Compounder - 1st Shift

Company: Bentley Laboratories, LLC
Location: Edison
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionWe're Bentley Labs, a cutting-edge formulation and manufacturing partner to the World's Best Beauty Brands! Our product formulation and production capabilities are wide-ranging and distinctive – with innovative, exciting products across skin care, bath and body, hair, and lip categories. Over the past 16 years, the Bentley team has grown to include some of the industry's brightest stars. Our diverse and talented group are ever and truly a unit—working together toward an all-consuming vision to be the best. This is a place where we create products that matter, relationships that last, and where ambition is supported and rewarded! We know you work hard and we want you to be successful. What will we do for you? Let's help you with tuition reimbursement. Don't know something? Let us send you to classes. Have you heard of DOMO? We'll teach you that too! Come on in and we'll show you what else we have to offer you! Who you are…you celebrate your success and others too. You focus on the right solution with each customer. Your passion for providing outstanding service contributes to our high level of customer satisfaction. Building relationships is your strong suit. You like to have fun at work too! Loud laughing encouraged.SUMMARY: Compounders are responsible for the manufacturing of all bulk material at commercial scale. Compounders operate equipment that blends, mills, filters, recirculates, and homogenizes raw materials together in order to produce finished bulk product. Compounders must maintain strict attention to detail as their job requires monitoring equipment and responding timely and appropriately, maintaining acute attention overall quality and consistency. Compounders must follow all manufacturing instructions and Standard Operating Procedures, as defined by Bentley Laboratories, to complete all assigned tasks, including measuring, weighing, adding, and blending materials and dyes. Compounders are required to take samples of in-process and final products, as dictated by predefined manufacturing instructions, and provide them to the company's internal quality laboratory for testing. Compounders are also tasked with filling out paperwork during and after the manufacturing process. Compounders may also be asked to help with other duties at the request of their supervisor as required. The schedule for this position is Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accurately add and combine raw materials in accordance with approved formula batch records and instructions
• Inspect equipment for leaks or malfunctions prior to use and shutting equipment down if necessary
• Monitor gauges, flow meters, final and in process products, and various instruments to ensure that specified conditions are met and maintained
• Operate heating/cooling equipment, pumps, agitators, and homogenizers, using flow meters and other data recording devices
• Adjust controls to regulate temperature and flow of product at appropriate times as prescribed by the manufacturing instructions and in accordance with individual knowledge of both the equipment and process
• Record all operational data, including, but not limited to, temperatures, pressures, materials used, processing times, and test results
• Handle sampling of bulk product, in process batch corrections, and complete bulk reworks when necessary in accordance with Bentley Labs' Standard Operating Procedures
• Complete all additional checkpoints, procedural steps, and forms related to the manufacturing of Over-the-Counter batches with extra care
• Prepare intermediary blends, such as color solutions and dilutions of pH adjusters, as required by manufacturing order
• Carry out the labeling, handling, intermediate storage, and transport of all finished bulk products from the platform
• Clean and sanitize all auxiliary equipment, such as paddles, thermometers, and spatulas, ensuring all related forms are filled out correctly and filed properly
• Verify the cleaning and sanitization of all primary equipment, such as kettles, pumps, and hoses, ensuring all related forms are filled out correctly and filed properly
• Ensure compliance of all batching process requirements during bulk manufacturing
• Checks and maintains communal equipment assigned to the area
• Maintain overall cleanliness of work environment QUALIFICATIONS:
  • High school diploma or equivalent required
  • Relevant experience in a related field preferred
  • Possess basic mathematic skills
  • Able to understand potentially complex manufacturing instructions
  • Willing and able to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Willing and able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as partial respirators, as provided when necessary
  • Reliable punctuality required
  • Current forklift certification preferred
  • Bilingual Spanish preferred PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
    • Continually required to stand
    • Continually required to walk
    • Occasionally required to sit
    • Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
    • Frequently required to bend, stoop, or kneel
    • Occasionally required to climb, balance, or crawl
    • Continually required to talk or hear
    • Continually required to utilize visual acuity to operate equipment and read technical information
    • Frequently required to lift, push, and/or carry items up to 50 lbs. unassisted
    • Occasionally required to lift, push, and/or carry items over 50 lbs. assisted
    • Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, unrelated to weather
    • Frequently exposed to extreme heat or cold, unrelated to the weather
    • Continually required to work near moving mechanical parts
    • Frequently required to work around fumes, airborne particles, or potentially hazardous chemicals
    • Frequently exposed to loud noises, such as the banging of empty metal drums, humming of compressed air motors, and operations of large earth-moving equipment

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