Plant Manager IV

Key Responsibilities

• Actively manage the site’s day-to-day activities in the production of safe, quality products.
• Performs hands-on operator and maintenance duties as required – e.g., making batches, loading trucks, repair of equipment, etc.
• Provides motivation, guidance, and direction in all plant activities.
• Approves spending and other actions.
• Affirms product quality meets customers' requirements.
• Affirms product deliveries meet customers' requirements.
• Assists at other plant locations when possible.
• Provides technical support for customers as required.
• Ensures proper staffing of the plant.
• Drives continuous improvement in all aspects of the site operations.
• Focuses on Continuous Improvement activities/projects to support value-addition and cost reductions.
• Interfaces with Chemtrade and other personnel regarding safety, EHS audits, and addressing EHS issues.
• Serves as the management representative for the site's Responsible Care program.
• Ensures timely reporting, investigation, and corrective action for EHS incidents.
• Ensures timely closure of IMS action items.
• Affirms site compliance with all federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
• Assists in the preparation of site-specific safety and maintenance procedures.
• Interfaces with customers, regulators, and Chemtrade personnel on quality audits, and on addressing quality issues.
• Serves as the management representative for the site's ISO program.
• Represents the site in customer audits.
• Affords assistance in or provides resources for quality investigations.
• Affords assistance in or provides resources for corrective actions.
• Affirms plant is maintaining requisite ISO records.
• Affirms site compliance with ISO and NSF requirements.
• Assists in the preparation of site-specific quality procedures.
• Reports and communicates site performance.
• Prepares periodic reports on production, spending, reliability, EHS, Capex, etc.
• Prepares and presents same at periodic meetings.
• Prepares weekly performance reports.
• Prepares annual production plans.
• Prepares maintenance PM and outage plans.
• Prepares capital and period cost spending plans.
• Interfaces with sales and marketing to ensure site goals are aligned with the business goals.
• Participates in periodic planning meetings.
• Reviews production orders and schedules to ensure material (type, quantity, and specification) is available for scheduled orders.
• Provides site resources for maintaining a living production and shipping plan that is consistent with the business plans.
• Interfaces with customer service and customers as needed.

Position Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• 5+ years’ experience in a related management position preferred.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in chemical plant operations and maintenance required.
• Demonstrated excellent leadership skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to act independently and on own initiative.
• Advanced proficiency in using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel etc).
• 0 - 5% travel required.