Body Raw Materials Receiving and Storage

**ISPROX** is partnering with a well-known and successful company, leader in the porcelain tile industry, operating a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility which is located in Loudon, TN.

**Body Raw Materials Receiving and Storage Supervisor**

Job Duties:

- Supervise Body Raw Materials Receiving and Storage area
- Milling and Spray Drying operations including Raw Materials Supply, Body Coloration and Process Control
- Supervises Body Prep department workflow to meet Plant Production Schedule.
- Responsible for the Preventive and Corrective maintenance of all Body Prep Department equipment
- Also, involved in the selection and installation of new equipment. Manages workforce to ensure labor efficiency, achieve productivity levels and department outputs. When there are defects or problems related to the body, supervisor participates in the analysis and solution of the problem.
- To ensure proper Raw Materials levels are met all time, as well as execute industrial tests to develop or improve the characteristics of the body
- Evaluation of department procedures for possible cost reduction and increased efficiency
- Developing Standard Operating Procedures and training all the associates. Also supervises and leads the work of up to 12 employees.

Experience Requirements:

- Must have at 3-5 years of experience as Body Prep Department Supervisor,
Body Prep Department Leader or similar duties under a different job title within the ceramic tiles manufacturing industry preferred

Specific skills or other requirements:

- Experience to include 3-5 years working with ceramic tile manufacturing process.
- Full experience of: inventory control, ordering and receiving the raw materials using the AS400 software.
- Must possess direct experience with weighing and batching system including calibration of the belts/scale under the silos, automated recipes changes, update, new formula, etc. For the Continuous Mill, SACMI Model MMC 074, experience of the daily operations such as startup, regular working conditions, understanding of the alarms and relative adjustments, and shutdown of the equipment.
- Must possess experience in ensuring compliance to the defined standards and ranges (residue, density and viscosity) and must be capable to adjust the working conditions of the equipment (speed and feeding rate of the mill and body deflocculant percentage variation) when the material outputs are out of specifications.
- Must have experience in supervising the Quality Control checks, procedures, and
ensure their execution in the proper way. For the Spray Dryer, SACMI Model 65-200 20 tons/hrs. and Model 90-280 28 tons/hrs., must have direct experience with regulating PPB-308 pumps (pumps for slurry) and provide periodically maintenance.
- Must have experience of the daily operations such as startup, regular working conditions, understanding of the alarms and relative adjustments, and shutdown of the equipment including the automated washing system.
- Must possess experience in ensuring compliance to the defined standards and ranges (moisture, particle size distribution analysis) and must be capable to adjust the working conditions of the equipment (increasing or decreasing the pressure of the slip through the PPB pumps or increasing or decreasing the inside temperature or changing the internal atmosphere pressure inside the Spray Dryer) when the material outputs are out of specifications. Must have experience in supervising the Quality Control checks, procedures, and ensure their execution in the proper way.
- For the Colored Body, EUROELETTRA Model Skid Unit, must have direct experience with the software to prepare the different colored slips as necessary, moving and storing the colored slips in various agitated tanks before transfer to the Skid Unit. For the Skid Unit, the equipment used to mix the colored slips with the neutral slurry, must have experience of the daily operations such as startup, regular working conditions, understanding of the alarms and relative adjustments, and shutdown of the equipment including the automated washing system.
- Also, must possess experience with recipes changes, update, new formula introduction, etc.
- Must possess experience in ensuring compliance to the defined standards and ranges (Colorimeter Readings) and must be capable to adjust the working conditions of the equipment (increasing or decreasing the percentage of the colored slips versus the neutral slurry) when the material outputs are out of specifications.
- Must have experience in supervising the Quality Control checks, procedures, and ensure their execution in the proper way. For the Powder Storage & Supply to the Press Department, must have experience in a plant managing at least 50 silos.
- Must possess experience of the daily operations of the regular working conditions, understanding of the alarms and capable to make the relative adjustments. When producing colored body, must possess direct experience with the batching system