Sr Director, Refinery Operations

About the role

We are looking for individuals to help us continue our momentum and bring new ideas to the table. At Delek, you will have the opportunity to make an impact and grow your career in a supportive and innovative environment. This role manages the day-to-day operation and is accountable for ensuring reliable and cost-effective operation of assigned processing area(s), logistics and utilities, to optimize and achieve production goals of the refinery.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership, motivation, training, and development of workforce
• Participates in continuous improvement activities as part of the site management team
• Ensures Company policies are followed in order to maintain a positive work culture
• Serves as process owner with overall accountability of sponsorship and execution of operations excellence management systems
• Serves as external refinery representative for off-site engagement activities
• Develops and delivers weekly and monthly operating plans and premises
• Sponsors and supports development of corporate initiatives and programs
• Drives continuous improvement culture that supports core values of the organization
• Supports and prioritizes continual improvement in all personal and process safety
• Evaluates plant performance, drives continuous improvement in support of long-term sustainable profitability
• Develops and implements annual business plans in alignment with refinery and corporate objectives
• Assures asset availability through threat mitigation and loss production opportunity management
• Acts as formal incident commander for extended events
• Key stakeholder for collective bargaining agreement and union relations

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• Eight (8) or more years Management experience (Required)
• Fifteen (15) or more years experience in refinery, petrochemical or chemical role (Required)
• Business Acumen
• Financial Acumen
• Refining Operations
• Process Safety Management
• Process Optimization
• Operations Excellence
• Health & Safety Management
• Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Managing People
• Physical ability to work on and around industrial equipment
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in designated areas
• Ability to work a rotating shift schedule, holidays and overtime as required

Benefits

We offer fantastic benefits that include up to a 10% match on 401K on your hire start, with a vesting timeline of only one year, along with medical benefits that start on day one with a 30% premium rebate annually. We value your well-being and all employees now have access to the Calm app for FREE, which is used for meditation, stress management, and better sleep. Through our performance management program, you can earn additional annual incentives as you set and achieve goals.