Production Manager

Stewardship – Owner of the stewardship performance for the operating area

• Ensures employees understand the Stewardship programs for the area (Life critical, Environmental, reporting)
• Member of Site Leadership Team
• Administration of Process safety requirements (i.e. MOC, bypass approval) and compliance
• Develop Team risk recognition and mitigation culture
• MOC system approval authority
• Work with Safety and Environment Leaders to proactively understand and address concerns.

Quality – Quality performance is known, accurate, and within desirable range

• Quality measurements are in place and operational
• Quality targets are reviewed and acceptable. Plan is in place to handle unacceptable quality results with solutions to mitigate and resolve
• Quality strategy is in place and known by all personnel

Production/Reliability – Deliver to the production plan

• Ensure resources, raw materials and supplies are available for unit operation
• Remove or mitigate barriers leading to production issues
• Communicate issues with production plan and provide new forecast as needed
• Validate and coordinate S&OP site plan
• Communicates maintenance requirements to Asset Leader & Maintenance Team Captain

Engagement – Drives consistent and proactive improvement performance

• Lead and act as role model for engagement and proactive behaviors
• Owner of the Conduct of Operations system in place for flawless daily execution
• Reinforce SQRE plans by performing walk-throughs and providing feedback
• Drives development and engagement of 24/7 and production team.
• Foster a teamwork environment that is inclusive of ideas and solutions
• Employee performance evaluation and management

Strategy - Translate unit strategy into operating plan, including UTP progression

Maintain risk registry for daily execution performance and ensure solutions are in place to mitigate or eliminate any concerns

• Develop team plan to address emerging needs and/or non-routinely activities
• Review KPIs and gaps with team. Assigns PPR to resolve gaps and follows up on solutions
• Collaborates with the Asset Leader on emerging issues or reliability strategy to enable flawless daily execution
• Coordinates with the Technology Manager to remove technical roadblocks

• 9+ years' experience in chemical production facilities
• BS in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemistry industry strongly preferred
• Experience in chemical manufacturing processes
• Experience in leading people in chemical manufacturing
• Ability to lead in a team based environment
• Ability to multi-task and handle multiple simultaneous assignments
• Strong computer skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills