Key Responsibilities

• Group safety awareness and performance
• Champion department improvement efforts to reduce cost and increase production
• Exhibit high bias for action and drive for execution
• Champion change
• Establishes priorities and objectives (with input from boundary organizations) and communicate results. 
• Employee development, performance, and satisfaction
• Responsible for the culture and organizational health of respective organization
• Develop and manage departmental budget
• Develop supervisors of individual contributors
• Lead productivity improvement projects
• Strategy development and accountability for departmental goals
• Drive culture of continuous improvement
• Collaborate with internal customers and cross functional teams
• Ensure practices and processes are robust
• Talent management
• Resource management in a dynamic environment 

Educational Requirements

• Bachelors or Advanced degree in engineering
• 7+ years of operations leadership experience in chemical/petrochemical manufacturing

Essential Qualifications

• Understanding of safe work practices; excellent safety history
• BS Degree in Chemical Engineering or related engineering discipline
• 7 or more years’ experience in operations and/or engineering, ideally with 2 or more years leading 2nd level supervisors or above
• Supervisory skills including safety awareness of staff, budget control, scheduling, and staff development
• Leadership skills including setting goals, priorities, and performance evaluations.
• General understanding of Engineering Standards and Specifications
• Familiarity with development and adjustment of standard operating procedures within a manufacturing environment
• Effective prioritization skills to manage departmental capital budget
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills and manufacturing best practices
• Good communication skills at all levels of the organization.
• Good motivational skills: ability to influence and manage change; ability to work well with boundary organizations
• Ability to manage multiple projects with varied priorities and drive them to closure
• Functional use of the corporate computer systems

Preferred Qualifications 

• Competency in driving safety performance improvement and improved safety culture across areas/teams
• Familiarity with asset integrity program management
• Proficiency in using SAP
• Advanced manufacturing knowledge
• Proven track record of raising standards each year to drive organizational excellence
• Significant leadership experience
• History of improving team performance and work practice through team coaching
• Leaders who consistently make sound and timely judgments in ambiguous environment
• Direct supervisory experience in a chemical/petrochemical manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated leadership abilities, including experience leading individuals and teams indirectly
• Situational expertise with administering coaching in all directions
• Depth of knowledge in manufacturing work processes
• Experience facilitating and resolving complex human resources issues
• Familiarity with change management concepts
• Ownership and successful completion of complex and/or large-scale projects