Pilot Plant Technician
Contract-To-Hire
Alpharetta, GA

The Pilot Plant Technician provides chemical process operation and maintenance support to Pilot Plant operations. This position operates and maintains the work processes necessary to achieve the unit’s safety, quality, reliability, cost, and production goals.

Safety

• Participate in peer and area coordinator safety audits and attend all required safety meetings & training.
  

• Maintain a clean and organized workplace, meeting established housekeeping standards
  

• Practice and participate in safety training and/or meetings, safely perform all activities required to successfully operate the unit, and take responsibility for the personal safety of self and others.
  

• Report any process upset, spill, injury, chemical release, security event, etc.
  

• Be a part of root cause analysis investigations and problem-solving teams.

Pilot Plant Trials/Experiments

• Assist product/process development groups in scale-up of lab synthesis to pilot plant trial, and then on to commercialization.
  

• Assist with manufacturing facility support through pilot plant trials. Adheres to pilot plant SOPs, checklists, and work processes.
  

• Operate equipment used in the pilot plant, including reactors, feeders, scrubbers, columns, heat exchangers, piping networks, hoses, pumps, valves, instruments, vessels, scales, tanks, meters, lab ovens.
  

• Take readings on equipment as required, monitor the process and equipment for proper operations, take samples as needed, and react to emergency conditions.
  

• Perform manual loading and unloading of materials or equipment as required
  

• Conduct DCS Operation to manipulate equipment controlled by the DCS.
  

• Split time between field operation of equipment and control room operation
  

• Accurately record experimental work in laboratory notebooks and communicate observations.
  

• Collaborate effectively with peers in a self-directed environment while maintaining alignment with Supervisor.
  

• Provide operational guidance and assistance to internal and external stakeholders as needed.

Mechanical Integrity

• Prepare the equipment for maintenance.
  

• Perform minor maintenance and troubleshooting as required on process equipment.
  

• Provide mechanical, fabrication, and preventative maintenance support for pilot plant operations.
  

• Communicate specifications and obtain price quotes for new parts and equipment from external resources.

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma, or equivalent

Minimum Experience

• 3+ years related experience in operation & maintenance of industrial/mechanical equipment, or
  

• 2+ years’ experience with post-secondary Degree/Certificate
  

• Fabrication experience

Minimum Field-of-Expertise

• Knowledge of chemical operations and maintenance of mechanical equipment (i.e. pumps, piping equipment, reactors, etc.)
  

• Basic PC skills required for electronic communications, incident/accident reporting, and access pilot plant information.
  

• Functional knowledge of computerized process control systems, including DCS navigation, troubleshooting, and operation such that the process can be safely and efficiently controlled is preferred.
  

• Ability to read and interpret process drawings.

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