SCENTISPHERE is a leading manufacturer of scented print coatings and varnishes used for advertising, scent sampling, as well as the production of scented print products. Our company is dynamic, fast growing, and our customers include the largest consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, health and beauty companies. Scentisphere offers qualified, ambitious candidates an opportunity to learn, grow, and to be successful.
This role will focus on ensuring quality and staying in specs of encapsulation manufacturing process to ensure all products meet established quality, safety, and performance specifications. This position plays a key role in ensuring product integrity, maximizing operational efficiency, minimizing waste, and maintaining compliance with company standards and customer requirements.
Pay Rate: $24.00 - $27.00/hr
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30AM-5:00PM, with occasional overtime
Responsibilities:
- Weigh and measure raw materials and chemicals according to batch formulas.
- Load ingredients into mixing tanks, blenders, reactors, or other processing equipment.
- Operate mixers, agitators, pumps, valves, scales, and related equipment.
- Follow SOPs, batch records, work instructions, and production schedules.
- Monitor temperature, pressure, mixing time, viscosity, and other process conditions.
- Add ingredients in the correct sequence and at the specified rates.
- Make and label samples for quality-control testing.
- Record material quantities, lot numbers, equipment settings, and production information.
- Clean and sanitize equipment between batches to prevent cross-contamination.
- Identify equipment problems such as leaks, unusual noises, improper mixing, or abnormal readings.
- Perform basic equipment adjustments and troubleshooting within the employee's authorization.
- Handle chemicals using required PPE and safety procedures.
- Follow hazardous-material, spill-response, lockout/tagout, and workplace-safety procedures.
- Maintain a clean and organized production area.
- Move or stage raw materials, sometimes using pallet jacks, carts, forklifts, or other material-handling equipment.
Qualifications:
- Ability to safely lift and move materials weighing up to 60 pounds.
- Ability to effectively multitask and manage multiple production batches simultaneously.
- Basic computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams) for documentation and recordkeeping.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining quality standards.
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent preferred.
- Experience working with chemicals, batching processes, or manufacturing operations preferred.
- Comfortable working on ladders, platforms, and at elevated heights when required.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and meet production deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Mechanically inclined with the ability to operate, troubleshoot, and monitor manufacturing equipment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to follow detailed processes, specifications, and safety procedures.
- Reliable, self-motivated, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.