Director of Technical Services - Bay City, Tx

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Reliability, Turnaround, Process Engineering, Process Control, and Project Engineering teams.
• Develop departmental objectives that improve asset reliability, operational efficiency, and plant performance.
• Build high-performing teams through effective recruiting, coaching, mentoring, and talent development.
• Ensure engineering systems, standards, and work processes support safe and effective plant operations.
• Lead the planning, scheduling, and execution of major plant turnarounds.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources to achieve safety, reliability, schedule, and cost objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement by incorporating lessons learned into future turnaround planning and execution.
• Oversee optimization of manufacturing processes to improve production efficiency, raw material utilization, energy consumption, and process safety.
• Guide the development and application of process models and simulations to support operational improvements.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with applicable regulatory requirements and recognized industry standards.
• Lead Project Engineering and Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering teams in the planning and execution of capital improvement projects.
• Develop and manage a multi-year capital investment strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with engineering and quality standards.
• Promote best practices in project management, cost control, and risk mitigation.
• Manage engineering budgets and optimize resource utilization.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and manufacturing operations.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, HSE, Finance, IT, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals.
• Foster a culture centered on safety, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of engineering experience within the chemical, petrochemical, refining, or similar process manufacturing industry.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading reliability, process engineering, turnaround, and capital project programs in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of process safety principles and applicable industry regulations.
• Proven ability to lead organizational change, manage large engineering teams, and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Technical Expertise: Strong knowledge of chemical process engineering, reaction, distillation, and heat transfer systems; process optimization and process control; equipment design and scale-up; asset reliability and maintenance strategies; capital project planning and execution; risk assessment and mitigation; engineering standards and best practices.
• Leadership Competencies: Strategic planning and execution; budget and resource management; team leadership, coaching, and succession planning; cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement; analytical thinking and root cause problem solving; operational excellence and continuous improvement; project and portfolio management.