Production Unit Leader

About the role

The Production Unit Leader provides operations leadership to the Ryton production unit. The position is responsible for the safety of all employees and equipment in the Ryton operation, ensuring the unit is operated in an environmentally sound and cost‑effective manner while supplying Ryton product meeting all quality requirements per plan to internal and external customers. The role reports directly to the Ryton Production Manager and is expected to take an active role in implementing Manufacturing Excellence in Ryton.

Responsibilities

• Understand and clearly communicate the operating budget and production plan to the Ryton team.
• Effectively utilize all resources including operators, supervisors, engineers, R&D, Plant Support Teams, and external experts when required.
• Ensure the Ryton Team has tools and training required to achieve their goals and function effectively in the leader’s absence.
• Achieve outstanding HSE performance.
• Ensure operations input on capital projects via CVP process.
• Support the business team in efforts to maintain and grow market share while reducing working capital.
• Identify, develop, and implement actions necessary to reduce fixed and variable costs.
• Coordinate with Maintenance group to prioritize mechanical and instrumentation activities.
• Manage labor to make most efficient use of available personnel, ensuring all allocated employees are suitably trained per the training matrix.
• Support operators and supervisors in their daily performance by ensuring all materials, tools, and equipment are in place at the right time.
• Use available tools to track the efficiency and productivity of the process on a daily/monthly basis and suggest improvements to continuously improve the process.
• Work with Production/Quality Engineers to implement improvements.

Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in operations, maintenance, or engineering functions in a chemical manufacturing facility.
• Proven track record of demonstrating participative leadership, technical ability, and communications skills, while requiring little direction.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively in a very dynamic environment; works effectively with people who have diverse ideas, perspectives, and values.
• Comfortably handles risk and uncertainty; builds and ensures strong links and relationships with other work groups.
• Challenges others and self to continuously improve work processes.
• Leads change necessary for improvement in business performance.
• Ensures business performance is measured and communicated to the organization.

Benefits

• Opportunity to join an exciting growth company.
• Full range of benefits as expected of a successful company.
• Opportunities for growth and learning.
• Encouraging a diverse and inclusive workplace culture that values and respects individual differences and backgrounds.
• 16 or more weeks of maternity/paternity and co‑parenting leave, according to local regulations.
• Training platform for all employees.
• Free well‑being sessions (physical and psychological).

Pay

The U.S. annual base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this new hire is $125,000 to $150,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate, such as skills, experience, qualifications, etc., and can ultimately be more or less than the posted salary range. Total compensation for this role also includes bonus and/or other incentives.

About Us

Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel, and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity. At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability, or identity.