Production Superintendent

Job Description

Job Description

• Provide safety leadership on the shop floor (all shifts) by always demonstrating a personal safety mindset.
• Ensures that safe work practices and behaviors are used by all associates and contractors as outlined in the Life Saving Rules and the Safety Manual.
• Ensures OSHA PSM standards are practiced including employee participation, management of change and PM items.
• Actively takes part on plant safety committee and key hazard teams. Leads incident investigations.
• Facilitates corrective actions ensuring they are completed promptly (within 10 days of event).
• Ensures hazardous and nonhazardous wastes generated in all departments are properly handled and not allowed to accumulate.
• Responsible for driving good housekeeping standards and 5S.
• Production Management
• Responsible for the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of all site operations units which includes the effective allocation of resources and staffing.
• Responsible for production schedule attainment and achievement of productivity targets. Responsible for troubleshooting and resolving operational issues.
• Responsible for coordination of efficient outage planning and maximizing plant uptime; coordination between production, maintenance, and project work.
• Maintain physical inventory of raw materials and finished goods.
• Monitor process order costs : track and explain adjustments and variances.
• Execute plant approvals for new recipes in SAP in conjunction with the Site Leader. Organize and keep standard operating procedures and associate training.

Ø Quality

Ø Human Resources

Ø Other

Ø Competencies

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

v Bachelor's degree in Engineering or the functional equivalent in experience is needed.

v Minimum Qualifications

§ Minimum five (5) years of proven experience managing and leading others in chemical processing or a closely related field.

§ Organizational, supervisory, and motivational skills.

§ Analytical and team building abilities. Must be an initiative-taking self-starter.

§ Transformational leadership, change management, communication, and people skills. Must be able to coordinate emergency situations.

v Preferred Qualifications

§ Good mechanical aptitude Understanding of process equipment Excellent troubleshooting skills.

§ Formal training in management and supervision of people Experience with Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing principles.

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