Director of Technical Services

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Coordinate input from all departments to foster collaboration with clear objectives, timelines, and resource allocations for turnaround events that ensure cost reduction and reliability objectives are met.
• Direct the planning, scheduling, and execution of plant turnarounds, ensuring cost-effective and timely completion.
• Continuously improve turnaround processes by capturing and implementing lessons learned to optimize future events.
• Direct the Process and Process Control Department to optimize chemical production processes, improve raw material efficiency, reduce energy usage, and enhance process safety.
• Oversee development of process simulations to model the equipment and processes at the site.
• Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards, including process safety regulations.
• Direct the Project Engineering and I&E Engineering Department to forecast, plan and implement capital projects to improve process performance and infrastructure integrity.
• Establish and oversee execution of a running 5-year Capex program.
• Ensure that project budgets, timelines, and resources align with plant objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement in project management processes for cost control, risk mitigation, and successful project delivery.
• Ensure that engineering systems are implemented/maintained to ensure effective execution of key work processes.
• Ensure that all department spending is at or favorable to budget.
• Ensure that all departments are equipped to complete the corporate goals, objectives, initiatives and long-term plans through effective recruiting, training and coaching to maximize human performance.

Key Interactions

• Internal: Operations, Maintenance, Technical Projects, HSE, Product Stewardship, Information Technology, Innovation and Technology, Finance, HR, Marketing
• External: 3rd party contractors for project execution, Engineering consultant(s), Engineering Designers

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering or relevant field.
• Fifteen (15) years of experience in a chemical plant or similar industrial environment.
• Multi-disciplinary background in a chemical plant environment with at least five (5) years in a senior management role.
• Proven record of managing complex reliability, and engineering programs in a highly regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of relevant process safety regulations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across departments.
• Excellent technical understanding of chemical engineering operations (reaction, distillation and energy transfer systems) and process optimization, process equipment modeling, scale-up, design of equipment and process control strategies.

Competencies and Skills

• Ability to translate Strategic Objectives into actionable initiatives
• Budget & resource management
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Team development and mentorship
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to identify root causes
• Working knowledge of elements of reliability processes
• Project management and task planning

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plans
• Health Equity Health Fund for health and dependent care
• Disability Benefits
• Basic Group Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance
• Paid Time Off for a balanced life
• Competitive salary, bonus, 401(k) plan with match and profit-sharing match