Process Control Operator Full Time NEW

INVISTA Kingston Site currently has an opening for a Process Control Operator.

• $34.10/hr. with an expectation to grow to $40.45/hr.
• Competitive Pension and Benefits Packages
• Overtime and Annual Performance Bonus
• Opportunities for paid continued education and training

Our Team

INVISTA is one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, primarily for nylon, spandex, and polyester applications. We deliver exceptional value for our customers through market insights, technological innovations, and a powerful portfolio of global trademarks. We transform daily through innovation. At Kingston Site, we have over 600 employees who consistently strive for continuous improvement while embracing compliance and integrity.

We foster a culture grounded in Our Values-integrity, stewardship & compliance, principled entrepreneurship, transformation, knowledge, humility, respect, and self-actualization-empowering employees to innovate, grow, and create long-term value.

One Shift Vision

One Shift will transform how we control and operate Kingston Polymer by the end of 2027 to enable our people to act and make decisions as one team, develop in accordance with their innate abilities, and run our plant with increasing competitiveness.

This will be enabled by:

• Reducing complexity and automating repetitive processes
• Connecting the right people to the right information at the right time
• Operating out of a focused, distraction-free, consolidated control environment
• Connecting the field technician with asset health information and leading indicators, strong integration with the team, and improved capability to allow everyone to “flow to work.”
• Improved efficiency with capability building within the individual and the team
• Integration of the organization (improved decision making, prioritization, leveraging of resources)
• Improve sense of community across the organization

What You Will Do

• Process Control Operators, Technicians, and Technologists must be able to work in a team environment, operate, maintain, and improve our processes, equipment, and facilities.
• Make critical decisions on daily activities/priorities, and emergencies.
• Flexible and open-minded to listen and adjust to team decisions
• Utilizing computerized control systems, as well as manual operation of equipment, they will learn to control the processing and flow of additives, nylon salt, and polymer.
• Monitoring and controlling equipment speeds, pressures, and temperatures to keep quality parameters on target, prevent any potential EHS events, and drive high uptime and yield.
• Leader and driver in mobile worker technology while working and growing in a lifelong learning environment.
• Duties include equipment shutdown, Lock-Out Tag-Out, overhaul, cleaning, and start-up, including issuance of associated Safe Work Permits, as well as initiating maintenance notifications, and responding to material flow or utility disruptions, to ensure continuity of product supply to downstream assets.
• Flow to the work across area boundaries, based on capability as one team, embracing the concepts of LEAN manufacturing, and On Aim, while applying unique and individual capabilities.
• Work schedules are 12-hour rotating shifts (days and nights)

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Post-secondary education in engineering, manufacturing, or a technical discipline, or 3 years of experience in a control room environment.
• Experience interacting and collaborating with multidisciplinary work groups (i.e., maintenance, operations, technical, projects)
• Possess knowledge of or willingness to learn and use computer systems and applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SAP
• Work a rotating 12 -hour shift. The work schedule is subject to change with notification, depending on business needs.
• Able to work in a tobacco-free environment.
• Must have legal authorization to work permanently in Canada for any employer without requiring a work permit transfer or work permit sponsorship.

What Will Put You Ahead

• 3-5 years’ previous experience in a manufacturing environment
• Process control experience
• Problem-solving experience

This role is subject to a pre-hire physical abilities test.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value, and get rewarded for our individual contributions. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, air bags, food packaging, and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life’s essential products to market.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our Business Philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation or assistance at any time during the application or selection processes, please submit a request to the Hiring Manager.