Operations Superintendent

About the role

Provides leadership, coaching, resources, and direction to ensure the safe, compliant, reliable, and optimized operation of their assigned process unit. Partnering with the Operations Manager, oversees daily plant operations, develops team capability, drives continuous improvement, and ensures achievement of performance, operational, and regulatory objectives.

What you will do

• Lead and promote a strong safety culture by driving compliance with behavioral and process safety standards, conducting safety audits, participating in incident investigations, and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Provide leadership and direction to the Unit Manufacturing Team (UMT), establishing priorities, achieving operational goals, and fostering a high-performing, collaborative work environment.
• Coach, develop, and evaluate team members through performance management, training, succession planning, and individual development plans to build organizational capability.
• Oversee day-to-day unit operations, including production performance, maintenance coordination, outage management, staffing, troubleshooting, and operational decision-making to ensure safe and reliable plant performance.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, and cross-functional teams to prioritize work, resolve operational issues, support turnaround (TAR) activities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor unit performance, budgets, and key operational metrics, providing regular updates to manufacturing leadership while ensuring accountability for team goals and business objectives.
• Serve as a key site operations representative by participating in major incident investigations, emergency response teams, risk assessments, and site leadership initiatives to support overall plant reliability and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years Operations experience
• Petrochemical or refining plant experience
• Operations Leadership experience (i.e. Maintenance Coordinator, Team Leader, Night Superintendent/Shift Manager, Shift Supervisor, Foreman, etc.)
• ERT / IMT Qualified (willingness to join IMT if not already assigned)

Physical demands

• The ability to routinely climb stairs & ladders that can exceed 200 feet in total span with break decks
• The ability to put on respirators and other important safety equipment
• Working outside 30% of time in temperature extremes and noisy environments

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• A 401(k)-retirement plan with company contributions and matching
• Paid time off and additional wellness, financial, and lifestyle benefits

Pay

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge and skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. Compensation decisions are carefully made based on the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.