name: Occidental Petroleum
Location: Cincinnati, OH US

Salary:
Career Focus: Science & Biotech

Location: US-OH-Cincinnati

Alternate Location: Posted Date: 8/23/2010

Category: Engineering - Plant

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Essential Job Duties:

* Mix or blend sodium silicate with water and/or other chemicals required for shipping and processing purposes.
* Load tank cars, load tank trucks, and pump to customers via pipeline.
* Perform physical and analytical tests (i.e. gravity, temperature, viscosity, titrations, etc.) on intermediate and finished products.
* Generate Certificates of Analyses (COA's) for product shipment.
* Use of computer blending program for analytical work and COA data acquisition.
* Use of SAP system for production and shipment processing requirements.
* Use of SAP system for production and shipment processing requirements.
* Inspect and prepare tank cars and tank trucks for loading and shipment.
* Prepare drums and drumming equipment for filling of drums.
* Circulate and sample silicate storage tanks.
* Keep work areas clean and washed down or swept as needed.
* To perform other such related work as directed by the supervisor in order to carry out the necessary responsibilities of the job.
* Maintain shipping operation logs accurately reflecting operations and operating conditions, to produce material of desired quality, and to maintain shipping schedules as instructed.
Prepare, operate, and clean silicate filtration process.
* Warehouse shipping and receiving.
* Trash collection and disposal in general work area.
* Prepare, operate, and clean soda ash unloading operation and related equipment cleanout activities.

Required Qualifications:

* Safety: Must show a thorough comprehension of the safety requirements of his/her job and the Company safety program and shall demonstrate consciousness of his/her own safety as well as consideration for the safety of others.
* Communication: Must be able to communicate thoroughly and effectively to his/her supervisors, co-workers, and 3rd parties (i.e. drivers), any and all pertinent information pertaining to the job.
* Physical Ability and Aptitude: Shall possess sufficient physical ability and aptitude to discharge the requirements of his/her job without impairing his/her own safety and health, or that of his/her fellow employees.
* Reports and Handwriting: Must make any required records, including his/her own time slips, notations, reports or written remarks in a neat, clearly understandable and legible manner.
* Arithmetic: Must be capable of doing simple arithmetic (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing accurately.)
* Accuracy: Must carefully read instruments and gauges to properly determine amounts of material shipped or used in process, and he/she must determine physical properties of product accurately.
* Operating Economy: Must demonstrate a willingness and ability to conduct the requirements of his/her job without waste or loss of materials.
* Use of Equipment: Shall use, in a careful manner, the equipment, tools, or instruments that are necessary to the performance of his/her job.
* Cooperation: Must be cooperative with fellow workers, and demonstrate a willingness to execute the instructions of his/her supervisors.
* Neatness: Shall cooperate faithfully with fellow employees in keeping the entire plant neat and in order. Shall maintain his/her own work place in a neat and clean condition.
* Rules: Must comply with all established plant or departmental rules and regulations.
* Adherence to Standards: Must carefully adhere to exact procedures or methods as may be prescribed by his/her supervisor.
* Absenteeism and Tardiness: Shall not be absent or tardy on the job beyond excusable limits established by Company regulations.
* Adaptability: Must be able to adapt himself/herself to necessary changes in the requirements of the job.