Chemical Manufacturing Operations Leader

About the role

The Manufacturing Leader is responsible for leading and setting the direction for one of the plant locations with overall responsibility for safety and environmental stewardship, productivity and costs, equipment reliability, and employee staffing and development.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations to meet area objectives for HS&E, Quality, On-Time Delivery, cost per pound and overtime;
• Set area vision and manage accordingly;
• Partner with Human Resources, Staffing, and Training groups to cultivate pipeline of talent for Front-Line Supervisors, Maintenance Coordinators, Production Engineers, and Reliability Engineers;
• Accountable for implementation and outcomes of reliability processes, such as: Asset Risk Management process, Reliability Control Plan implementation, and the Maintenance/Operations Work Management Process;
• Leverage Visual Management and Tiered Meeting process to decrease business risk by ensuring effective countermeasures are implemented to address single-point equipment vulnerabilities;
• Drive task safety observation process to ensure occupational safety and process safety hazards are effectively addressed;
• Maintain communications and collaboration with the business and functional organizations in support of business objectives;
• Develop and rollout organization and individual metrics, goals, and objectives aligned to tie short-term and strategic objectives;
• As a member of Plant Leadership Team, collaborate with other Leadership Team members to set production execution strategy; support plant management in setting overall site strategy;
• Provide strategic input in developing and implementing AOP initiatives and provide input into the site Strategic Plan (STRAP), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and capital budget;
• Collaborate with SIOP (Sales Inventory and Operations Planning) team, interface with plant service groups to meet/exceed customer expectations and business goals;
• Participate in Labor Contract Negotiations process; listen to 3rd step grievances and provide grievance resolution;
• Work with Operations teams to meet safety and environmental goals; accountable for compliance with Safety and Environmental procedures, including MOC, PPE compliance, and Incident Investigation and Closure;
• Work with Maintenance Implementation group to assure maintenance and reliability needs are met within budget constraints;
• Work with Customer Excellence organization to maintain inventory control and on-time delivery along with Commercial Sales Team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing industries such as chemical, pulp and paper, Petrochemical, or pharmaceutical;
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, business, or technical discipline preferred;
• Experience in Ammonia and/or caprolactam production preferred;
• Continuous chemical/polymer experience;
• Fundamental mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot equipment problems is a plus;
• Demonstrated experience or certification in Lean manufacturing principles;
• Experience with safety, lockout, and securing permits;
• Strong leadership skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Excellent organizational skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of an organization;
• Able to manage multiple priorities;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Additional Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, business, or technical discipline preferred;
• Experience in Ammonia and/or caprolactam production preferred;
• Continuous chemical/polymer experience;
• Fundamental mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot equipment problems is a plus;
• Demonstrated experience or certification in Lean manufacturing principles;
• Experience with safety, lockout, and securing permits;
• Strong leadership skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Excellent organizational skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of an organization;
• Able to manage multiple priorities;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office.

Skills

• Lean manufacturing principles;
• Reliability processes;
• Visual Management;
• Tiered Meeting process;
• Safety and environmental procedures;
• Lockout and securing permits;
• Incident Investigation and Closure;
• Asset Risk Management process;
• Reliability Control Plan implementation;
• Maintenance/Operations Work Management Process;
• Task safety observation process;
• Employee staffing and development;
• Strategic planning;
• Plant leadership;
• SIOP (Sales Inventory and Operations Planning) team;
• Customer excellence;
• Commercial sales team;
• Operations teams;
• Maintenance Implementation group;
• Customer service;
• Inventory control;
• On-time delivery;
• Production execution strategy;
• Strategic Plan (STRAP), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and capital budget;
• Capital budgeting;
• Business results;
• Individual performance.

Benefits

• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program;
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development;
• Career development and guidance for direct reports via MRR, HPD, salary setting process, and oversee training and development for all salaried employees in group;
• Discretionary financial benefits such as incentive pay, equity awards, and participation in a deferred compensation plan;
• Medical, dental and vision insurance;
• Flexible spending and health savings account eligibility;
• Employer-provided short term disability benefits;
• Eligibility to purchase long term disability benefits;
• Employer-provided basic life insurance;
• Eligibility to purchase voluntary life coverages.

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $130,700 to $196,100 annually. We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include periodic pay rate adjustments based on market competitiveness.

Schedule

Not specified.