Overview:

Building our Future Together. FXI is a leading producer of foam innovation in the Bedding, Furniture, Industrial, Home & Office, Healthcare, and Transportation markets. We have made it our mission to provide tailored solutions that delight our customers and consumers. With our corporate headquarters, high-tech research and development facility, and multiple manufacturing locations in North America, FXI has built a culture of innovation and achievement that is recognized by customers, suppliers and peers. Our products include finished goods, sub-assemblies, services, and raw materials for OEMs, fabricators, and retailers. You will find FXIs foam innovations inside, around, and under yourself in countless applications. Everywhere foam goes, FXIs innovations lead the way! Wont you join us?

Position Purpose:

Operates power-driven pumps that transfer liquids, semi-solids, gases, or powdered materials. Understands and completes necessary transactions within SAP to support inventory, costing, formulation activities.

Essential duties :

• Works directly with the Pour line Management to coordinate and implement all directives in a positive and professional manner for foam production.
• Safely loads, unloads, and transfers chemicals from rail cars, tankers, totes, and drums to holding tanks for production.
• Observes pressure gauges and flow meters and adjusts valves to regulate speed of pumps and control pressure and rate of flow of materials.
• Maintains pumps and lines by replacing filters and gaskets, tightening connections, and adjusting pumps
• Collects samples of material for lab analysis
• Records all necessary information as required.
• Inventories contents of storage tanks
• Supports transactions within SAP that interact with the chemical to foam transformation.
• Supports the Pour line Operators as needed before, during, and after foam transformation/production.
• Follow 5s and safety policies and procedures.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Knowledge, skills, experience:

• A minimum of 1 year related experience
• Able to read, write and speak English
• Able to stand and walk for 8 hours
• Able to read measuring devices.
• SAP knowledge will benefit, otherwise familiarity with interactions within accounting software will benefit individuals.
• Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, PPT)
• Mechanical knowledge experience needed.

E ducation / Certifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to work independently and perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Ability to communicate effectively including effectively presenting information, comprehending and communicating detailed instructions, reading and writing correspondence and memos, and having knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures as required by the position.
• Ability to apply common sense practices to carry out detailed oral or written instruction. Ability to deal with problems involving multiple variables in continuously changing situations.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the wearing of Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) consisting of eye protection while on the production floor as well as hearing protection in designated areas.

Work Environment:

• The environment characteristics describe here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the position.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, the area may contain hazardous chemicals, fumes, or airborne particles, regularly exposed to noise levels in the work environment which are moderate to loud, and exposed to temperature ranging from moderate to high depending on the time of year and location of the work being done. While performing the duties of this position, the employee will be required to protect themselves, fellow coworkers, and the environment by following safe work procedures, safety and environmental policies and regulations, and wearing appropriate PPE.